France — news through its media
Stories followed in this country, with their framing set against the rest of the world.
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Saudi Arabia and the Houthis: Riyadh strikes oil sites near Sanaa, an Aramco building hit in return
The Saudi-led coalition targeted oil facilities in Yemen; the Houthis struck back at Dhahran and Riyadh, and Brent crude rose above $107.
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Espionage at OpenAI: a Saudi engineer arrested for hiding a recording device in the executive conference room
The FBI arrested an OpenAI engineer accused of hiding an encrypted device in a meeting room; Washington frames the AI race as a matter of national security.
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Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung cancer surgery: the Vatican confirms an adenocarcinoma after a lobe is removed
The first American pope had the lower lobe of his right lung removed at Rome's Gemelli hospital; further tests will show whether the cancer has spread.
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France: the high school protest movement doubles in size as Greta Thunberg joins the marches, six months before the presidential election
Over 160,000 marchers according to the Interior Ministry, 480,000 according to unions: the protest by high school and university students is growing and merging with anger over the cost of living.
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United States: federal agents search the home of Trump critic Ilhan Omar three weeks before the midterm elections
The operation, carried out by the investigative arm of immigration enforcement, is part of an alleged immigration fraud probe, according to a source. The Democratic congresswoman denounces political intimidation; the Justice Department cites a court-authorised warrant.
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France: an unprecedented cyberattack sabotages refrigerators in hundreds of supermarkets
Hackers remotely forced the defrosting of refrigeration systems, pushing temperatures as high as 50C and destroying tonnes of food. The Paris prosecutor is investigating, the national cybersecurity agency has been called in and other European countries may be affected.
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2026 economics Nobel: Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford honoured for the tools of economic stabilisation
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honours the microeconomic foundations of the models central banks now use to respond to shocks, from the pandemic to energy crises.
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Poland: man arrested over a plot to attack Donald Tusk and his defence minister
Alerted by the state protection service, police and intelligence officials described a 'credible' threat against the prime minister and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. A man of about 60 was detained in Lower Silesia.
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'Energy ceasefire': Trump announces it between Moscow and Kyiv, Zelensky learns of it and Russia strikes Kharkiv
Donald Trump proclaimed an immediate truce on energy infrastructure without giving its terms. Kyiv says it will accept it if Moscow does, the Kremlin stays silent, and a Kharkiv power plant is hit that evening.
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North Korea fires several ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, one flying more than 900 kilometres
The launches, from the Pyongyang area, came days after South Korea tested a hypersonic weapon. Tokyo described an 'irregular' trajectory and Seoul convened an emergency security meeting.
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Djibouti: at least 139 migrants dead after a boat bound for Yemen capsizes
The boat, which left Obock with more than 300 people on board, capsized close to the coast. According to the IOM, at least 15 children are among the dead, around 84 people are missing and the survivors are all Ethiopian.
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