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As talks aimed at finalising the first global plastics treaty continue in Geneva, mounting scientific evidence is revealing the full scale of the plastics crisis, from toxic chemicals in the production process to the effect of microplastics in the human body.

Senegal doesn’t have astronauts or a Moon mission – but it now has a seat at the table where the future of space is being shaped. It has joined the Artemis Accords, a US-led agreement laying down the rules for exploring the Moon and beyond – and it’s only the…

Direct talks in Washington with United States President Donald Trump aim to mark a turning point in efforts to secure lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after decades of hostilities.

France's Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected a controversial pesticide bill that would have allowed the reintroduction of acetamiprid – a chemical banned since 2018 due to its harmful effects on pollinators, ecosystems and human health. The bill drew strong public opposition, including a petition that collected more than 2.1 million…

Paris Saint-Germain's stars as well as head coach Luis Enrique were listed on Thursday for prizes at next month's Ballon d'Or gala – world football's most prestigious awards ceremony.

French firefighters continue to battle the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead and burnt 17,000 hectares since Tuesday. It's the country's biggest blaze since 1949, according to the Minister for Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad allowed the Abou Latif family to realise their dream of returning to their homeland of Syria this summer. But they found themselves caught up in the fighting between Druze and jihadists in the city of Sweida. Wife and mother Amjaad returned to Paris with her…

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his government to tighten visa requirements for Algerian diplomats, as the diplomatic crisis over the deportation of Algerian nationals escalates.

Ghana has declared three days of national mourning after two government ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday.