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Zelensky signs bill ensuring anti-graft agencies' 'independence'
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed new legislation on Thursday restoring the "independence" of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies, reversing changes that had sparked large-scale protests and criticism from the European Union (EU).
Paris makes clean water bet for River Seine bathers
AFP, Published on 20/06/2025
» PARIS - A year on from athletes competing in the River Seine during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, French authorities guarantee the water will be safe for the public to swim in this summer.
War, trade and Air India crash cast cloud over Paris Air Show
AFP, Published on 14/06/2025
» PARIS - War, tariffs and the Air India crash will cast a shadow over the Paris Air Show as the aerospace industry's biggest annual gathering opens on Monday.
Syria's new rulers step up engagement with the world
AFP, Published on 17/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Syria's new rulers stepped up engagement on Tuesday with countries that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah, with the French flag raised at the embassy for the first time in over a decade.
Ivory Coast ex-PM Guillaume Soro says ending exile
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's former prime minister Guillaume Soro, sentenced to life in prison for undermining national security, on Sunday said he was ending his self-imposed exile that began in 2019.
Paris business district looks to students to replace workers
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARIS - With companies cutting back on office space as working from home remains popular, Europe's biggest business district is looking to students to fill the void left by workers.
$9.5 bn of key metals in overlooked electronic waste: UN
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» PARIS - Consumers discard or possess disused electronic goods containing raw materials critical for the green energy transition and worth almost $10 billion every year, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Czech-French writer Milan Kundera dies at 94
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» PRAGUE - Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", has died aged 94, the Milan Kundera Library said Wednesday.
Czech-French writer Milan Kundera dies at 94
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» PRAGUE - Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", has died aged 94, the Milan Kundera Library said Wednesday.
Paralysed man walks again via thought-controlled implants
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» PARIS - A paralysed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said on Wednesday, thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord.