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France head coach Didier Deschamps was putting his players through their final paces for the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Iceland on Tuesday as he tried to douse a flare-up between Paris Saint-Germain and his bosses at the French Football Federation (FFF).

ASML Holding (NASDAQ:ASML) and France-based Mistral AI announced a strategic partnership on Tuesday that combines semiconductor manufacturing expertise with frontier artificial intelligence capabilities to accelerate innovation across the semiconductor and AI value chain.

Sébastien Lecornu, a presidential ally, is tasked with bringing France’s divided parties together to pass a budget

Paris-based Mistral AI has achieved Europe’s largest fundraising round in artificial intelligence to date, securing €1.7 billion and bringing Dutch semiconductor giant ASML on board as a strategic partner in a deal seen as bolstering Europe’s drive for technological sovereignty.

France's Mistral on Tuesday cemented its position as Europe's top AI hope against far larger US and Chinese competitors after a record fundraising round and a tie-up with chipmaking equipment heavweight ASML. The 1.7 billion euro ($2 billion) cash infusion values Mistral at 11.7 billion euros, double its heft last…

In today’s newsletter: After François Bayrou resigned, Emmanuel Macron is looking for his sixth prime minister since assuming power

After François Bayrou’s downfall, Emmanuel Macron faces the tough decision of whether to find a fifth prime minister in under two years or call for snap elections.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named defence minister and his close ally Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister to resolve a deepening political crisis as protests loom in the next days.

Among western European countries, only Switzerland and France had lower diagnosis rates than the UK