The French ban on cell phones in schools is the right thing to do, Russia’s education minister has said, adding that Russian authorities would consult with schoolchildren’s parents before taking similar steps. “I think that this is a right thing to do. It is right to question the rationality of such behavior, because in the […]
A court in France’s Aix-en-Provence has cleared Russian senator and key shareholder in the country’s largest gold producer, Suleiman Kerimov, of money-laundering charges and changed his status to ‘witness.’ However, Nice Public Prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre has indicated that his agency will analyze the decision and is likely to appeal it, Russian news agency RBC reported […]
Britain was forced to take a backseat in this weekend’s US-led military action in Syria as defense cuts left the country without a single warship and just a few dinosaur jets. Once in lock-step, the UK has seemingly been leapfrogged by France as the US’ ‘special’ friend, with the French providing significantly more military support […]
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron will embark on a four-day visit to India from March 9 to 12 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He will be accompanied by his wife, Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron, and a delegation of businessmen and ministry officials. “The visit […]
PARIS: This was a situation that the French President Emmanuel Macron probably did not have any control over. In an unusual situation, his meeting with his junior ministers about funding for inner-city developments was interrupted by his dog Nemo urinating in a fireplace at the Elysee Palace. Macron and his team could not help but […]