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Far-right French president no certainty despite rise of extremes
AFP, Published on 23/03/2026
» PARIS - France's local elections show the appeal of political extremes is growing in France, but Marine Le Pen's far-right party is not necessarily poised to win the presidency next year when Emmanuel Macron must step down, analysts said on Monday.
Submersibles revealing mysteries of the deep sea
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
Fashion Week hits Kenya's biggest urban slum
AFP, Published on 15/10/2023
» KIBERA (KENYA) - Towering models parade down a three-metre (10-foot) high catwalk overlooking the rusting tin roofs of Kibera, the Kenyan capital's biggest urban slum.
Hundreds working for Germany in Russia forced to quit, leave
AFP, Published on 27/05/2023
» BERLIN - Hundreds of civil servants and local employees working for German institutions in Russia will need to leave the country or lose their jobs in the coming days following an order by Moscow, Germany's foreign ministry said Saturday.
Zelensky's Paris dash: last minute but crucial for Macron
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» PARIS - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's late evening stop-off in Paris Wednesday, arranged at the last minute, was crucial to French President Emmanuel Macon even if the reception paled into comparison with his pageantry-filled visit to London the same day.
Macron, Scholz set for frosty lunch amid Paris-Berlin tensions
AFP, Published on 26/10/2022
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for lunch Wednesday, with the leaders hoping to pare back differences on energy and defence and revitalise the European Union's key double act.
Ukrainian becomes second woman to win Fields math medal
AFP, Published on 05/07/2022
» HELSINKI - Ukraine's Maryna Viazovska paid tribute to those suffering in her war-torn country on Tuesday as she became the second woman to be awarded the Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for mathematics.
Australia PM hails 'new start' in ties with France
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» PARIS - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a "new start" in relations with France as he met President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, after an acrimonious row between the countries over a submarine contract last year.
Anti-dopers wrestle with paying informants to break sports' code of silence
AFP, Published on 18/04/2022
» PARIS - Anti-doping organisations are torn over a suggestion from the director general of the International Cycling Union (ICU) to pay sports insiders to inform on their rivals or colleagues.
Perseverance rover captures sound of Ingenuity flying on Mars
AFP, Published on 08/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time captured the low-pitched whirring of the Ingenuity helicopter's blades as it flies through the rarefied Martian atmosphere.