Emmanuel Macron

At least 31 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday (November 24) when their boat sank off the northern French coast.

In a move that appears to have gone unnoticed by many, President Emmanuel Macron reportedly darkened the blue in the French flags flying around the Élysée Palace in July 2020 to bring the nation's tricolour in line with how it looked after the French revolution.

Joe Biden has accepted that the United States was "clumsy" in keeping France out of the AUKUS deal in which nuclear-powered submarines to be sold to Australia. 

The worldwide campaign for a minimal international tax on large businesses took a step closer to reality on Friday, when Hungary, one of the last holdouts, decided to join a proposal that now has 136 signatories.

Earlier this month, France was thrown into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States, Australia, and Britain over a trilateral nuclear security agreement that sunk a multibillion-dollar French-designed submarine contract with Canberra.

It was the first between Biden and Macron since France recalled its ambassador in response to the United States' unexpected revelation of an agreement to construct nuclear submarines for Australia, which scuttled a prior French deal to sell conventional submarines.

According to a statement from Macron's office, the two presidents spoke over the phone on Tuesday and addressed subjects such as the Afghan conflict.
 

"This is yet another important victory in our battle against terrorist organisations in the Sahel," Macron added, without specifying the operation's location or specifics.
 

According to the foreign ministry, there were 216 passengers on board the flight, including 25 French, 184 Afghans "from civil society in need of protection," and seven other international nationals.
 

President Emmanuel Macron ordered the health pass --- proof of full vaccination or a negative test --- would be required for the French to visit any public venues which would include cinemas, nightclubs or even trains and planes.  

The leaders expressed their commitment to deepen the strategic partnership between the two democracies.

Macron is the latest head of state to contract the virus. Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S President Donald Trump had tested positive.

 The 42-year-old took a test after symptoms appeared and will now isolate for seven days, the Elysée Palace said in a statement.

France calls out Pakistan Minister Shireen Mazari's fake news propaganda which claimed that President Emmanuel Macron had ordered the issuing of forced ID numbers for Muslim children.