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Hopes for Ukraine peace falter as Russian drones and joint drills fuel unease

France, Sept. 13 -- Prospects for peace in Ukraine are fading fast as stalled talks, Russian military drills and a drone scare over Poland unsettle Europe. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have... Read More


Albania hopes world's first AI-generated minister can cut back corruption

France, Sept. 12 -- Albania is looking to artificial intelligence to tackle corruption in public finance, as Prime Minister Edi Rama appoints the world's first AI-generated government minister to over... Read More


France risks credit downgrade as new PM tackles budget

France, Sept. 12 -- France on Friday risks a downgrade on its ability to pay back debts, economists said, a move that would further complicate new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's task of drawing up... Read More


Relief for Chagos descendants as UK vote restores Mauritius sovereignty

France, Sept. 12 -- The United Kingdom's House of Commons this week adopted a bill on the handing back of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The decision has been welcomed by the descendants of thos... Read More


France sends jets to Poland and summons Russian envoy over drone raid

France, Sept. 12 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said France will send three Rafale fighter jets to help protect Polish airspace after Warsaw accused Russia of launching a drone raid. France has a... Read More


France to deploy jets in Poland after drone incursion blamed on Russia

France, Sept. 12 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said France will send three Rafale fighter jets to help protect Polish airspace after Warsaw accused Russia of launching a drone raid. This comes a... Read More


Poland calls emergency UN meeting over drone raid blamed on Russia

France, Sept. 11 -- Poland said Thursday it had called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss violations of its airspace, a day after it accused Russia of carrying out a drone raid... Read More


Ghana becomes fifth African nation to take in US deportees

France, Sept. 11 -- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama confirmed on Thursday that his country had started receiving West Africans expelled from the United States. Mahama said 14 deportees - among... Read More


France sees record spike in chikungunya cases as tiger mosquito spreads

France, Sept. 11 -- France is coming to terms with its biggest-ever wave of the chikungunya virus, with outbreaks from the Riviera to Paris highlighting the growing impact of the spread of the tiger m... Read More


Von der Leyen urges Europe to fight for 'independence moment'

France, Sept. 11 -- EU chief Ursula von der Leyen sketched a harder-edged Europe in her state of the union address on Wednesday, setting out plans to fortify the bloc's eastern flank, keep Ukraine fun... Read More