China executes Frenchman convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking

France's Foreign Ministry said Chan Thao Phoumy, a 62-year-old Frenchman born in Laos, had been executed.

‘Nobody would forgive me if I told the truth’: new film about pacifist turned Nazi collaborator divides France

In Les Rayons et les Ombres, Jean Dujardin plays a real-life press baron partying during the horrors of the second world war. Director Xavier Giannoli discusses bringing this still sensitive topic to light Xavier Giannoli’s new film Les Rayons et les Ombres (Rays and Shadows) is told from the postwar perspective of Corinne Luchaire, a French actor who was once hailed as “the new Garbo” but grew too close to the Nazis during the German occupation years. As Luchaire records her thoughts on a bo...

By Tobias Grey

China executes French national convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking

A French national sentenced to death in China in 2010 for drug trafficking has been executed, France's foreign ministry announced on Saturday, expressing its "consternation."

By FRANCE 24

💸 Brazilian club claims R$745m from Lyon, here's why

Botafogo announced the start of a legal battle against Lyon, from France, to collect a debt that exceeds R$ 745 million.The lawsuit, filed last Friday (3), exposes a serious internal split within Eagl...

Courier parcels from France, Belgium fuelled drug racket across Indian cities

Telangana investigators have busted a Nigeria-linked drug syndicate using European courier routes, primarily France and the Netherlands, to smuggle cocaine into India. A key operative, Nigerian national Iwuala Udoka Stanley, was arrested, revealing a pan-India distribution network supplying drugs to major cities and smaller towns. The probe uncovered a choreographer who received large cocaine consignments from Europe.

By TNN

China executes Frenchman convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking - The Straits Times

China executes Frenchman convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking  The Straits Times

Indian LPG tanker crosses Strait of Hormuz, Iranian cargo reaches Mangalore

Green Sanvi is the seventh Indian-flagged LPG tanker to have transited the strategic waterway.

French central bank nets €13bn by pulling gold out of US reserves

France’s central bank has sold off the last of the gold it held in the United States Federal Reserve and replaced it with higher quality bars in Paris, taking advantage of rising prices to make nearly €13 billion as it upgrades its holdings.

By RFI

China executes Frenchman convicted in 2010 for drug trafficking

A Frenchman sentenced to death in China in 2010 for drug trafficking has been executed, France’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday, expressing its “consternation.” Chan Thao Phoumy, a 62-year-old Frenchman born in Laos, was executed, “despite the efforts of the French authorities, including efforts to obtain a pardon on humanitarian grounds for our compatriot”, said […]

By AFP

French, Japanese-owned ships make first Hormuz transits - Taipei Times

French, Japanese-owned ships make first Hormuz transits  Taipei Times

French Philosopher: Monarchy Protects Morocco from the Global Collapse of Meaning

In a society where algorithms curate belief and success is measured in visibility, what keeps a nation from losing its soul? For French philosopher and sociologist Raphaël Liogier, the answer may lie in an unlikely place: Morocco’s monarchy. The post French Philosopher: Monarchy Protects Morocco from the Global Collapse of Meaning appeared first on Morocco World News.

By Adil Faouzi