A French court on Wednesday ordered Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga be handed over to a United Nations tribunal for trial. UN prosecutors accuse Kabuga of bankrolling and arming ethnic Hutu militias that killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda during a 100-day period in 1994.

French court orders Rwanda genocide suspect be tried at UN tribunal

Brazil health minister said on Saturday that the country recorded 33,274 new coronavirus cases even as the death toll surpassed that of France and now ranks only below the United States, Britain and Italy.

Brazil records 33,274 new coronavirus cases, surpasses France in deaths

France, Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised US' decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development.

France, Britain and Germany regret US end to Iran nuclear waivers

Renaud Capucon, a French concert violinist accustomed to playing to rooms of 2,000 people and more, performed on Thursday (May 28) evening for an audience of zero, but he said the experience was none the worse for it.

Playing to an empty room: Orchestra gives COVID Concert

The number of coronavirus cases in France is dropping significantly from the past few days. The country is seeking to revive it's seeking down economy by easing restrictions.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Businesses in France to reopen in June, Travel restrictions eased

A giant plastic bubble with adjoining tubes may look out of place in the garden of an elderly care home in northern France.But this inflatable innovation is helping residents and their loved ones be physically in touch again, while respecting safety measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plastic "bubble" in French care home helps bring families back together

The French envoy to India Emmanuel Lenain has said India and France have increased cooperation at the current times of COVID crisis and both are with both "are friends in happy times, and in rough times". Speaking to our Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, ambassador Emmanuel Lenain said, both "have been supporting each other" and "India has been exemplary in providing drugs, medical equipment when needed". Meanwhile, French development agency AFD is working to provide a special loan of 200 million euro to finance and support some health programmes in India.

Exclusive: French envoy to India Emmanuel Lenain speaks to WION

The Riviera resort of Cannes should have been playing host to the world's biggest names in film. Instead, with its annual film festival postponed and the red carpet rolled up, locals made do with a drive-in cinema in a beachfront car park.

Popcorn, palm trees and face masks: Cannes rolls out drive-in cinema

It's still at an initial stage, but a French team at a veterinary school is hoping to use dogs to sniff out COVID-19 positive people through the particular smell of sufferer's sweat.

French dogs trained to sniff out COVID-19 sufferers

As the coronavirus pandemic has shattered world economies, European countries are working on new ways to counter the economic crisis. Europe's largest economies Germany and France have proposed a $545 billion recovery fund that would offer grants to European Union regions and sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.

France, Germany propose $545 billion EU rescue fund

Roman Catholics in a town in eastern France were able to attend mass in their cars on Sunday (May 17), in the country's first drive-in religious service since the start of a lockdown eight weeks ago aimed at halting the spread of the Coronavirus.

French Catholics celebrate mass in parking lot

In a first in France, a nine-year-old boy died from an ailment with symptoms of the Kawasaki disease, after coming into contact with the coronavirus The boy was initially diagnosed with scarlet fever and advised to go home.

France: Nine-year-old boy dies from ailment with symptoms of Kawasaki disease

In France, the dairy industry is in distress. Cheese sales dropping by 60%. The industry is now asking the French citizens to eat cheese as a national duty.

Eating cheese: A national duty in France? | Gravitas

A French drugmaker sparked outrage after its CEO said that the US has the right to place the biggest pre-orders for its coronavirus vaccine. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you why big pharma backed by wealthy governments poses the biggest challenge to the fight against this pandemic.

Gravitas: Why Coronavirus cures should not be exclusive

French economy faced a huge downfall due to the worldwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. Like other European countries, France, too, had a lockdown in place for several weeks.

French unemployment rate falls down to 7.8%; lowest in 11 years

Footprints stamped the auburn beaches of a Western French city on Wednesday (May 13) for the first time in months as the first beaches in the country reopened to the public during the country's gradual deconfinement period.

First beaches reopen as France softens virus lockdown

A day after exiting an eight-week coronavirus lockdown, Parisians are already making their way back to cosmetics stores and beauty parlours on Tuesday (May 12), ready to glam up for the outside world again even from under their face masks.

Pampering time: Parisians seek post-lockdown beauty upgrade

The French diary industry has launched a campaign urging people to eat more cheese as coronavirus as hit sales as much as 60%

France urges people to eat more cheese

Surfers in southern France on Monday (May 11) defied a government-issued closure of beaches as the country started to ease a nearly two-month long lockdown in the battle against the new coronavirus.

Surf's not up: French police chase off lockdown surfers

The Cannes Film Festival will not take place in May as planned due to the spread of the coronavirus, organizers said on Thursday (March 19), adding several options were being considered including postponing the festival until the end of June.

Cannes Film Festival won't take place in May due to coronavirus, organizers say

How far will you go to save your country? Back in 1916, workers left their factories to head to battlefields. During the second world war, germans raced against the british to build jet engines.

Eat more cheese, it is your patriotic duty: French dairy industry

Watch today in WION Fineprint: United States of America. India, France, Germany tightens the Foreign direct investment controls. Watch this video to know more in detail.

Fineprint: US. India, France, Germany tightens FDI controls

On the eve of an easing of measures to combat COVID-19, Paris authorities projected portraits of frontline workers who have kept the city going during its two month lockdown at the Eiffel Tower on Sunday (May 10).

Paris celebrates frontline workers with Eiffel Tower display

The World War II witnessed a bitter end. But to commemorate Victory Day in Europe, a British intelligence agency revealed the last Nazi message intercepted by them.

UK reveals last recorded Nazi message to commemorate the end of World War II

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