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New multiple sclerosis drug by Sanofi delays progressive form of disease by 31 per cent in trial
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French drugmaker Sanofi is seen a the Sanofi Genzyme Polyclonals in Lyon, France, September 30, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
canada
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Ottawa, Montreal next week
France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a session of the Constitutional Council to mark the start of the new school year, in Paris, September 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Michel Euler
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French woman tells husband, others accused of drugging and raping her ‘forgiveness does not exist’
FILE - Police officers walk in the Avignon court house prior to the trial of Dominique Pelicot, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
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Frenchman charged with mass abuse of wife says ‘I am a rapist,’ seeks forgiveness
Gisele Pelicot who has allegedly been drugged and raped by men solicited by her husband Dominique Pelicot, at the courthouse in Avignon, France, September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo
european business
Thierry Breton steps down as France’s EU commissioner
(FILES) EU commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton speaks during a press conference on the Critical Raw Materials Act, the EU's long-term competitiveness strategy, and 30 years of the Single Market at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 16, 2023. The European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, announced on September 16, 2024 his resignation from the European Commission with immediate effect, claiming that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had asked French President Emmanuel Macron that he no longer be France's candidate. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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France seeks extradition of another Canadian tied to EncroChat encrypted phone service
EncroChat and Europol logos are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Drugged and raped, Gisèle Pélicot has become France’s symbol of fight against sexual violence
Gisele Pelicot speaks to media as she leaves the Avignon court house, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. A woman allegedly drugged by her ex-husband so that she could be raped by other men while she laid unconscious, is expected to testify before a panel of French judges. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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soccer
French league’s legal board orders PSG to pay Mbappe €55-million of unpaid wages
Paris Saint-Germain's French forward #07 Kylian Mbappe runs off the ball during the French Cup Final football match between Olympique Lyonnais (OL) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France on May 25, 2024. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
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France foiled three attack plots targeting Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, prosecutor says
This photograph shows the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower in Paris on September 6, 2024. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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France waves farewell to its sporting summer at the Paralympics closing ceremony
General view of the Stade du France stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Thousands protest in France against Macron’s choice of Barnier as prime minister
Demonstrators, one displaying French flag, gather under the statue of Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic, during a protest demonstration responding to a call from the far-left party leader who criticized as a power grab the president's appointment of a new prime minister, Michel Barnier, in Paris, France, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
olympics
Paris Mayor proposes naming sports venue in honour of late Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's Marathon - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 26, 2023 Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei in action during the women's marathon final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo
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Macron names EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister
FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron, right, whispers to European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as he visits the International Agriculture Fair, in Paris, France. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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At least 12 migrants dead after vessel capsizes in Channel, French minister says
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard the RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel, Tuesday Sept. 3, 2024. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
olympics
Ukrainian badminton player chasing first Paralympic medal with an unexpected guest in the stands
Oksana Kozyna, from Ukraine, reaches to hit the shuttlecock during the semifinal match of the Para Badminton SL3 classification against Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh from Indonesia during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Syakuroh won the game in straight sets. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)
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Paralympic triathlon events are postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine River
This photograph taken on September 1, 2024, shows the Seine river from the Alexandre III bridge, after the cancellation of the para-triathlon competition during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. All the Paralympic para-triathlon events scheduled to take place in Paris on September 1 have been postponed by one day, "as a precautionary measure concerning the swimmability of the Seine", announced the organizers. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
olympics
Paris Paralympics: Afghan Khudadadi becomes first athlete from the refugee team to win medal
Paris 2024 Paralympics - Taekwondo - Women K44 -47kg Medal Ceremony - Grand Palais, Paris, France - August 29, 2024 Gold medallist Leonor Angelica Espinoza Carranza of Peru celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony alongside Silver medallist Ziyodakhon Isakova of Uzbekistan and Bronze medallists Khwansuda Phuangkitcha of Thailand and Zakia Khudadadi of Refugee Paralympic Team. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska
olympics
Paris Paralympics: Canadian para-swimmer Aurelie Rivard wins bronze in women’s 50m freestyle
NANTERRE, FRANCE - AUGUST 29: Aurelie Rivard of Team Canada looks on following the Women's 50m Freestyle - S10 Heat 2 on day one of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Paris La Defense Arena on August 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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Telegram arrives at a moment of truth
Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo