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Key Challenges In Putting An End To Libya’s Chaos

France is hosting a rare meeting on Tuesday between Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military...

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France To Appeal Google Tax Ruling

The French government will appeal a court ruling that US internet giant Google is not liable for 1.12 billion euros...

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Trump Jets Off To Paris As Russia Crisis Plagues Washington

US President Donald Trump departed for France Wednesday, as yet another political firestorm swirled in Washington over...

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France To Ban Sales of Petrol and Diesel Cars By 2040

France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the...

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A Painful Chapter In Nigeria’s History

Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking...

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Italy Gets Google To Pay $335 Million In Tax Arrears

Italy's tax agency confirmed that Google (GOOGL, Tech30) would pay €306 million ($335 million) to cover taxes for the...

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Curbing Armed Robbery Must Be Government’s Priority

Unfortunately, the government of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been handed a country that...

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France ‘hiding Truth’ On Suspected Chemical Attack

Syria on Thursday accused France of concealing the real identity of those behind a deadly suspected chemical attack, a...

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LafargeHolcim CEO To Step Down Over Syria Probe

French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said Monday its chief executive Eric Olsen is stepping down following an...

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French Overseas Territories Kick Off Key Presidential Vote

French overseas territories and residents in some U. S. states such as Hawaii began voting on Saturday in the French...

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French Guiana Activists End Crippling Protest After Deal

The movement behind social unrest that left French Guiana paralysed for almost a month has ended the protest after...

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Macron Vows To Tackle Terrorism By Taking On Tech Companies

French centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has launched his presidential campaign with a plan to tackle terrorism by...

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The French President Who Wouldn’t Be ‘normal’

François Hollande's reign as president was marked by a secret love affair, deadly terror attacks, and an economic...

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London Attack

Four people were killed, along with the assailant, in Wednesday's attack in Westminster, close to the Houses of...

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Ancient, Near-Pristine Buddha To Make Kabul Museum Debut

Having withstood time, the elements, looters and war, a spectacular Buddha restored and removed from one of...

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French Businesses Will Troop To Ghana Soon – French Ambassador

French Ambassador to Ghana Francois Pujolas says lots of French businesses will begin trooping to the country soon in...

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France, Ghana Moving Forward Together

The French Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Francois Pujolas, has congratulated the government and people of Ghana on the...

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Peugeot Poised To Buy GM’s Opel, Creating European Car Giant

France's PSA Group (PEUP. PA) is set to announce a deal to buy Opel from General Motors (GM.N) on Monday after striking...

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LafargeHolcim Says ‘unacceptable’ Practices Kept Syria Plant Open

Cement maker LafargeHolcim admitted on Thursday it had resorted to "unacceptable practices" to continue operations at...