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French president and wife also meet ‘backpack hero’, as suspect’s detention extended after psychiatric evaluation

France wants to achieve its ends mainly by defeating jihadists militarily, whereas local leaders want to secure political solutions through talks. Which looks a lot like a replay of old colonial-era dynamics, Rémi Carayol writes in this month's Le Monde Diplomatique.

The philosophy graduate, who is on a pilgrimage of cathedrals in France, has taken to social media to send his thoughts and prayers to the families of the young victims

France’s president is heading to the Alps to be at the side of families traumatized by the savage stabbings of four very young children and two adults

Two of four children in ‘critical’ condition after knife attack by Syrian refugee in Lake Annecy in the Alps on Thursday

A lone knifeman rushed a playground and started his attack on children in strollers at 9.45am local time yesterday in a park near a lake in the town of Annecy, France

Children stabbed in playground attack in stable condition

Authorities said the children were taken to hospital in critical condition

VADODARA: Lakshita Shandilya, 18, first came into limelight last year when she won two silver medals at ISF World School Gymnasiad in France. On Wednesday, the middle-distance runner showed that she has taken another big step in the world of athletics, winning the gold medal in 1500m in the Asian…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visited the hospital where preschool children who were wounded in a knife attack in the Alpine town of Annecy were being treated. Four children and two adults were injured in the attack by a Syrian refugee. The president said that their conditions were improving.

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