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French anti-vaccine convoy heads to Brussels for another banned rally
Feb 14, 2022 05:23Belgian authorities are bracing themselves to prevent a massive convoy of cars, campervans and trucks protesting COVID-19 regulations from making their way to Brussels.
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Envoy rejects West's 'fake news' of Russian plan to invade Ukraine
Feb 10, 2022 09:52The West has started an intelligence war against Moscow, says Russia’s ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, adding that “not even one of Russia’s high-ranking representatives has ever said that Russia is going to attack any state.”
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Macron meets Putin in Moscow, says he seeks to 'avoid war' amid Ukraine tensions
Feb 08, 2022 01:52French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed hope that discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could lead to easing of tensions over Ukraine, amid Western allegations that Moscow is preparing for an invasion of its neighboring country.
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No major breakthroughs expected from Putin-Macron meeting: Kremlin spokesman
Feb 08, 2022 01:33Moscow says it expects no major breakthroughs from a forthcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, stressing that the talks are nonetheless very important in resolving tensions over Ukraine.
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France to provide arms support to UAE amid devastating Saudi-led war
Feb 05, 2022 04:27France says it will provide the United Arab Emirates with military support, specifically to boost its air defense system, amid an escalation in Yemen’s counterattacks against the Persian Gulf country.
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Macron: UK ‘hypocrisy’ to blame for Channel migrant deaths
Feb 03, 2022 05:34France’s President Emanuel Macron says London refuses to establish a legal migration route to Britain, and is therefore responsible for the death of the migrants, who undertake the perilous journey through the Channel.
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French FM says no sign of Russia action in Ukraine
Feb 02, 2022 11:27French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has spoken against US insistence that Russia is set to invade neighboring Ukraine, saying there are no current indications to that effect, as more Europeans move to avert another US-led row with Moscow.
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‘Killed by indifference’: Elderly man left dying from hypothermia on busy Paris street
Jan 29, 2022 06:20The death of an 85-year-old man from hypothermia in a busy Paris neighborhood after falling down and spending nine hours sprawled and ignored during a bitterly cold night has sparked outrage in France and beyond.
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West ignored Russia's key security concerns, Putin tells Macron
Jan 28, 2022 12:45Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that the West's response to Moscow's security demands did not take into account the Kremlin's key concerns over Ukraine.
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France, 14 other countries urge Mali to let Danish forces stay
Jan 27, 2022 09:49France and 14 other countries have called on Mali to allow Danish special forces to remain in the African country, whose transitional government insists that they have entered Mali without formal invitation and must immediately withdraw.