French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday dropped plans to raise electricity taxes in his 2025 budget, bowing to far-right threats to bring the government down unless he eased the burden on the ...

Plan was sticking point between government and the National Rally, which has threatened to topple the prime minister.

Asian shares slipped on Friday while the yen was aiming for its best week in four months as strong local inflation data had traders favouring an imminent rate hike from the Bank of Japan. Overnight, ...

Political paralysis and parlous public finances leave investors rattled.

Asian shares slipped on Friday while the yen was aiming for its best week in four months as strong local inflation data had ...

Big tech has 12 months to comply with new laws that block children under 16 from access, setting up Australia as a ...

In early October, a budget for 2025 was put forward that aimed to bring under control France's growing deficit, through a ...

Australia’s controversial new law barring under-16s from social media is one of the toughest crackdowns yet on platforms ...

As part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to France, the Chairman of UBA Group, in the presence of President ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French ...

Chad's government has ended its defence cooperation pact with France, the central African country's foreign ministry said on Thursday, a move that will require French troops to leave the country.

Canada's competition watchdog announced Thursday it was taking Google to court, accusing the company of "anti-competitive ...