Sources: Euro News
French president Emmanuel Macron announces that France will increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons for the first time in decades citing global threats such as Russia's war on Ukraine, China's growing military power in Asia, and changing U.S. defense priorities as reasons for the nuclear build-up. 2026-03-2
The French National Consultation Ethical Committee approves the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. 2021-12-17
A court in Benin sentences opposition leader Reckya Madougou to 20 years in prison after finding her guilty of "financing terrorism". The case has been highly controversial, with a judge in the case fleeing to France and denouncing the case as "entirely politically motivated". 2021-12-11
France's Valneva SE vaccine enters phase 3 of clinical trials. 2021-04-21
France reports 833 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day, bringing the country's death toll to 8,911 and the number of cases to 98,010. Health Minister Olivier Véran says, "We have not reached the end of the ascent of this epidemic." 2020-04-6
France reports 365 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's total to 1,696. French health authorities say 3,375 people with the virus remain in serious condition requiring life support. 2020-03-26
An explosion occurs at a carnival in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, injuring at least 18 people. 2017-04-1
Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is acquitted of pimping charges in France. 2015-06-12
French sociologist of science and anthropologist Bruno Latour wins the 2013 Holberg Prize. 2013-03-13
French police find the bodies of eight new-born babies in the village of Villers-au-Tertre in north-east of France. 2010-07-28