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The election of France’s former culture minister Audrey Azoulay as UNESCO's new director-general is partly due to the crisis between Qatar and Saudi-led Gulf countries. On October 13, Azoulay was elected to become UNESCO’s director-genera, ...ادامه مطلب

France and Qatar were running neck-and-neck in the race to lead the UN's troubled cultural body after a third round of voting Wednesday whittled the field down to five. Qatar's Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari and France's Audrey Azoulay -- both former culture ministers -- had 18 votes apiece in the battle to replace outgoing UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova. Behind them in the secret, ...ادامه مطلب

Eight die in Florida nursing home after Irma knocks out power Read more Paris officially named host city for the 2024 Olympic Games Read more In Catalonia, not everyone dreams of independence Read more UN chief urges Burma to end attacks on Rohingya Read more Disputed fate of Swedish WWII hero challenged in court Read more Monaco held to 1-1 draw in Champions League open, ...ادامه مطلب

‘Not afraid,’ proclaim thousands at Barcelona anti-terror march Read more Hurricane Harvey leaves death, destruction in its wake Read more Iraqi forces announce Tal Afar central retaken from IS group Read more Trump rapped for ‘news dump’ as Harvey wreaks havoc Read more N. Korea fires missiles amid US-S. Korea military drill Read more Children among dead as bombs 'rain , ...ادامه مطلب

'I did not collude' with Russia, says Trump son-in-law Read more Staff of leading Turkish daily face trial in press freedom test Read more Polish president to veto two controversial judicial bills Read more Several dead as car bomb strikes Afghanistan's Kabul Read more Deadly s, ...ادامه مطلب

Bend it like Le Sommer: French women eye football breakthrough Read more Macron replaces military chief who quit over budget cuts row Read more Macron’s France outranks US in soft power ratings Read more Ex ski-jumper Roglic wins Tour's stage 17 in Alps Read more EU was Polan, ...ادامه مطلب

Bend it like Le Sommer: French women eye football breakthrough Read more Macron replaces military chief who quit over budget cuts row Read more Macron’s France outranks US in soft power ratings Read more Ex ski-jumper Roglic wins Tour's stage 17 in Alps Read more EU was Polan, ...ادامه مطلب

Paris, LA guaranteed to host 2024 or 2028 Olympics Read more Planet's wildlife is facing 'biological annihilation', wa scientists Read more Trump Jr. says he would 'love' dirt on Clinton, emails show Read more 'Madame Dior': Maria Grazia Chiuri sketches out her creative vision Re, ...ادامه مطلب

France © François Guillot / AFP | French Minister of Justice François Bayrou presenting his bill on the "moralisation of public life", on June 1, 2017 Video by FRANCE 24 Text by NEWS WIRES Latest update : 2017-06-14 France's govement is presenting a bill on cleaning up political ethics after y, ...ادامه مطلب

President Emmanuel Macron named Édouard Philippe, 46, from the centre-right Les Républicains party as France’s new prime minister on Monday in what was widely seen as a bid to draw leading figures from the conservative opposition into his camp.Philip, ...ادامه مطلب

The mystery benefactor who bought two bespoke suits for scandal-plagued French presidential candidate François Fillon in February was named on Friday as well-known lawyer Robert Bourgi, a judicial source said, confirming a report in daily Le Monde.The Senegal-bo Bourgi (pictures above), a confidan, ...ادامه مطلب

A French mayor who is a member of France’s right-wing eurosceptic National Front party has renamed a street in his town “rue de Brexit”, meant as a “homage” to Britain's decision to leave the European Union in June. Mayor Julien Sanchez called his decision to rename the street in the southe French town of Beaucaire a “homage to the sovereign British people’s decision" to reject the European Union in a June 23 referendum. A member of Marine Le Pen’s eurosceptic National Front party, Sanchez announced the move via Twitter. He included a document showing the Beaucaire city council’s 23-to-9 vote in favour of the decision, dated December 22. The decision can be contested before the administrative tribunal of Nimes within the next two months, according to France Bleu news. The previously unnamed street lies near rue Robert Schuman and avenue Jean Monnet, which were both named after men considered to be founding fathers of the EU. A pro-Brexit account hailed the move on Twitter: “A Mayor,national front mayors ...ادامه مطلب

French Interior Minister Beard Cazeneuve has ruled out sharing details of individuals on the intelligence services’ watch list with town mayors, he told weekly newspaper Le Joual du Dimanche. Suspects on the so-called “Fiche S” watch list are “under surveillance but not under official investigation because they have not been proven to have committed any offence", Cazeneuve told the Sunday newspaper. “Keeping this information confidential is essential if investigations are to run their course.” “We must find a way of getting mayors involved in preventing radicalisation in a way that does not hamper the efforts of the intelligence services,” Cazeneuve added. “The vast majority of mayors understand this very well.” 'State of Emergency' In September Guy Lefrand, conservative mayor of the Normandy town of Evreux, demanded that the intelligence services share the names of people living in his town who are suspected of being radicalised. “France is under a state of e,french government will not sign ttip ...ادامه مطلب

Inteational Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach has heaped praise on Paris's bid to host the 2024 Games during a two-day visit to the French capital. Bach met with French athletes and Paris bid leaders before holding talks with French President François Hollande on Sunday at the Elysée Palace, where he received a flag from the 1924 Olympics that were held in Paris. In addition to the vintage present, Hollande also had a special message for Bach: "This Olympic flag dates back to nearly a century. It will be a century old when Paris will host the Games in 2024." Paris, which has not hosted the Olympics since those Games, is competing against Budapest and Los Angeles, Rome having dropped out of the race last month. The Inteational Olympic Committee will choose the host city next September. Bach told Hollande he was "impressed" by the Paris dossier and the strong support the bid is enjoying. "The Paris bid is a very, very strong bid because of the unity and the large support it is,ioc chief,ioc chief arrest,ioc chief arrested in the bath,iocl chief manager salary,ioc chief name,ioc chief thomas bach,ioc chief of staff,ioc chief financial officer,ioc chief 2013,new ioc chief ...ادامه مطلب