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Celebrate a 2025 French Christmas, with Maisons Cruzilles, Plantin, Pierre Chauvet and Mariage Frères’ delights

French Christmas traditions celebrate refinement, terroir, and artisanal savoir-faire. From marrons glacés, symbols of festive elegance, to truffles, the ultimate...

Our selection of gifts for this wintertime 2023, with Alexandre de Paris, Cherigan, AMPM…

Christmas is just around the corner and it's an opportunity to discover our selection of last minute gifts, spreading an...

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'Forgotten' French farmers seek justice as they mobilise for fair trade, ecology and local produce

President Emmanuel Macron says France will vote against the European Union's trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, after farmers rolled into Paris on tractors in a show of anger against the pact. Yet EU nations are still expected to approve the bloc's largest ever free trade accord. Alison Sargent is pleased to welcome Laura […]

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Egypt, from debt to prison: Women in financial difficulty face double penalty

Egypt is one of the last countries in the world to impose prison sentences for debt. The main victims are "Gharimat": women in financial difficulty who have been forced into debt. Faced with the exploitation of these women – who are often widowed or single mothers – by unscrupulous creditors, associations are trying to help them achieve […]

Mathilde DELVIGNE

Is China partly responsible for the decline in US fentanyl overdose deaths?

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, January 9: The French papers look at the industries that could benefit from the EU's free trade deal with South America. The Mercosur deal is set to pass in a vote in Brussels. Also, a new report shows overdose deaths from fentanyl are declining and it could be thanks to China's crackdown […]

Dheepthika LAURENT

Trump to receive Colombian president Gustavo Petro in Washington

In a post on social media, Trump said: "It was a great honor to speak with the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, who called to explain the situation of drugs and other disagreements that we have had. I appreciated his call and tone, and look forward to meeting him in the near future." Petro described […]

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US immigration agency under srutiny after shooting: What is ICE ?

The snow-lined street in the midwestern city of Minneapolis where Renee Nicole Good was gunned down by an immigration agent Wednesday lies less than a mile from the site of another slaying that shook Americans.

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President Macron says France to vote against EU-Mercosur deal

President Emmanuel Macron says France will vote against the European Union's trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, after farmers rolled into Paris on tractors in a show of anger against the pact. "France will vote against signing the agreement," he said on X, a day before member states were to cast ballots on a […]

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Switzerland honors the victims of the deadly fire in a national day of mourning

Olivia Bizot, France 24 journalist, has more.

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AFCON 2026 quarter-finals: Morocco under pressure against Cameroon

Selina Sykes has more.

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US: Anger grows after women shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis

Fraser Jackson, our correspondent in Washington, has more.

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Anti-governement protests spead in Iran: Supreme Leader warns protesters

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast on state TV.

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Celebrate a 2025 French Christmas, with Maisons Cruzilles, Plantin, Pierre Chauvet and Mariage Frères’ delights

Our selection of gifts for this wintertime 2023, with Alexandre de Paris, Cherigan, AMPM…

Révélation des Étoiles: Bridging Paris & Cannes in the Name of Art, Elegance & Emerging Talents

Spend one night or more in the Château du Rivau, a medieval Loire Valley castle-hotel between history, art and gastronomy

A gastronomic tour in Troyes with the Maison Maury, the Prunelle, the Maison Caffet, the BAM and Le Jardin restaurants, while staying at the Hotel De La Poste!

Have a stay in the Ker Moor Hotel in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, on the way to Saint-Brieuc and its amazing Maison Saint-Yves

From the Beauport Abbey, passing by the GwinZegal art center, until La Roche Jagu castle, discover the Côtes d’Armor through Les Minutes Bleues festival

Discover other Finger Lakes and Long Island AVAs wines, with Channing Daughters, Boundary Breaks, Osmote and Buttonwood Grove Winery

L’Entropiste honors Ethiopian incense, the sacred treasure of East Africa, within their new Ensang Noir perfume

Celebrate a 2025 French Christmas, with Maisons Cruzilles, Plantin, Pierre Chauvet and Mariage Frères’ delights

The Grand Palais des Glaces hosts an ice rink beneath an Eiffel Tower replica, for a magical winter experience in Paris

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