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French rugby's poster boy Antoine Dupont has followed his sevens gold medal at the Olympics by winning the Top 14's player of the year award for a third time.

French actress Catherine Deneuve has been chosen to chair the 50th César awards - the equivalent of the Oscars in France. The ceremony will take place on 28 February 2025 at the Olympia theatre in Paris.

The UK's new Labour government is facing ongoing challenges to curb illegal migrants entering the country, as figures show a slight increase from last year, despite being significantly lower than in 2022.

Nearly 30,000 suspected mpox cases have been reported in Africa so far this year, most of them in Democratic Republic of Congo where tests have run out, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

As world leaders gathered in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly, UN Security Council member France called for an emergency meeting on the crisis engulfing the Middle East. Meanwhile, Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon Tuesday, a day after 492 people,…

Long considered a day of mourning by New Caledonia's indigenous population, 24 September is infamous on the Pacific Ocean islands as the date France claimed them in 1853. With unrest flaring once again over the question of self-determination, this year's anniversary is expected to be especially tense.

The French app Too Good Too Go, specialising in recycling unsold food, has calculated that each French person throws away an average of 25 kilos of food that is still edible every year, according to data published on Monday.

The new French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot has promised to support efforts to protect human rights around the world. He took over from his predecessor, Stéphane Séjourné on Monday.

Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied, accusing him of deepening authoritarian rule and stifling political competition two weeks before a presidential election.

Recent research shows that children - and their parents - are spending more and more time in front of screens: 36 hours a week on average in France. Photographer Jérôme Gence's latest project "The screen generation" explores the use of devices and the consequences.

Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said this weekend that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full UN peacekeeping operation.