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UK to heavily tax German, French imports after hard Brexit
Mar 13, 2019 14:22The British government has announced a series of tariffs to be imposed on products coming from the European Union countries which will go into effect if London withdraws from the bloc with no deal at the end of March.
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France's Macron invited to attend Rwanda genocide anniversary
Mar 12, 2019 13:42French President Emmanuel Macron has been invited to to attend the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, which accuses France of complicity in the 1994 massacre.
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France: 'Yellow Vests' clash with police in Paris as protests hit 17th week
Mar 10, 2019 04:16'Yellow Vest' protesters clashed with police on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday, as the demonstrations entered their 17th week.
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Iran names Qassemi as new ambassador to France
Mar 08, 2019 13:12Ministry of Foreign Affairs has named Bahram Qassemi as the country’s new ambassador to France.
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France unveils bill aimed at taxing giant US tech firms
Mar 07, 2019 03:59The French government has introduced a tax bill for digital giant companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, obliging them to pay a three-percent tax to France.
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France's Vilmorin defies US with seed exports to Iran
Mar 06, 2019 06:11France’s seed maker Vilmorin is defying new US sanctions on Iran to maintain exports to the West Asian country which is the world’s fifth largest vegetable grower.
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Senior French terrorist Jean-Michel Clain killed in Daesh Syria’s redoubt
Mar 06, 2019 03:16Prominent French terrorist Jean-Michel Clain has been killed as US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are fighting to retake the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group's last enclave in the Eastern Syrian Province of Dayr al-Zawr.
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First batch of French-made Rafael jets to arrive in India in September
Mar 04, 2019 10:15India says it will induct French-made Rafale fighter jets into its air force later this year, amid heightened military tensions with Pakistan, which saw the two nuclear-armed neighbors target each other’s warplanes last week.
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France: Police use tear gas on Yellow Vests protesters in Lyon
Mar 03, 2019 02:53The 16th Yellow Vests march in Lyon ended with police launching tear gas at the protesters on Saturday.
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Iran releases French citizen detained for unauthorized entry
Feb 25, 2019 03:38The Iranian foreign ministry says the country has released a French citizen who had been detained in Iran’s Kish Island in October over unauthorized entry.