French President Emmanuel Macron (center-right) and United Arab Emirates'President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed look at UAE Industry Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (front-left) and with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (front-center) signing documents during a signing ceremony before a state dinner at the Grand Trianon estate near the Palace of Versailles, south west of […]
France's President Emmanuel Macron (right) shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prior to a working lunch at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on July 1, 2022. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron told new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese he wanted to focus on the future as they […]
Kylian Mbappe has decided to extend his stay at Paris St Germain, French sport daily L’Equipe reported on Saturday. The France forward, whose current contract expires on June 30, had been widely tipped to join Real Madrid. L’Equipe said a new contract, which is likely to tie him to the French champions until 2025, had […]
Novak Djokovic extended his record at the top of the ATP rankings to 370 weeks on Monday while Rafael Nadal drops down a place to number five. The Spaniard was knocked out of the Italian Open in the last 16 and is leapfrogged by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who made it all the way to […]
Supporters of French President Emmanuel Macron celebrate at the Eiffel Tower in Paris after voters elected him to a second five-year term as France's leader, April 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) After the second round of the French presidential election on June 24, President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected for a second term of five years. […]
Rafael Nadal returned to training on Monday following a four-week rib injury layoff, with just over a month to go before the French Open at Roland Garros. “Today’s first gentle workout after four weeks without stepping on a tennis court. What excitement to step onto clay again!” the world number four wrote on Twitter alongside […]
This photo taken on Dec 12, 2021 shows ballots reading "Yes" and "No" for the referendum on independence at a polling station of the City Hall in Noumea on the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. (THEO ROUBY / AFP) SYDNEY – Final results of an independence referendum in the French territory of New […]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a meeting with US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Sept 22, 2021. (OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) Australia denied on Thursday an assertion by France that Canberra had re-committed to a $60 billion contract to buy French submarines in […]
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison answer the press prior to a working diner at the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 15, 2021. Morrison said on Sept 21, 2021 that he will not speak with Macron at the United Nations this week even though French anger over Australia's cancellation […]
A USA team led by 11-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant was beaten 83-76 by France in a huge Olympic basketball upset on Sunday. The French, with a team containing NBA players including Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier, inflicted the Americans’ first defeat at an Olympics since the 2004 Athens Games. Durant was held to just […]
Naftali Bennett, Israeli parliament member from the Yamina party, gives a statement at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on June 6, 2021. (PHOYO / AFP) JERUSALEM – Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to look into growing allegations that spyware sold by an Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global […]
Antoine Greizmann rescued a point for world champions France as they came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with hosts Hungary in Group F and prevent a massive upset in front of a full house at the Puskas Arena on Saturday. Attila Fiola had given the hosts a dream half-time lead, after France missed […]
Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka, with 24 Grand Slam titles between them, both withdrew from Wimbledon on Thursday with the Spanish star also pulling out of the TokyoOlympics in a bid “to prolong my career”. Nadal’s snub of the Olympics was later followed by world number five Dominic Thiem also withdrawing from Tokyo. Osaka, however, […]
Novak Djokovic came from a set down in a spellbinding French Open semi-final to inflict only a third ever defeat on the Parisian clay for Rafa Nadal, moving through 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 in front of raucous crowd on Friday. Nadal, bidding for a record-extending 14th French Open title, won the first five games of […]
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Daniil Medvedev in straight sets Tuesday to stay on track for a first Grand Slam final at the French Open, while first-time semi-finalists Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Tamara Zidansek are two wins from an unlikely title. Greek fifth seed Tsitsipas qualified for his third successive major semi-final, winning 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 to […]
Serena Williams’ latest quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title ended with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat by Kazakh 21st seed Elena Rybakina in the French Open last 16 on Sunday. The 39-year-old American, still one short of Margaret Court’s all-time record of most Grand Slam singles titles, has not gone beyond the fourth round […]
Novak Djokovic, birthday boy Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all reached the French Open third round on Thursday as the race for the women’s title was thrown wide open after world number one Ashleigh Barty limped out. Top seed Djokovic continued his bid for a second Roland Garros and 19th Grand Slam title with a […]
Rafael Nadal said he is content with being seeded third at Roland Garros, after starting his bid for a 14th French Open title with a comfortable victory over Alexei Popyrin on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Nadal raced through the first two sets before fighting back from 2-5 down in the third to secure a 6-2, 6-3, […]
In this photo taken on Jan 08, 2020 Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is pictured at the podium at the Lebanese Press Syndicate where he addressed a large crowd of journalists on his reasons for dodging trial in Japan. (PHOTO / AFP) French investigating judges were due to start questioning fugitive former car executive Carlos […]
Naomi Osaka said on Monday she was withdrawing from the French Open following the bitter fall-out from her decision to boycott all media activity at the Grand Slam event. “The best thing for the tournament, the other players and my well-being is that I withdraw so that everyone can get back to focusing on the […]
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, the three most successful men in Grand Slam tennis history, were on Thursday all drawn in the same half of the French Open. Having slipped to number three in the world, it was always likely that Nadal, the 13-time champion, would face top-ranked Djokovic before the final. The […]
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party throw stones toward police during a protest after their leader was detained following his calls for the expulsion of the French ambassador, in Karachi on April 19, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's government will seek a vote in parliament on Tuesday on whether to expel the French ambassador […]
Supporters of banned Islamic party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) block a road and shout slogans protesting the arrest of their party leader Saad Rizvi, who was demanding the government expel the French ambassador, in Lahore, Pakistan, April 18, 2021. (K.M. CHAUDARY / AP) Pakistan has begun talks with an extremist group it banned last week, in […]
Policemen detain a supporter of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party during a protest against the arrest of their leader as he was demanding the expulsion of the French ambassador over depictions of Prophet Muhammad, in Rawalpindi on April 14, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS – France has advised that French citizens and companies should temporarily leave […]
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a joint press conference following a meeting on the Middle East Peace process, at the quai d'Orsay, in Paris, on March 11, 2021. (LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP) BRUSSELS – Europe must take action as Lebanon collapses, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said, adding that […]
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (Left) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron following talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Sept 20, 2019. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP PARIS – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday dined with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the crisis in Lebanon and the difficulties in forming […]