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The latest breaking news and stories on France, a country in western Europe known as a semi-presidential republic, and the world’s seventh largest economy. Also covering France’s relationship with China and Europe, plus commentary and updates on France’s economy, politics, society and social issues.
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Officers from the Frontier+ initiative at a press briefing in the Maldives. Photo: Handout
Crime

Editorial | Hong Kong should spare no effort in fight against financial crime

The recent crackdown by law enforcement agencies from 10 jurisdictions on international scams shows the benefit of regional cooperation.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan urges closer Europe ties, dialogue to work out differences

China’s Communist Party

Video | How a rural French town became the cradle of Chinese communism

Cannes Film Festival

‘Fjord’ by Romania’s Mungiu wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

The film stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as a couple who have their children taken from them by child services for spanking them.

Director Cristian Mungiu, Palme d’Or award winner for the film “Fjord”, poses after the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

EU next? Israeli far-right minister Ben-Gvir banned from French territory

Many nations were angry after the minister posted a ‌video of himself taunting activists being pinned down after trying to help Gaza.

South China Sea

Why the largest-ever US-Philippine drill, and Japan’s role, makes China uneasy

The scale of this year’s Balikatan exercise has been described as part of a trend that will ‘exacerbate regional instability’.

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China-Africa relations

As France tries to reset relations with Africa, China’s influence looms large

Paris pitches a €23 billion investment ‘jolt’ to win over countries like Kenya after losing ground in the Sahel.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenyan leader William Ruto at the closing session of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Emmanuel Macron

France’s youngest PM Attal to run for president

Gabriel Attal was just 37 when he became France’s youngest prime minister in 2024.

Quantum computing

France to invest €1.5 billion in quantum computing, advanced microchips

This comes a day after the US unveiled plans to take US$2 billion in equity stakes across nine quantum-computing companies.

Aviation accidents

Air France 2009 crash verdict sparks mixed emotions among families

Seventeen years after the Atlantic disaster, an appeals court delivers a corporate blow that some relatives say stops short of true justice.

Divers recovering part of the tail section from Flight 447 in 2009. Photo: AFP
Portugal

Mother arrested in Portugal after young sons blindfolded and abandoned

Two French boys, aged 4 and 5, were left by a remote road with backpacks of food but no identity documents.

Portuguese police have taken into custody the mother and stepfather of two young French children who were allegedly abandoned in central Portugal. Photo: Getty Images
Airbus

Paris court finds Airbus, Air France guilty in 2009 crash

Flight AF447 ‌vanished from ‌radar screens on June 1, 2009, with people from 33 nationalities on board.

Science

SMILE: China-EU satellite to study Earth’s solar defence defies trade tensions

Launch of satellite to study Earth’s magnetic shield hailed by lead scientists as result of ‘true 50/50 collaboration’.

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European Union

EU picks tungsten, rare earths, gallium for first critical mineral stockpile

The move marks one of the bloc’s most concrete steps to reduce reliance on China for elements vital to defence and tech.

Labourers work at a tungsten mining factory at Zhongshan, China. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

Chinese investment in Europe surges to 7-year high despite rising trade tensions

But study warns that new project pipeline appears to be drying up, as Chinese investors face pressure from both Beijing and Brussels.

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Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd is building a huge new facility in Debrecen, Hungary. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s market surge drives ‘fear of missing out’ among French investors

Finance chief Paul Chan says shift fuelled by city’s strong market performance and improved geopolitical situation, especially after Xi-Trump summit.

US-China relations

US charges 7 Chinese executives and 4 shipping firms linked to container cartel

The companies are accused of conspiring to restrict output and fix prices during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Style Edit

Style Edit: The new Henry Jacques collection crowns its Rose de Mai project

The art-in-a-bottle Collection de l’Atelier 2025 distils the house’s signature flower into 3 Les Essences created for collectors.

Henry Jacques’ Collection de l’Atelier 2025 is the last chapter in a three-part project. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong finance chief woos French wealth managers as European tour starts

Paul Chan, who arrived in Paris on Monday, met representatives of French asset management association and think tank Asia Centre in Paris, sources say.

Crime

Around 10 ‘new’ victims emerge in France’s expanding Epstein probe

Authorities target French perpetrators who facilitated the late American sex offender’s crimes.

China-France relations

As France passes law on returning loot, should China pop the champagne?

While the law should make returning artefacts easier, it sets high standards of evidence which may be hard to meet.

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The remains of the Old Summer Palace are dusted with snow in Beijing in January. The palace complex was destroyed by British forces in 1860 as part of the second opium war. Photo: Xinlu Liang
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan is heading to Europe. So what’s on the itinerary?

Finance chief’s trip announced on Sunday and follows easing of tensions after US President Donald Trump visited mainland China.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan’s trip will take him to Paris, Brussels and Zurich. Photo: Handout
China-Asean relations

Asian Angle | China offers Southeast Asia clear advantages in nuclear power

With its experience in exporting nuclear reactors, China can offer long-term energy security and technological upgrades.

United States

‘It’s nasty’: Swatch-Audemars Piguet watch hype ignites global shopping chaos

From New York to Milan, buyers push and shove each other to get their hands on the ‘Royal Pop’ timepieces.

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Africa

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

Accused of bankrolling the mass killing of the Tutsis, Kabuga was declared unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia.

Readers look at a newspaper in Nairobi in June 2002 carrying the photograph of Felicien Kabuga. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet Lindsey Vonn’s rumoured new fellow Olympian boyfriend, Matthieu Bailet

The Olympic champion – who previously dated Tiger Woods, PK Subban and Diego Osorio – is said to be ‘getting to know’ the ski racer from Nice.

Lindsey Vonn is rumoured to be seeing fellow Olympian Matthieu Bailet. Photos: @lindseyvonn, @matthieu_bailet/Instagram
Vietnam

Beyond bamboo: Vietnam’s To Lam mounts a diplomacy offensive

The security chief turned paramount leader is chasing the markets and capital required to reach high-income status by 2045.

Fame and celebrity

Travolta gets surprise Cannes prize: ‘beyond the Oscar’

The Hollywood star received an honorary Palme d’Or, as he premiered his first film as a director.

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