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Record killing of journalists reveals rising global threat to press freedom

France, Feb. 27 -- A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), marking the deadliest year since the organisation ... Read More


Environmental reporting varies sharply across French media, study shows

France, Feb. 26 -- Environmental issues remain "under‑reported" in the French print media, although they attract slightly more attention than on television and radio, according to a new study by... Read More


Germany's Chancellor Merz kicks off China visit with landmark Airbus deal

France, Feb. 26 -- The deal, if signed, will be worth billions of euros and was announced alongside Chinese Premier Li Qiang. It would also bolster Airbus production in Hamburg and Toulouse, potential... Read More


South Korean director Park Chan-wook to preside 2026 Cannes film festival

France, Feb. 26 -- Park's work "embodies the DNA of contemporary Korean cinema in every way", the festival organisers wrote in a statement, which praised South Koreaa as "a great film-making country".... Read More


South Korean director Park Chan-wook to preside at Cannes film festival

France, Feb. 26 -- Park's work "embodies the DNA of contemporary Korean cinema in every way", the festival organisers wrote in a statement, which praised South Koreaa as "a great film-making country".... Read More


Rachida Dati resigns as France's culture minister to focus on Paris mayor campaign

France, Feb. 26 -- Dati said on Wednesday evening that she had submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron less than three weeks before the first round of voting on 15 March. "Paris is the... Read More


Macron urges France's political parties to come clean on ties to violent fringes

France, Feb. 25 -- The demand came after a cabinet meeting convened in the aftermath of a march in Lyon in south-eastern France on 21 February to commemorate the death of nationalist activist QuentinD... Read More


Ghana's foreign minister urges Ukraine to release two Ghanaian POWs

France, Feb. 25 -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has drawn in mercenaries and foreign fighters on both sides of the conflict, including from several African countries. Ukraine said Wednesday t... Read More


French Senate backs New Caledonia reform, but consensus remains elusive

France, Feb. 25 -- Backed by a comfortable majority of 215 votes to 41 on Tuesday, the text - championed by the government as a pathway to renewed stability in the Pacific territory - now faces a far ... Read More


Madagascar charts new course with France, after meeting Putin in Moscow

France, Feb. 25 -- Randrianirina has stepped on to the diplomatic stage with a brisk series of high-level visits - arriving in France just days after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Mos... Read More