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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) and Britain?s Prime Minister Gordon Brown have accused Washington of protectionism, claiming the Pentagon favoured US company Boeing for a $50 billion Air Force refuelling tanker contract.
Air France insurer Axa has said it will appeal a Brazilian judge's ruling to pay $1.6 million in compensation to the family of one of the victims of the June 2009 crash, while Air France did not immediately comment on the ruling.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy described recent rumours about his private life as "ravings" Friday, saying he had no time to waste on them.
Sarkozy was asked about the rumours, which started on the Internet and have appeared in the mainstream British media, after talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.
"I don't have a second, or even half a second, to waste on these ravings," he said.
French premier Francois Fillon has announced plans for a bill banning the full Muslim veil for the spring. His announcement comes just days ahead of regional polls which are expected to end in heavy defeat for the ruling party.
French voters head to the polls on March 14 and 21 to elect their regional councillors and, perhaps, pass judgement on the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Here is FRANCE24?s guide to the French regional elections.
A US journalist claims the CIA conducted secret experiments with LSD on the inhabitants of the French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951 resulting in a mysterious mass poisoning that led to psychotic episodes and five deaths.
Impersonating a police officer is already a crime in many countries but it looks as if France may have to legislate against wannabe bus drivers. The Paris region has seen several thefts of buses by aspiring public transport officials this year.
Media reports say French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently locked horns with his popular PM François Fillon, reports Fillon denies. But as Sarkozy?s ratings plummet, the reports could affect the ruling party?s chances in the upcoming regional poll.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the French magazine Le Figaro (companion to the daily) that he will push on with pension reforms after upcoming regional elections, adding the polls should focus on local issues.
EU suspicions that the Pentagon gave priority to a US manufacturer's bid for a tanker jet contract over European rivals was a serious matter that would have "consequences", France's minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, said on Wednesday.
A study on the effects of a French law aimed at reducing Internet piracy has shown that canny "pirates" have plenty of ways to bypass legislation.
France?s far-right Front National has upset Algeria, a former French colony, in its latest election poster denouncing "Islamism" and featuring a map of France decked in the North African country?s national flag.
A French judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to grant assassin Ali Vakili Rad parole until May. Rad was convicted of the 1991 murder of a former Iranian prime minister outside of Paris.
France's Sarkozy Monday urged international financial institutions to help countries develop nuclear energy. Around 60 nations, including Syria and Libya, are attending a conference on harnessing nuclear energy in Paris
A group of Iranian women journalists has been honoured for its work promoting media freedom and women?s rights under the cosh of the Iranian state?s intervention and interference.
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