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Le porte-parole du gouvernement français, Benjamin Griveaux, le 24 octobre 2018
World
31.07.2024
French govt to look at taxes on high-earners: spokesman
A group of French Trappist monks were abducted from the Priory of Our Lady of Atlas in Tibhirine, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of Algiers, by Islamist gunmen in March 1996
World
31.07.2024
Slain French monks among 19 to be beatified in Algeria
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said detectives had revisited the disappearance of Chris Dawson's wife in 1982 and a "fresh brief" of evidence had led to Dawson's arrest
World
31.07.2024
Arrest in Australian cold case made famous by podcast
Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former Bishop of Hong Kong, is well-known for his vocal opposition to political oppression in China and his support for democratic reform
World
31.07.2024
Hong Kong cardinal defends Occupy protest leaders in court
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Indonesian soldiers prepare coffins for construction workers believed to have been shot dead
World 31.07.2024
Indonesia hunts suspects in alleged Papua mass killing
Tens of thousands of Americans have quietly filed in to pay their respects to George H.W. Bush, a man who steered the nation through turbulent times including the end of the Cold War
World 31.07.2024
Leaders foreign and domestic prepare goodbyes to Bush
A former Spanish colony, phosphate-rich Western Sahara sits on the western edge of the vast eponymous desert, stretching around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) along the fish-abundant Atlantic coastline
World 31.07.2024
Renewed push for peace as Western Sahara talks open in Geneva
While still seen as Europe's go-to leader on crises from Brexit to Ukraine, Merkel has watched her standing diminish at the top of a loveless "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats
World 31.07.2024
Germany looks beyond Merkel as party elects successor
All options appear to be up for grabs
World 31.07.2024
Divided UK braces for once-in-a-lifetime Brexit vote
Takeda's near $60 bn purchase of Shire is the biggest foreign takeover by a Japanese firm
World 31.07.2024
Takeda shareholders agree to $60 bn Shire acquisition
The Latin American Film Festival in Havana runs through mid-December
World 31.07.2024
In its 40th year, Havana film fest a far cry from its heyday
President Xi Jinping -- who along with other Communist Party leaders uses the 'Hongqi' to get around -- is pushing for national economic 'self-reliance'
World 31.07.2024
Luxury 'Red Flag' models buck China auto sales slump
A taxi arrives at a private restaurant in Havana, Cuba, where entrepreneurs will soon be subjected to tougher restrictions
World 31.07.2024
Cuba set to tighten screws on private sector
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