France

French govt says new Brexit delay ‘in nobody’s interest’

8:27 pm October 21, 2019

Paris: France believes an additional delay to Britain’s exit from the EU is “in nobody’s interest,” a government spokeswoman said Monday, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks support from MPs for a new divorce deal. “It’s now up to the British parliament to say what it thinks, it’s no longer up to the European […]

Paris, Rome, Berlin preparing to block Facebook’s Libra in Europe: French minister

10:45 pm October 18, 2019

Washington: France, Italy and Germany are together preparing measures to block Facebook’s new Libra cryptocurrency from use in Europe, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Friday. “Libra is not welcome on European soil,” Le Maire told reporters the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. “We will take […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Macron and Merkel try to showcase unity as Brexit looms

9:01 pm October 16, 2019

TOULOUSE, France: President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel sought Wednesday to demonstrate the solidity of the French-German relationship at a meeting in southern France, one day before a key EU summit that may approve a divorce deal with Britain. They started with a visit to the headquarters of plane-maker Airbus, widely seen as a […]

PM Modi asks people to remember IAF valour on its raising day

9:11 pm October 8, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the valour of the Indian Air Force and asked people to especially remember it on its raising day like they pay respect to Lord Hanuman on Vijayadashami. Addressing a Dussehra celebration here, the prime minister said it’s a coincidence that this year the two events are […]

France admits ‘failings’ over Paris police attacker’s radicalisation

11:32 pm October 6, 2019

Paris: France’s interior minister acknowledged Sunday that officials should have kept a closer eye on the Paris police employee who stabbed four colleagues to death last week, after investigators found evidence he had supported an extreme version of Islam. “Obviously, there were failings,” Christophe Castaner told TF1 television, but he said he would not resign […]