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French customs officials have seized a record 900 kilogrammes of cocaine and 180 kilogrammes of methamphetamine aboard a sailing yacht off the Marquesas Islands – one of five archipelagos that make up French Polynesia. France's Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, on an official visit to the region, has said the "fight…

A French startup, Blue Spirit Aero, has developed an innovative hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft, showcased at the 55th Paris Air Show held recently in Le Bourget.

Serge Atlaoui – a Frenchman who spent almost two decades on death row in Indonesia over drug offences before being returned to France – has been granted a conditional release, prosecutors have announced.

Equatorial Guinea sharply criticised France at the United Nations’ top court on Tuesday, labelling its actions as “neo-colonial” in a long-running dispute over a lavish, multi-million-euro mansion in Paris that was confiscated by French authorities.

The European Commission will kickstart two years of tense negotiations when it unveils its proposal Wednesday for the EU's long-term budget including funding reforms that risk renewed confrontation with farmers.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping plan to restore France’s public finances, warning of the "deadly danger" of being "crushed by debt".

France and four EU countries will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking users' ages, the European Commission said Monday.

In October 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz made a groundbreaking discovery: the first exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star. This moment marked the beginning of a new era in astronomy and planetary science, earning the Swiss pair the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. In a recent visit to the Sorbonne,…

A French court has suspended a measure made by the mayor of Nice to limit the number of large cruise ships from docking in its port, aiming to tackle pollution and overtourism.

Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French president, has lodged an appeal with France's highest appeals court, the Court of Cassation, after the Paris court of appeal last Thursday acquitted two women who spread a rumour online alleging that she is a transgender woman, her lawyer told French news agency…

French Prime Minister François Bayrou presents the highly anticipated 2026 budget to parliament on Tuesday, outlining plans to find €40 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes. Whatever form the measures take they will be unpopular and risk bringing down the government.