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Baghdad: Iraq and France have inked a strategic partnership agreement to enhance bilateral cooperation in various areas including energy and security, according to Iraqi officials. The agreement was signed during Iraqi Prime Minister…
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Bucharest: France will deploy armoured personnel carriers and tanks in central Romania by the end of October to strengthen the NATO battle group stationed there, the Defence Ministry in Bucharest said in a statement. A company of…
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Paris: The lights on the Eiffel Tower will be switched off at 11.45 p.m. from this week onwards, in a bid to save electricity due to the energy crisis. Other major monuments in the French capital, such as the Paris City Hall, the…
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Paris: Wildfires have burned over 3,200 hectares of land in France's southwestern department of Gironde, forcing 840 people to be evacuated, the local government announced in a statement. "More than 900 firefighters from Gironde and…
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New Delhi: India and France held consultations on the UN Security Council and multilateral issues in Paris, with both sides briefing each other about their priorities during the countries' upcoming Presidencies of the UNSC in September and…
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Los Angeles: French actress Judith Chemla, who earned a Cesar nomination for 'Camille Rewinds', has shared her story of suffering domestic abuse. She took to her Instagram account and posted a series of photos of the injuries that she…
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day visit to Germany, Denmark and France from May 2, aimed at further strengthening bilateral cooperation. This will be the Prime Minister's first visit abroad in 2022. In…
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Paris: France will offer a fourth Covid-19 vaccination shot to people over 60 years old who have already received their booster dose, a senior official said. "We will be able to continue to provide the second booster dose for people aged…
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Geneva: The new Covid-19 variant called B.1.640, which was detected by French researchers and is probably of Cameroonian origin, is not "circulating widely at the moment" and has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples…
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Amid the rapid spread of Omicron strain in the entire world, here comes another new variant named IHU or B.1.640.2, it has been identified by researchers in France. A study suggests that the new virus strain has more mutations than the…
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