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Facts-Rugby-List of Six Nations winners
List of Six Nations Championship winners after France claimed their seventh Six Nations title in a 35-16 victory over Scotland on...
Mar 182 min read


Facts-Soccer-France manager Didier Deschamps who will leave role in 2026
Factbox on Didier Deschamps, who the French soccer federation said on Tuesday would leave his role as France manager after his contract...
Jan 173 min read


Facts-Who received the longest jail terms in the Gisele Pelicot rape trial?
AVIGNON, France - A French court found all 51 defendants guilty on Thursday in a mass rape case including Dominique Pelicot, who...
Dec 21, 20243 min read


Mayotte cyclone kills several hundred, maybe thousands, in worst storm in century
PARIS/MORONI - Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century...
Dec 17, 20243 min read


Western nations agree to 'disrupt and deter' Russia shadow fleet, Estonia says
TALLINN - Twelve Western countries have agreed measures to "disrupt and deter" Russia's so-called shadow fleet of vessels in order to...
Dec 17, 20241 min read


French parliament approves bill to roll over budget, avoiding shutdown
PARIS - France's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Monday approved a special law designed to maintain core state...
Dec 17, 20241 min read


Russia must be ready to fight NATO in Europe in next decade, minister says
MOSCOW - Russia's defence minister said on Monday that Moscow must be ready to fight the NATO military alliance in Europe in the next...
Dec 17, 20242 min read


Olympics-Prince Feisal champions member input in IOC presidential bid
LONDON - The promise of a more democratic International Olympic Committee with greater input from members is key to Prince Feisal Al...
Dec 17, 20243 min read


Analysis-Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems
PARIS - When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase...
Dec 15, 20243 min read


France's Macron names veteran centrist ally Bayrou as prime minister
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named Francois Bayrou his fourth prime minister of 2024, tasking the veteran centrist...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


NATO boss calls for much higher defence spending to counter Russia
BRUSSELS - NATO head Mark Rutte warned the U.S.-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


French Socialists repeat call for left-wing PM as Macron seeks coalition talks
PARIS - France's new prime minister should come from the left and any coalition government must commit to pension changes and helping...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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