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Damian Penaud edged closer to Serge Blanco's France try record as Les Bleus secured a Rugby World Cup quarter-final with a 60-7 thumping of sorry Italy on Friday.Penaud, 26, scored two tries and created a third with a deft chip as he moved to within three of France great Blanco's record of 38 tries for his country.Victory ensured France topped…

Juliette Binoche is finding the flavor of new love in “The Taste of Things.” Written and directed by Tran Anh Hung, the film is officially France’s Oscars submission for the Best International Film category. “The Taste of Things,” formerly known as “The Pot-au-Feu,” premiered at 2023 Cannes. Binoche and her ex-partner Benoît Magimel…

An indicator of an upcoming recession in the US has moderated, with a sell-off in government debt markets bringing the spread between yields on shorter- and longer-dated Treasuries to the narrowest level in six months.That spread, or yield curve, “inverts” when shorter-term yields exceed longer-term ones and this is typically regarded as an…

An unusual preservation project is continuing this fall in French Polynesia. Scientists are hoping to save a rare bird from extinction. The Fatu Hiva monarch, a type of flycatcher, is endemic to the island for which it is named in the Marquesas Islands. It is French Polynesia's most endangered bird and…

Saint-Étienne (France) (AFP) – Australia coach Eddie Jones said on Saturday he was preparing his team for the quarter-finals following their 34-14 victory over Portugal that kept their faint Rugby World Cup progress hopes alive. Issued on: 01/10/2023 - 21:35 3 min…

By Issy Ronald, CNN(CNN) — French grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in two matches as he won the 2023 AI Cup…

The governments of Canada and France have agreed to work on deepening their bilateral cooperation on critical minerals, the group of key metals and minerals necessary for the world to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, and France’s Minister of Energy Transition,…

The summit of leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum will take place Monday and Tuesday, one year after the first meeting, which was also in Washington.According to senior administration officials, Biden will announce a more assertive US stance in the region, funding for infrastructure projects…

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis challenged French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty, insisting Saturday that the continent isn’t facing a migration “emergency” but rather a long-term reality that governments must deal with…

France’s exceptional September heatwave has come to an end – only to be replaced by an intense storm. After originally being given tier-two yellow warnings for stormy conditions for this Monday (September 11), nine departments saw that raised to a tier-three warning by Météo France at midday. Four departments will be under heightened alert by…