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Amid churn by Trump, Macron offers France nuclear umbrella to Europe citing Russian threat

The French president’s address comes a day before an emergency European Council summit in Brussels where leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine & defence of the continent.

‘Elon Musk a threat to democracies,’ France PM Bayrou rebukes Tesla chief

Bayrou's comments on Musk come a week after he warned that France and Europe would have to stand up to Trump and his policies, or risk being 'dominated...crushed...marginalised.'

Former French far-right leader, founder of National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96

Le Pen shocked the world by reaching the 2002 presidential run-off, losing in a landslide to Jacques Chirac as voters rejected bringing the far right to power since the 1940s.

Frenchman Pelicot gets 20 yrs in jail for orchestrating mass rape of wife. How landmark case unfolded

France’s most shocking sexual assault case concludes with sentencing of Gisele Pelicot’s ex-husband & 50 other men. The case has sparked calls for rape law changes in the country.

French govt falls after PM Michel Barnier is ousted by no-confidence vote. What this means for France

Out of 577 members in the National Assembly, 331 voted in favour of the no-confidence motion following Barnier’s attempt to pass the budget without a vote in Parliament.

French PM Michel Barnier loses no-confidence motion within 3 months of taking office

The Far-Right and Left backed the motion against Barnier, with over 331 votes in favour of the government's fall.

French PM Michel Barnier’s govt faces no-confidence motion

Barnier Tuesday said he still believed his government could survive the vote, which will be France’s first to be forced out by no-confidence vote in more than 60 years.

Mass rape victim Gisele Pelicot slams cowardice of accused abusers, France’s patriarchal society

The 71-year-old’s husband has admitted to drugging and raping her, while also inviting 50 others to their house to rape her when she was unconscious.

Curious case of Hassan Diab: Convicted terrorist in France, professor & academic in Canada

Israel brought attention to Diab last week, highlighting that the Lebanese-Canadian convicted for the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing was currently teaching at a Canadian university.

India elected president of International Solar Alliance for 2 years, France to be co-president

New Delhi: India and France have been elected President and co-president of the International Solar Alliance for two years, from 2024 to 2026. While India...

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.