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CAIRO: The French, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers have called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza and the release of all prisoners. Speaking at a joint press conference in Cairo on Saturday, France’s top diplomat Stephane Sejourne said his government would put forward a draft resolution at the UN Security Council setting out a “political” settlement of the …

GENEVA: An exceptionally rare haze of Saharan dust cloaked Switzerland and southeastern France on Saturday, sparking health warnings as a yellow hue tinged the sky. The phenomenon, which began in Switzerland on Friday, brings with it “a very clear worsening of sunlight and visibility. Added to that is an increase in concentrations of fine particles”, the MeteoSuisse weather service posted …

India rested skipper Rohit Sharma and his predecessor Virat Kohli in the second match of the ongoing ODI series against West Indies Barbados on Saturday, NDTV reported. Surprisingly, Kohli, who is one of India’s favourite batman did something unexpected at the Kensington Oval while he was not part of the playing XI. He swung into action another way as the former skipper …

PARIS: France and Australia unveiled plans on Monday to jointly manufacture ammunition for Ukraine as the two countries seek to shore up defence cooperation and move past a row over Canberra’s decision to ditch plans to buy French submarines two years ago. The relationship hit historic lows in the autumn of 2021, with Paris accusing its allies of stabbing it …

ALICANTE: France and Spain have agreed in principle to build an underwater pipeline between Marseille and Barcelona at a cost of $2.6 billion to carry green hydrogen, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, adding he hoped the European Union would partly fund the project. The pipeline will have a capacity of two million tonnes a year and be …

PARIS: Tensions mounted between France and Italy on Wednesday over the fate of an NGO ship carrying 234 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, with Paris calling the refusal by Italian authorities to let the vessel dock “unacceptable.” It was the latest European standoff over where to disembark migrants picked up after trying to reach Europe from North Africa, with Italy …

TOKYO: France’s Olympic men’s football campaign got off to a dreadful start when they were thrashed 4-1 by Mexico while Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 loss to Australia as the group stage kicked off on Thursday. Brazil striker Richarlison scored the first hat-trick of the men’s tournament as the defending champions held off a late rally from Germany in a …

PARIS: Bars, restaurants and services shut down in France and Germany on Thursday as countries around the world grappled with how far to push lockdown measures amid a surging tide of coronavirus cases. Hundreds of thousands of new infections took the known global caseload past 44.5 million with nearly 1.2 million deaths, as the disease continued its deadly spread worldwide. …

BAKU: The presidents of France, Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces around Nagorno-Karabakh, but Turkey said the three big powers should have no role in peace moves. France, Russia and the US are co-chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Minsk Group, set up …

PARIS: France and the Netherlands are gearing up for toughened mask-wearing rules to curb the spread of coronavirus as the global death toll from the pandemic inched closer to 700,000. Paris, Toulouse and other cities announced that the wearing of masks would be compulsory in particularly busy streets and squares. People already have to wear them inside most private businesses …