France will officially recognise a Palestinian state in September, President Emmanuel Macron has said. In a post on X, Macron said the formal announcement would be made at a session of the UN General Assembly in New York. “The urgent need today is for the war in Gaza to end and for the civilian population […]
Brigitte Macron, 72, has also taken to the courts in France to combat claims she was born a man.
France’s first lady has taken her case against two women over claims she used to be a man to the highest appeals court after a lower court let them off, her lawyer said Monday. On Thursday, the Paris appeals court overturned earlier convictions against the two women for spreading false claims — that went viral […]
In recent years, a bizarre conspiracy theory has made rounds on social media and conservative commentary platforms, claiming that Brigitte Macron, the First Lady of France, was born a man. This theory, notably propagated by American political commentator Candace Owens, has stirred significant controversy, misinformation, and public debate. Here, we delve into the origins of […]
Macron is half-way through his second term as president and Bayrou will be his fourth prime minister this year.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called for halting arms shipments to Israel over its operations in Gaza, which over the course of a year have killed nearly 42,000 people and injured some 97,000. In an interview with France Inter radio, Macron stressed the need to prioritize a political solution in the region. He claimed […]
The unprecedented leak to the Guardian of more than 124,000 documents – known as the Uber files – lays bare the ethically questionable practices that fuelled the company’s transformation into one of Silicon Valley’s most famous exports. The leak spans a five-year period when Uber was run by its co-founder Travis Kalanick, who tried to […]
(AFP)-US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron prepared to sound out Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday and Ukraine urged its citizens not to panic after Washington warned that an all-out invasion could begin “any day”. Weeks of tensions that have seen Russia surround its western neighbour with more than 100,000 troops revved up another […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to secure loan from France to finance the construction of a railway line linking Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nairobi’s central business district during his last week’s visit to Paris, delaying the €128 million (Sh16.3 billion) infrastructure plan. Kenya was expected to ink the deal during President Kenyatta’s two day visit […]
