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January 18, 2019

Dior declares men’s fashion future to be suited and booted

Dior set out to redefine 21th-century tailoring on Friday in a show which summed up a Paris men’s fashion week in which the suit has made a surprising comeback. British-born designer Kim Jones drew inspiration from the French capital’s heroic…

January 18, 2019

Macron ex-aide Benalla charged over diplomatic passports

A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who was at the heart of a scandal this summer was charged Friday with illegal use of diplomatic passports. Alexandre Benalla, 27, had been taken into police custody on Thursday…

January 18, 2019

Russia agrees for Germany, France to monitor Kerch Strait: Lavrov

Russia on Friday said it had agreed for France and Germany to monitor shipping traffic in the Kerch Strait following a naval confrontation between Moscow and Kiev last year. Russian ships fired on and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels in…

January 18, 2019

French sailor found after weeks adrift: Israeli army

A French sailor lost in the Mediterranean for weeks has been rescued by the Israeli military off the Gaza coast, the army said Friday. The man was recovered Thursday night drifting in a boat with a broken radio and no…

January 18, 2019

Jewish museum attack victim’s mother tells Belgian court of horror

The mother of a victim of Belgium’s Jewish museum attack faced her son’s alleged killer for the first time on Friday, as the terror trial turned harrowing when the court was shown footage of the anti-Semitic murders. The accused gunman,…

January 18, 2019

Wife of Chinese ex-Interpol chief seeks asylum in France: reports

The wife of the former Chinese Interpol chief being held in his home country on corruption charges has applied for asylum in France, media reports said Friday. Grace Meng has remained in the French city of Lyon, the site of…

January 18, 2019

Renault posts record sales as Ghosn successor sought

French carmaker Renault unveiled record sales Friday of nearly 3.9 million vehicles last year, even as it prepares to turn the page on the era of chief executive Carlos Ghosn who remains behind bars in Tokyo on fraud charges. The…

January 18, 2019

France to try 14 people over Jan 2015 Paris attacks: judicial source

French anti-terror judges have recommended that 14 people be tried in connection with the January 2015 jihadist attacks in and around Paris, a judicial source told AFP Friday. The attacks against the Paris offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine,…

January 18, 2019

Rising French rap star MHD charged with murder over deadly gang brawl

French rapper MHD, who shot to fame with a catchy blend of west African music and southern US-style hip-hop, has been charged with murder over a brawl that led to a youth’s death, in the latest case to rock the…