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France imposed an emergency Wednesday in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, boosting security forces' powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence. Armed clashes and other violence that erupted Monday following protests over voting reforms have left four people dead, including a gendarme, and injured more than 300, French authorities said.

Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera kissing President Emmanuel Macron during the Olympic opening ceremony has caused a lot of controversy in her home country. The image displays 46-year-old Oudea-Castera giving Macron a tight hug and kissing him close to the neck. This move has generated interest and concern from the media and general public, as per the reports of Yahoo entertainment.

France's high-speed rail network paralysed train travel nationwide Friday as Paris prepared to host the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympics.

France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker

But he added that, if his resignation is refused, he was ready to remain in office «as long as duty demands», with the Paris Olympics due to begin in three weeks.

French President Emmanuel Macron has refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo

French voters have propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections and plunged the country into political uncertainty

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday decided to keep his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in office after parliamentary elections in which the government's political camp lost its role as the strongest party to the left in a hung parliament. «The President has asked Gabriel Attal to remain prime minister for the time being in order to ensure the country's stability,» Macron's office said in a statement. Attal had already flagged on Sunday he would offer his resignation, which follows French political tradition, but added he was prepared to stay in office longer as a caretaker but it was up to the president to decide.

France’s prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person

Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry

Marine. Since taking over the National Front in 2011, rebranding it the National Rally (RN), she has converted a pariah into a party preparing to govern. Her protégé, the 28-year-old Jordan Bardella—now party president—is the only politician to feature in the top 50 favourite French personalities, alongside football stars and ageing rock legends.

IT firm Atos has told creditors and bondholders it is seeking more than 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) in new funds, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with direct knowledge of a new restructuring plan. Atos is aiming to convert about half of its $5 billion debt into equity as part of the plan disclosed during a confidential meeting on Monday, Bloomberg said.

France's government increased its security alert posture to the highest level Sunday after the deadly attack at a Russian concert hall and the Islamic State's claim of responsibility. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced the decision in a post on X, saying authorities were «taking into account the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the (Moscow) attack and the threats weighing on our country.» The announcement came after Presiden t Emmanuel Macron held an emergency security meeting prompted by Friday's attack in a Moscow suburb that killed more than 130 people. The attack was claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. France has repeatedly been hit by deadly Islamic State attacks, including the Bataclan theater massacre in 2015 in which extremists opened fire on concert-goers and held hostages for hours. French troops have also fought against Islamic extremists in the Middle East and Africa.

Gabriel Attal made this announcement after a meeting with top security and defence officials alongside President Emmanuel Macron. Attal shared on social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), that the decision to elevate the alert level was made "in light of the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the (Moscow) attack and the threats facing our nation". "Following the attack in Moscow, a Defense and National Security Council was convened this evening at the Elysée by the President of the Republic.

The French government says that several of its services are being targeted by cyberattacks of «unprecedented intensity» and a special crisis center was activated to restore online services

right to abortion in its constitution, a historic move heavily criticized by anti-abortion groups. Senators and MPs supported the move by 780 votes against 72 in a special joint vote of the two houses of parliament. Monday's vote enshrined in Article 34 of the French constitution that "the law determines the conditions in which a woman has the guaranteed freedom to have recourse to an abortion".

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Protests by French farmers are snowballing and creeping closer to Paris, ratcheting up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay

Gabriel Attal on Tuesday was appointed as France's youngest-ever and first openly gay Prime Minister by President Emmanuel Macron. Attal rose to prominence as the government spokesman and education minister. During his tenure, he enacted a controversial ban on the wearing of the Abaya in French public schools and has worked on raising awareness of bullying in schools.

Gabriel Attal as the new prime minister of the country. The 34-year-old Attal is not only the youngest prime minister of the country but is also the first-ever openly gay PM of France. Also Read: India invites French President Emmanuel Macron as Chief Guest for Republic Day 2024 celebrations He is known to be a rising star of French politics as he takes on the role after a bruising year for Macron who saw opposition in the country over pensions and immigration schemes.

AFP. He argued that the garment violates France's strict secular laws in education. "It will no longer be possible to wear an abaya at school," Education Minister Gabriel Attal told TF1 television, as per the report. The development comes after months of debate over the wearing of abayas in French schools, where women have long been banned from wearing the Islamic headscarf.