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The latest breaking news and stories on France, a country in western Europe known as a semi-presidential republic, and the world’s seventh largest economy. Also covering France’s relationship with China and Europe, plus commentary and updates on France’s economy, politics, society and social issues.
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The logo of the US AI company Anthropic. The US and China now face a prisoner’s dilemma in military AI. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Who will save the world from a US-China AI arms race?

Unrestrained military AI could doom us all. The window for a global middle-power alliance to rein in the superpowers is closing fast.

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Turkey

6 Europeans activists held in Turkey while investigating prison conditions

Electric & new energy vehicles

Geely’s Zeekr shifts into Italy as China’s European EV push gathers speed

Style Edit

Style Edit: Richard Mille backs Alexia Barrier’s all-female feat of sailing

The Famous Project saw the French sailor aim for the historic Jules Verne Trophy, during which her multinational 8-member crew were presented with severe technical challenges.

The Famous Project saw French sailor Alexia Barrier lead the first all-female team to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe, without stopping and without support. The feat was backed by watchmaker Richard Mille. Photo: Handout
Emmanuel Macron

Macron tells Meloni to ‘stay in lane’ over remarks on far-right activist’s death

The Italian prime minister had called French activist Quentin Deranque’s fatal attack ‘a wound for all of Europe’.

India

India-Europe trade corridor gathers pace as Modi, Macron pledge port partnership

The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor is seen as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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Consumer protection in Hong Kong

Editorial | Food poisoning cases in Hong Kong must prompt swift mitigation efforts

Amid the latest spate of illnesses, the city needs to adopt proactive and transparent strategies to ensure that customers can dine safely.

A diner eats fresh oysters at a food court in Causeway Bay on February 14. Photo: Nora Tam
Russia

Russia demands ‘concrete’ proof that it poisoned Navalny with dart frog toxin

Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands claim Russia had the ‘means, motive and opportunity’ to kill its opposition leader.

My Take

My Take | Forget Canada, the real 51st American state appears to be gullible Australia

Aside from the first island chain of encirclement against China, much of the other island ‘defence’ chains look more like vassalising the not so ‘lucky country’ among others in the South Pacific.

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India

India, France elevate defence ties in push for strategic autonomy

The deal reflects India’s shift from ‘transactional defence buying’ amid expanding security engagement with Europe, analysts say.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they arrive for the India-France Year of Innovation and Cultural Commemoration event in Mumbai on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
European Union

Opinion | Europe’s selective defence of the global order will sway no one

If Europe genuinely seeks to restore credibility to international law, it must first confront its own record of selective adherence.

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The Philippines

‘Knowing your friend’: Japan to join US-Philippines drills for first time

Australia also joins the fray as the US and its allies shift away from simple bilateral deals towards tighter regional security networks.

China-EU relations

Chinese e-commerce giant Shein could face EU ban over ‘childlike sex dolls’

Investigation will also look at the systems the online retailer uses to ensure illegal products are not being sold in Europe.

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India

India AI summit aims to shift focus from model races to scaled reality

The event offers emerging economies a chance to reframe AI as public infrastructure and work together to put it into public services.

Delegates at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Marco Rubio

Rubio says US not disputing report of Navalny’s fatal poisoning by frog toxin

Five European governments blamed Russia for killing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny while he was held in an Arctic penal colony.

Alexei Navalny appearing on a screen via video link from the IK-6 penal colony in 2023. Photo: Reuters
Sexual harassment and assault

French rape survivor Pelicot says mindsets need to change

On the eve of her memoir’s release, Gisele Pelicot gives candid interviews about the druggings and rapes that shocked the world.

My Take

My Take | China and the UN are not the problem in Ukraine and Palestine – the West is

Europe and America’s warmongering and genocide-enabling are at the roots of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints.

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Australia

Australia unveils billions for nuclear submarines under Aukus security pact

The vessels, under agreement with the UK and the US, are at the heart of a major strategy to improve long-range strike capabilities.

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Australia’s HMAS Waller submarine is seen in Sydney Harbour in 2016. Photo: AFP
China-Africa relations

How a ‘military vacuum’ in West and Central Africa opened new markets for China

Beijing has increased engagement with countries in the Sahel following the French military exit, and with Russian weapons in short supply.

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International Space Station (ISS)

4 astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace Nasa’s crew

The unprecedented medical evacuation meant spacewalks were paused and research cut down due to the small crew remaining.

Russia

Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say

Epibatidine, a deadly chemical not found naturally in Russia, was detected in samples taken from the body of the late Putin critic.

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A worker paints over graffiti of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in St Petersburg in April 2021. The inscription reads: “The hero of the new times.” Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

World artists back Palestine rapporteur Francesca Albanese despite criticism

Albanese faces calls from France and Germany to step down over remarks in which she criticised ‘most of the world’ for enabling Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza.

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories attends a demonstration during a nationwide strike in Italy, called by the USB union in solidarity with Gaza and against the government and its plan to increase military spending, in Rome, Italy, on November 29 last year. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

Farewell to the ‘unipolar moment’: Europe scrambles for footing between US and China

French and German foreign ministers revive talks with Beijing counterpart to respond to US-China divide-and-rule tactics and bolster European unity.

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Africa

Missing French tourist in Chad found dead ‘after a fall’

The 70-year-old man had set off with a friend, also French, ‘without a guide’ to ‘explore the area’.

Crime

Mother in France charged after 2 babies found dead in freezer

The 50-year-old woman was charged after she was arrested and admitted to freezing her newborns.

Law enforcement outside the house where the bodies of two infants were discovered in a freezer in Ailleviller-et-Lyaumont, eastern France on February 12, 2026. Photo: AFP
India

India pushes for domestic weapons manufacture with French jet purchase

Around 80 per cent of the fleet will be assembled in India, with parts being progressively made in the country.

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Indian Air Force’s Rafale jets perform a fly past during the country’s 77th Republic Day parade on January 26. Photo: AFP
Louvre

9 arrested over Louvre ticket fraud scheme involving Chinese tourists

The world-famous museum says it lost nearly US$12 million over the past decade as the result of tickets being reused for different visitors.

European Union

China cuts EU dairy tariffs, easing trade tensions after EV dispute

EU called Beijing’s tariffs ‘unwarranted’, and mulls WTO action, but China cutting some duties signals possible improvement in ties.

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