Topic: france

Stifled by ‘Team Eiffel’

Stifled by ‘Team Eiffel’

Ng Han Guan, AP
Posted at Sep 11 10:06 PM

Rudy Gobert of France dunks as Team USA’s Brook Lopez and Derrick White look in the quarterfinals of the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Guangdong, China, on Wednesday. Read more »

French court to rule if noisy rooster can keep crowing

French court to rule if noisy rooster can keep crowing

Olivier Guerin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 03:51 PM

ROCHEFORT, France – A rowdy rooster named Maurice will learn Thursday if he can go on crowing as usual, after unhappy neighbors filed a lawsuit denounced by critics as an attack by urban interlopers on the traditional sounds of the French countryside. Read more »

Macron and Bolsonaro: political polar opposites

Macron and Bolsonaro: political polar opposites

Michel Moutot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 08:40 AM

Relations between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro which have been fraught from the start sunk to new lows after Bolsonaro's jibe about Macron's wife, analysts say. Read more »

US tech industry cool on Trump deal on France digital tax

US tech industry cool on Trump deal on France digital tax

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 07:25 AM

A US trade group representing major technology firms on Tuesday denounced an agreement on France's digital tax announced by Presidents Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron that leaves the levy in place until a new international taxation plan takes effect. Read more »

Bad hair day at the summit

Bad hair day at the summit

Stefan Rousseau, Pool/Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 10:31 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets U.S. President Donald Trump for bilateral talks during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France. Read more »

US, France reach agreement on digital taxes

US, France reach agreement on digital taxes

Adam Plowright and Clare Byrne, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 27 07:41 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday G7 members had reached an agreement on the taxation of tech giants, a long-standing subject of friction between France and the US which has threatened to retaliate with tariffs on French wines. Read more »

Squabbles erupt as G7 leaders open summit in French resort

Squabbles erupt as G7 leaders open summit in French resort

Jeff Mason and William James, Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 08:13 AM

Squabbles erupted among G7 nations on Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on global trade tensions, Britain's exit from the EU and how to respond to the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. Read more »

Global disputes likely to thwart unity at G7 summit in France

Global disputes likely to thwart unity at G7 summit in France

Richard Lough and John Chalmers, Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 09:52 AM

Leaders of the G7 nations arrive in France on Saturday for a summit as a brewing US-China confrontation over protectionism highlighted President Emmanuel Macron's tough task in delivering meaningful results on trade, Iran and climate change. Read more »

UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires 'crisis'

UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires 'crisis'

Giovanna Fleitas and Jorge Svartzman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 23 07:12 AM

France and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president blamed NGOs for promoting an "environmental psychosis" to damage the country's interests. Read more »

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