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Marseille get their passports out to prepare Champions League return
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» PARIS - French giants Marseille have not been involved in European competition this season but such is their determination to get back onto the continental stage that coach Roberto De Zerbi and his players are already embarking on some foreign travel.
15 potential successors to Pope Francis
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor.
French prisons hit by mystery arson and gunfire attacks
AFP, Published on 16/04/2025
» PARIS - A wave of coordinated attacks have hit prisons across France, with unknown assailants torching cars outside several jails, leaving mysterious inscriptions and hitting one facility with automatic gunfire.
Marseille, Strasbourg win in Ligue 1 to close in on Champions League
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» REIMS (FRANCE) - Marseille rose to second in Ligue 1 with a 3-2 win against Toulouse on Sunday, while Strasbourg moved into the Champions League spots following a narrow win at Reims.
PSG eye becoming France's first 'Invincibles'
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain (PSG_ can wrap up another Ligue 1 title this weekend and are also closing in on the first ever unbeaten season in the top flight of French football.
Live gem resurfaces
Life, John Clewley, Published on 11/03/2025
» Cameroonian musician, composer and songwriter Manu Dibango passed away in 2020 at the age of 86. His career and life were extraordinary. He was one of the most celebrated African musicians alongside Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Fela Kuti, Frnaco and Youssou N'Dour. He was known as the most sampled of all African musicians.
Pope ‘slept all night’ after two breathing attacks: Vatican
AFP, Published on 04/03/2025
» ROME - Pope Francis, hospitalised with pneumonia in both lungs, “slept all night” and was resting on Tuesday after suffering two bouts of acute respiratory failure the day before, the Vatican said.
France coach Deschamps to leave after 2026 World Cup
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» PARIS - France's 2018 World Cup-winning coach Didier Deschamps announced on Wednesday he will leave his post after the 2026 global football finals.
End of the Dubai dream for Europe's drug lords?
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» PARIS - Drug lords like Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi -- son of the infamous head of the Dutch-Moroccan Mocro Maffia -- used to hang out and party in Dubai's glitzy hotels and restaurants without a care in the world.
Frenchman in mass rape trial says he's a rapist
Reuters, Published on 17/09/2024
» PARIS - Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman accused of drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over a decade, on Tuesday admitted to the various criminal charges he faces in a closely watched trial, French media reported.