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Opinion: Why France can’t fly

“Franceisintheair”–sostatesthesloganofAirFrance–well,notsomuchatthemoment.Similartothenationalrailroadservice,selectuniversitiesandgarbagecollectors,France’slar

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Why do the French love to strike?

Aplannedtwo-daystrikebyAirFrancestaffbeginningonTuesdaywasexpectedtoprovokefurtherchaosinFranceandEurope,alreadyhitthismonthbyrailnetworkstoppages.Sowhatarethes

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France to strip Syria's Bashar al-Assad of major award

FrancehasstartedtheprocessofrevokingSyrianPresidentBasharal-Assad’sLegionofHonoraward,theElyséePalacetoldABCNewstoday.TheLegionofHonor,whichisFrance’shighestdis

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'Political' Cannes film festival makes plea for dissidents

TheCannesfilmfestivalmadeadramaticshowofsupportfordissidentdirectorsinIranandRussiaThursdayasitunveiledahighlypoliticalselectionthatmixedgritandglamour.Festival

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Netflix pulls out of Cannes festival

Netflix'schiefcontentofficersaidinaninterviewpublishedWednesdaythestreaminggiantwouldnotattendthisyear'sCannesFilmFestivalbecauseofachangeinFrenchregulations.Sp

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Saudi Arabia seeks French help for music, opera and cinema

SaudiArabiaistouseFrenchexpertisetosetupanationaloperaandorchestraunderanagreementsignedMondaythatunderlinedthemodernisingagendaofthekingdom'scrownprinceashebeg

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Huawei launches OpenLab in Paris

ChinesetelecomsgiantHuaweihaslaunchedParisOpenLabaspartofitsplantocreateanopensystemofferinginnovativesolutionstopavethewayfordigitaltransformationandpromoteind

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Netflix reportedly to acquire French film company EuropaCorp

Netflixisin"advancedtalks"topurchasethedebt-riddenFrenchfilmcompanyEuropaCorp,amovethatwillhelpbolstertheformer'soriginalcontentamidfiercecompetitionwithotheron

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'Unacceptable' Italy : French ambassador over cross-border urine test

TheItalianforeignministrysummonedFrance’sambassadoronSaturday,afteruniformedFrenchcustomsofficerscrossedthebordertoconfrontamansuspectedofcarryingdrugs.Francein

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Macron reform drive is make-or-break for French unions

FacingawaveofreformsbyPresidentEmmanuelMacrontouchingnearlyeveryaspectofdailylife,FrenchunionskickoffawaveofstrikesTuesdaythatanalystssaywilltesthowmuchweightth

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France to spend $1.8 billion on AI to compete with U.S., China

PARIS(Reuters)-FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacronpromised1.5billioneuros($1.85billion)ofpublicfundingintoartificialintelligenceby2022inabidtoreverseabraindrainandcat

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French supermarket attacker's teen friend held as toll rises to 4

FrenchpoliceovernightarrestedasecondpersonoverFriday'sattacksbyagunman,whichledtothedeathoffourpeopleinsouthwesternFrance,state-runFranceInforadioreportedSaturd

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France's Sarkozy told he suspected of taking Gaddafi election money

FrenchformerpresidentNicolasSarkozywastoldaftertwodaysincustodyonWednesdaythatheisbeingformallytreatedasasuspectasmagistratesinvestigateclaimshis2007electioncam

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Macron launches global campaign to promote French speaking

EmmanuelMacronwilllaunchaninternationalcampaigntopromoteFrenchspeakingacrosstheworldinaspeechattheAcademieFrançaiseonTuesday.ThepresidentwillannouncewhattheElys

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French ex-president Sarkozy in custody in campaign funding probe: source

FormerFrenchPresidentNicolasSarkozywasinpolicecustodyonTuesdaymorning,wherehewastobequestionedaspartofaninvestigationintosuspectedirregularitiesoverhiselectionc

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French ex-president Sarkozy in custody in campaign funding probe

FormerFrenchPresidentNicolasSarkozywasplacedincustodyonTuesdayaspartofaninvestigationthathereceivedmillionsofeurosinillegalfinancingfromtheregimeofthelateLibyan

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New Caledonia to hold vote on independence from France

VotersinNewCaledoniaintheSouthPacificwilldecideinNovemberonwhethertheywishtobecomeindependentofFrance.Theoverseasterritoryhasseenyearsofbitterpoliticalfeudingbe