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Prime Minister Michel Barnier
Alain Chabat, director of the Netflix TV animated series Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight, poses in Paris ahead of its premiere. Photo: Reuters
TV shows and streaming video

Asterix and Obelix court new fans with Netflix animated miniseries

The plucky Gauls return to the small screen in Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight, a five-part miniseries streaming globally on Netflix.

Banking & finance

BlackRock-backed Suez taps HSBC to review China assets

Fashion

Chanel’s cruise 2025-26 collection at Lake Como in northern Italy

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India

India’s Rafale fighter jet deal: a maritime power play against China, Pakistan?

Analysts say the new jets represent a major upgrade, replacing the ageing and accident-prone MiG-29K fleet on India’s aircraft carriers.

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A Rafale jet fighter takes off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Photo: AP
Kim Kardashian

10 on trial in Paris over 2016 gunpoint robbery of Kim Kardashian

Reality TV star will travel to Paris to give evidence as 10 people face charges of robbery and kidnapping.

Britain

UK to stop foreign sex offenders receiving refugee protections

‘Sex offenders who pose a risk to the community should not be allowed to benefit from refugee protections in the UK,’ interior ministry said.

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Spain

Power returning to most of Spain, Portugal after ‘pure chaos’ of massive blackout

Authorities were trying to establish what caused the outage that brought most of Spain and Portugal to a standstill.

People wait outside a closed train station, during a major power outage in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP
Video gaming

The new indie game that’s topping Metacritic’s 2025 review list

From independent French studio Sandfall Interactive, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is inspired by Final Fantasy and Belle Époque-era France.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs for third time since ceasefire

Israel says Beirut strike targeted a Hezbollah storage facility for precision-guided missiles.

Auctions

Napoleon’s sword to be sold at auction in Paris

The sabre, which the French emperor kept throughout his reign, is expected to fetch up to US$1.1 million when it goes under the hammer.

This photograph taken in Paris on Friday shows details of the last sword that belonged to French Emperor Napoleon. Photo: AFP
US-China trade war

Why are European luxury brands caught in China-US trade war crossfire?

Amid US-China trade war, videos showcasing China’s manufacturing prowess went viral but also drew controversy.

Women walk past LVMH’s group headquarters in Paris on April 14. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US scientists given access to moon rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-5 probe

Chinese space agency says American scientists will be among the international researchers allowed to study lunar samples.

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Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong supporting European business collaboration surge in Qianhai

Escalating US-China trade war has resulted in European business chambers seeking out opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Henry Jacques’ 2024 Collection de l’Atelier, made from its own roses

The limited edition trio expresses the heart of the latest HJ Rose de Mai absolute – an essence with floral, powdery characteristics, and acacia honey notes providing a warm, ambery depth.

The three perfumes in Henry Jacques’ 2024 Collection de l’Atelier express the heart of the maison’s latest HJ Rose de Mai absolute. Photo: Handout
Art

New John Singer Sargent exhibition charts the star portraitist’s rise

The show at New York’s Met covers Sargent’s journey to becoming the hottest portrait painter in Paris, and includes his infamous Madame X.

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1884. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
US-China relations

‘Stay away’ from Chinese satellite services, US advises allies in leaked memo

State Department talking points suggest foreign governments take steps to exclude China-based providers because of security risks.

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Fame and celebrity

Kim Kardashian to face ‘grandpa robbers’ at US$11 million jewellery heist trial

The US star, then 35, was bound and gagged at gunpoint by a group of elderly robbers while staying in Paris in 2016.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel cancels visas for French lawmakers 2 days before visit

Sunday’s action came amid diplomatic tensions after President Emmanuel Macron said France would soon recognise a Palestinian state.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron. Israel on Sunday cancelled visas for French lawmakers before a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Macron has said France would soon recognise a Palestinian state. Photo: AFP
China trade

French flock to Chinese e-commerce bargains, hunt for ‘agent Taobao’ to deliver

Amid US-China trade war, TikTok accounts show users how to purchase cheap goods directly from Chinese factories to avoid pricing mark-ups and tariffs.

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Emmanuel Macron

‘A more reliable partner’: how France’s Palestine push could isolate the US

France’s president is seizing a global leadership vacuum left by Washington to champion a two-state solution. The effects could be profound.

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United States

French minister warns Trump: firing Powell risks destabilising US economy

The US president has clashed with the Federal Reserve chair over interest rates, threatening ‘termination couldn’t come quickly enough’.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photo: Getty Images
Food and Drinks

Meet the world’s first Michelin-starred woman sushi chef

Chizuko Kimura picked up the reins of her husband’s Paris restaurant Sushi Shunei following his death from cancer and regained his Michelin star.

Chizuko Kimura, the first female sushi chef in the world to be awarded a Michelin star, pictured at her restaurant Sushi Shunei in Paris earlier this month. Photo: AFP
Formula One (F1)

Meet F1 driver Pierre Gasly’s girlfriend Francisca ‘Kika’ Gomes

Gomes and Gasly are rumoured to have started dating in 2022 and went Instagram official in 2023; when not working, she attends Gasly’s race weekends and hangs out with their dog Simba.

Wellness

Woman brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong

A nitrogen leak in a closed space could lead to oxygen depletion.

Ukraine war

Trump says US will ‘take a pass’ if no Ukraine deal progress

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier said that Washington would ‘move on’ if a truce with Russia did not seem ‘doable’ within days.

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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE
China-EU relations

EU’s ‘trade bazooka’ was meant for China. Could the US be hit instead?

Bloc turns some of the weapons it had trained on Beijing towards Washington for potential use in the erstwhile allies’ worsening trade war.

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US President Donald Trump has threatened untold consequences if Europe dares retaliate against his tariffs, leading some to observe that the bloc’s experiences with China last year may have provided an unlikely dry run for dealing with the two-time American president. Photo: Getty Images
The Philippines

Philippines vows ‘Super Bowl’ of exercises in coming military drills

The exercises will feature ‘an interesting mix of equipment’, including the China-opposed Typhon missile system.

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Style Edit

Style Edit: Purple meets paradox in Chanel’s new Chance Eau Splendide

With foregrounding notes of rose geranium and raspberry, the luminous fragrance from Olivier Polge embodies Coco Chanel’s ‘Luck is my soul’ philosophy, and comes with a playful film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

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