Tag: france
Southgate challenges England squad to make history against France
Gareth Southgate has pushed the England squad ahead of their World Cup quarter-final against France, challenging his side to create…
Red-hot Mbappe hits brace as France thrash Poland
Mbappe then scored France's second goal on 74th minute. He was set free in the area by Ousmane Dembele and…
Tunisia claim famous win against France but crash out of World Cup
Wahbi Khazri scored on 58th minute to give Tunisia all three points, but Australia qualified ahead of them having defeated…
Giroud equals scoring record as France beat Australia in dominant game
Giroud found the net before and after the break to take his tally to 51 goals, matching Thierry Henry’s mark.
Giroud grabs brace as France crush Australia
The French side, which are one of the favourites of the World Cup in Qatar had to come from behind…
Messi picks Brazil, France, England as Qatar World Cup favourites
The 35-year-old Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward will again shoulder Argentina’s hopes in Qatar as they bid to deliver the South…
Brigitte Giraud: How a novel about husband’s death earned her France biggest literary prize
Vivre Vite, a short autobiographical story, recounts the chain of events leading to the death of her husband Claude in…
Sad: Father found hanged, 2 children, mother dead
According to initial investigations, the bodies had no external injuries and there was no evidence of weapons used.
Nationwide strike hits France, access to Eiffel Tower prevented
The trade unions and the opposition are divided in their protest against the government at the moment.
France warns of resurgence of COVID-19 cases
New infections have been steadily rising since 10 days and the seven-day moving average of daily new cases reached an…
Mali accuses France of arming Jihadists
In a letter to the head of the United Nations Security Council dated Monday, Mali's foreign affairs minister, Abdoulaye Diop,…
Israel arrests 3 over “large-scale fraud” against France
Israeli authorities have arrested three suspects as part of an investigation into “large-scale fraud” against the French treasury and the…
France runs out of drinking water amid heat wave, drought
The drought is affecting the vast majority of mainland France, which only saw 0.38 inches of rain during the month…
France captures top IS militant, Albakaye in Mali
Albakaye was captured by Operation Barkhane forces between the night of June 11 and the early hours of June 12…
France reports first case of monkeypox
France’s Health Ministry confirmed the case after a PCR test was done on the patient on Thursday, French news channel…
Binance gets regulatory nod in France
Originally founded in China, Binance has largely pulled out of the country following Beijing’s sweeping crypto ban.
Macron or Marine Le Pen? France decides today
Until just weeks ago, opinion polls pointed to an easy win for the pro-European Union, centrist Macron, who was boosted…
France freezes €850m of Russian assets
France established a task force to implement EU sanctions against Russian oligarchs or those close to President Vladimir Putin.
Mali orders French troops leave immediately
A government spokesman announced on public television that the results of France’s nine-year military engagement in conflict-torn Mali were “not…
French military leaving Mali for Niger
Coups in Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso have weakened France's alliances in its former colonies, emboldened jihadists who control large…
France to close military bases in Mali for 6 months, says Macron
Paris said that Canada, France, and its allies in the European mission Takuba decided to begin coordinated withdrawal of troops…
Magashi calls for stronger Nigeria, France military ties
The minister said that Nigeria and France are strategic partners, adding that the partnership needed to be rejigged to take…
Mali accuses France’s military of partitioning the country
Mali has accused France’s military of deliberately dividing the West African country and of committing espionage during its fight against…
Malians in massive anti-French protests, Russia hailed as new ally
The protesters burned cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron in celebration of the expulsion of the envoy in Bamako.
Mali junta blasts France as Denmark withdraws troops
The junta spokesman, Abdoulaye Maiga rejected France's claims Mali had wrongfully asked Denmark to pull its troops from the country.
France smashes vaccine certificate fraudsters
The three suspects aged 22 to 29 were accused of hacking the data of 35 doctors and generating false evidence…
New COVID-19 variant found in France, linked with Cameroon
The new COVID-19 strain was discovered by academics based at the IHU Mediterranee Infection on December 10. So far, it…
Beijing Olympics: France declines to join boycott bandwagon
The United States, Canada, Australia and Britain all said this week that their government officials will not attend the Games…
Updated: France releases Khashoggi murder suspect
Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was last…
Buhari lands in Paris for state visit
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron…