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Suicide bomber targets French firm in Niger
Attackt are the first suicide attacks in Niger since a French-led offensive in January to oust Islamist rebels from neighbouring northern Mali. Image: Google ...
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Business slump in May leaves France mired in recession - PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity retreated again in May despite a slight improvement in manufacturing, a survey showed on Thursday, offering little hope of a quick exit from recession in the euro zone's second-biggest economy.Data compiler Markit said its preliminary composite purchasing managers index, covering activity in the services and manufacturing sectors, was unchanged in ...
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Vermaak off to France
According to reports, Bulls scrum-half Jano Vermaak could be the latest player from the franchise to head overseas. The Bulls waved goodbye to a number of senior players at the end of the 2011 season, with Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Bakkies Botha, Gurthro Steenkamp and Gary Botha all moving abroad and it appears they face a similar fate at the end of the current ...
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Vermaak off to France
According to reports, Bulls scrum-half Jano Vermaak could be the latest player from the franchise to head overseas. The Bulls waved goodbye to a number of senior players at the end of the 2011 season, with Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Bakkies Botha, Gurthro Steenkamp and Gary Botha all moving abroad and it appears they face a similar fate at the end of the current ...
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France backs call to put Hezbollah on EU terror list
Official say Paris is ready to support British initiative to blacklist armed wing of Hezbollah on EU's list of terrorist organizations; France has been cautious of such a move fearing it could destabilize ...
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Schools must fly Tricolore
SENATORS have voted to order the French Tricolore to fly above the fronts of all schools and that the motto of the ...
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French prosecutors to grill IMF chief over payout
French prosecutors were grilling IMF chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court on Thursday as they seek to determine whether she should be charged over a state payout to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance ...
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French shares decline tracking Nikkei loss
(31 mins ago) French share prices fell by 2.24 percent in initial trading on Thursday when confidence was hit by a fall of 7.32 percent on the Tokyo stock market. The Tokyo market had plunged in response to surprisingly weak figures for Chinese industrial activity, although sentiment had already been shaken by uncertainty over US monetary policy, AFP reports. The French CAC 40 index of ...
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Violence crisis Cabinet meeting after deadly London attack
Anti-Muslim rioters fought police and 10 Downing St. called crisis Cabinet meetings after men raging about Islam hacked a soldier to death on a London street. About 250 supporters of the English Defense League street protest movement, all wearing black ski masks and some in paramilitary dress, threw rocks and bottles at police in London's southeast Woolwich district. The rioting occurred ...
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Shayk shakes ’em at Cannes
Supermodel Irina Shayk is nearly X-rated in this barely there dress last night at the Cannes Film Festival. The Victoria’s Secret stunner made a head-turning entrance at the Palais des Festivals in France for the premiere of "All is Lost," a film starring Robert Redford as a solo sailor in ...
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Cannes fashion report card Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Vidya Balan Sonam Kapoor
The Cannes red carpet is one of the most glamorous in the world with celebrities saving up their fashion mojo for the French Riviera. Little wonder then that India was holding it's breath for a style-savvy Bollywood showing. Here's the fashion report card so far. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Fashionably late Ash didn't show up till day 5 of the festival, but when she did she more ...
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Thierry Fremaux Brand India is very strong in Cannes
Thierry Fremaux is the man who holds the reins of the biggest film festival in the world. He has the last word on which films get into the competition and he also wields the 20 million euro budget of the festival. Fremaux got Hollywood and blockbuster star power to Cannes in the out of competition sections, all the while keeping the "auteur" core of the competition intact. He is the ...
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Stars are again out in force in Cannes.
Robert Redford is promoting his film ‘All is lost’. Playing a solo yachtsman adrift at sea, it’s his first major role in years. His character is not named and he has little dialogue. ‘Lost at Sea’ isn’t in the running for the top prize, the Palme d’Or, but the latest offering from Roman Polanski is. La Venus a la Fourrure (Venus in Furs) is one of ...
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Mehriban Aliyeva meets French National Assembly official - PHOT
Mehriban Aliyeva, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, head of the Azerbaijan-France interparliamentary friendship group, met Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of France Elisabeth Guigou as part of her Paris visit. Greeting the First Lady of Azerbaijan, Guigou expressed hope that this visit will strengthen parliamentary relations between the two ...
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Serena out to tame French Open demons
If momentum counts for everything in tennis, nothing will stop Serena Williams from winning the French Open for just the second time in her career in Paris.At 31, the superstar of the women's game is on an unprecedented winning run going in to the consecration of the claycourt season at Roland Garros.Four straight tournament wins at Miami, Charleston, Madrid and Rome (the last three coming ...
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The European Commission French President Hollande accelerate austerity
In recent days, French President Franois Hollande has been under pressure from the European Union (EU) and also from his own Socialist Party (PS) to accelerate austerity measures, amid a slowdown of the French and world economy. On Wednesday May 15, Franois Hollande went to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission, Jos Manuel Barroso, and twenty EU commissioners. The EU ...
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Cannes 2013 Reviewers onboard for All Is Lost
May 22--Some called it "Life of Pi" without the tiger. Others compared it to Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." But most critics liked what they saw in "All Is Lost," an almost dialogue-free narrative feature starring Robert Redford as a sailor alone and in distress. The film premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed and written by ...
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Vietnam-France relations edge closer
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday hailed Vietnam's valued relationship with France and declared that the two nations are making efforts to develop their ties to the strategic partnership level in 2013. The PM made the comments at a meeting with the former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is on an official working visit to the country. Dung declared ...
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Duckworth closer to French Open berth
Australian James Duckworth has progressed to the third round of the French Open qualifiers after an impressive three-set victory over Argentina's Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.Duckworth needed one hour and 41 minutes to beat Schwartzman 6-4 2-6 6-2.The 21-year-old has looked very composed on clay this year and is set to face Serbian Dusan Lajovic in the next round.Lajovic poses a much tougher ...
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French Open mens champions since 2000
Following are the French Open men's singles winners since 2000. The 2013 tournament starts at Roland Garros on Sunday:2012 _ Rafael Nadal2011 _ Rafael Nadal2010 _ Rafael Nadal2009 _ Roger Federer2008 _ Rafael Nadal2007 _ Rafael Nadal2006 _ Rafael Nadal2005 _ Rafael Nadal2004 _ Gaston Gaudio2003 _ Juan Carlos Ferrero2002 _ Albert Costa2001 _ Gustavo Kuerten2000 _ Gustavo ...
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France owes EU more than empty words
Francois Hollande, the president of France, stood in the Elysee Palace last Friday (17 May) and declared that he would lead an initiative to inject new life into the European Union. It was, he solemnly announced, his duty as the leader of a founding nation of the ...
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Hollande Cameron condemn murder of British soldier
French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a British soldier in the suburbs of London after their meeting in ...
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French workers’ struggle triggers ‘Kill Mittal’ game
Lakshmi Mittal to keep a factory open. Players throw barrels and beams at police in the "Kill Mittal" game inspired by the long-lasting -- and ultimately unsuccessful -- struggle in France's northeastern town of Florange to stop the closure of steel blast furnaces owned by Mittal. "This game is not an incitement to violence or to beat up the big bosses. I purposefully chose ...
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Cannes Nicolas Winding Refns Only God Forgives Gets Tepid Red Carpet Reception
Thai actor Vithaya Pansringarm drew the only loud applause during the ovation, while the film's star, Ryan Gosling, was conspicuously absent from the world ...
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Cannes encourages creativity for a good cause
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have selected nine projects as part of the second Grand Challenges Explorations initiative. The creative challenge "Aid is Working. Tell the World" solicited innovative communications ideas that can help change the global conversation about the impact of investments in foreign aid. ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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