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French prez opens Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with star-studded event
French President Emmanuel Macron officially opened the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games during a colourful opening ceremony held at the iconic Place de la Concorde square on Wednesday evening. August 28. The…
- World
France imposes Hijab ban for Olympic athletes, sparks outrage
France has decided to prohibit its Muslim female athletes from wearing a hijab during the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The move has ignited controversy, with critics alleging French authorities of…
- Middle East
From Paris to Madinah: French pilgrim walks 8,000 km to perform Umrah
Madinah: French traveller Mohamed Boulabiar recently arrived in the city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia, after covering a distance of 8,000 kilometers on foot to perform Umrah. Boulabiar embarked on a journey from…
- India
Macron launches special French language programme for Indian students
New Delhi: The two-day visit of President Emmaneul Macron to India as a chief guest on the eve of India’s Republic Day opened doors of opportunities for the Indian students who can…
- World
Red Sea: PM Modi, French Prez express ‘grave concerns’ over expansion of conflict
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron expressed “grave concerns” at the possibility of further expansion of the conflict in the Middle-East, including in the Red Sea. A…
- World
French PM Borne steps down
Paris: France’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the second woman to hold the post, on Monday quit after less than a two-year stint. The resignation of Borne, who took over in May 2022,…
- World
Algerian footballer gets 8-month suspended jail term over Gaza post
The French judiciary has given Algerian football player Youcef Atal an eight-month suspended prison sentence over his social media posts, in which he declared his support for Palestine against Israel in the…
- World
French judge to decide on extending stay of 303 passengers of grounded flight
Paris: The 303 passengers, mostly Indians, of a plane detained by French authorities since Thursday over suspected “human trafficking”, are set to appear before a judge on Sunday at the airport to…
- Middle East
Defense ministers of Saudi Arabia, French hold talks in Paris
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held talks in Paris on Wednesday, December 20, with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu. The talks centered on the strategic…
- Middle East
Watch: French ‘spiderman’ climbs Burj Khalifa
Abu Dhabi: French climbers, Alain Robert, known as the “French Spiderman”, and Alexis Landot climbed an 828-meter-high (2,716.5 feet) Burj Khalifa in Dubai. This climb was part of Mashreq’s ‘Climb2Change’ global initiative,…
- World
French Senate Bill proposes imprisonment, fines for insulting Israel
Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a group of French senators proposed a law against those who deny the existence of the State of Israel or…
- Hyderabad
2 French firms ink deals with Hyderabad’s Skyroot for satellite launch services
New Delhi: Two French companies on Tuesday inked pacts with Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace to launch their constellation of satellites onboard its indigenously-developed Vikram-I rocket early next year. France-based Promethee Earth Intelligence signed…
- Business
Apple counters French claims of iPhone 12 radiation limit breach
London: Apple has refuted claims made by France’s radiation watchdog (ANFR) that iPhone 12 breaches radiation exposure limits. Apple said, in a statement, that iPhone 12 has been certified by several international…
- India
G20 summit: Macron to arrive on Sep 9 on 2-day visit
New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in New Delhi on September 9 for a two-day visit to attend the G20 summit, according to official sources. The G20 summit under India’s…
- Telangana
Telangana: TSCHE launches low-cost French language textbooks
Hyderabad: Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) has launched an exclusive low-cost cosmopolite edition of French language textbooks for students in the state. The edition was created after drafting a new…
