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Refreshed Mauricio Pochettino embraces the PSG project

02-03-2021 14:36 Mauricio Pochettino was given the luxury of time at Tottenham Hotspur to build a team that would go on to reach a Champions League final, but the Argentine knows the demands are different now he is in charge at Paris Saint-Germain.

Ticket to ride: Vaccine passports divide world

25-02-2021 15:27 Vaccine passports: the new normal or drivers of inequality? While some countries and private sector entities believe they could be a ticket to return to pre-pandemic activities, others claim they could be divisive and discriminatory.

Pochettino starts at PSG with no time to waste

05-01-2021 00:00 Refreshed after a year out of the game, Argentine coach has resurfaced at a club where he was a popular player: Paris Saint-Germain.

'Distrust' of Brazil stalls EU-Mercosur trade deal

13-12-2020 19:45 Concerns over Amazon deforestation under Bolsonaro are delaying the ratification of a two-decades long negotiated trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur.

Macron takes on the Muslim world

31-10-2020 10:08 To the indignation, sincere or not, of a wide assortment of Muslim leaders, France’s President Emmanuel Macron is defending with unexpected fervour the right to draw unflattering pictures of Mohammed.

by James Neilson

France on 'emergency' footing after knifeman kills three at church

31-10-2020 09:32 Nation on highest alert setting after knife-wielding man kills three people at a church in Nice, in what officials described as a “terror attack.”

Key EU states fear Mercosur pact may hurt Amazon

21-09-2020 08:22 EU commissioner admits not all EU nations "are aligned" on trade deal with Mercosur nations, as fears historic accord could hurt the Amazon grow.

France says opposes EU-Mercosur trade deal over deforestation concerns

18-09-2020 10:38 France opposed to free-trade deal in its current form due to "major" concerns about deforestation in the region, the government said on Friday.

Celebrating May Day in the midst of a pandemic

01-05-2020 19:13 Across the globe workers celebrate, strike and demonstrate for International Workers' Day. In Argentina, essential employees are praised by the government while demonstrations take place during a lockdown.

Lifting lockdown? Against coronavirus, no one size fits all

24-04-2020 13:37 Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of coronavirus lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of approaches.

Almost 500 French tourists struck in Argentina await repatriation

03-04-2020 20:07 French tourists who have been stranded in Argentina since commercial flights were suspended are scheduled to take a humanitarian flight home home on Saturday – a return trip that for many has become an ordeal.

France ready to nationalise as EU heavyweights take charge

17-03-2020 15:48 France is ready to use the ultimate weapon to protect its biggest companies from the market turmoil set in motion by the coronavirus: nationalisation.

France looks to force Netflix to invest in local productions

15-01-2020 13:25 French Culture Minister Franck Riester moves to tackle US streaming platform in order to boost national audiovisual industries.

Calls for response after Islamic State attack in Niger kills at least 89

15-01-2020 09:31 Leaders Sahel summit in southern France plan to reinforce military presence in Niger after undergoing its deadliest terrorist attack.

France arrest Argentine suspected of torture during military dictatorship

11-12-2019 17:27 French police said Wednesday they had arrested Mario Sandoval, a former police officer wanted for alleged involvement in the torture and disappearance of a student in 1976.

Alberto Fernández has ‘splendid’ talk with France's Macron

10-11-2019 07:57 Incoming leader has telephone conversation with French president Emmanuel Macron lasting almost an hour.

No room for sentiment against England for history-seeking Argentina

04-10-2019 07:00 Pumas coach Mario Ledesma defends his decision to sideline two of the biggest names in his squad, Nicolás Sánchez and Agustín Creevy, for their must-win World Cup clash with England.

French Film Festival returns to Argentina for a second year

01-10-2019 18:32 Starting on October 3, the Tour de Cine Francés festival arrives in the Argentine capital. The event promotes the spread of the Gallic country's culture in Latin America. Watch the programming and the trailers below.

by Marcelo Parajó

Former French president Jacques Chirac Chirac dies at 86

26-09-2019 09:16 No cause of death given for late two-term French president, who was the first leader to acknowledge his country's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Young climate activists file UN complaint against Argentina, four other nations

23-09-2019 17:33 Complaint by 16 young climate activists, led by Greta Thunberg, accuses Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey of failing to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed 30 years ago.