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Ministers and diplomats from 57 countries gathered in Paris to discuss the make-or-break issue of finance in a climate rescue deal to be sealed in the French capital in December.

French prosecutors confirmed Thursday that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island was from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, one of three Americans hailed as heroes, has joined the cast of "Dancing with the Stars."

People fleeing war and persecution must be welcomed into France, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said as Europe faces a mounting migrant crisis.

Hundreds of pairs of rubber boots left behind by music fans who attended Britain's Glastonbury music festival have been donated to migrants in Calais.

France's divisive economy minister has once again made waves among Socialists by criticising the country's sacrosanct 35-hour week just as the ruling party gathers for its annual conference.

Kazakhstan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are considering use of nuclear energy in food and water industries.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that countries must "accelerate the rhythm of negotiations" on capping global warming ahead of an international climate conference in Paris in December.

Interior and transport ministers from EU countries are to hold talks in Paris to discuss security measures following last week's attack on a high-speed train that was foiled by passengers.

President Francois Hollande warned that France must brace for further attacks, just days after a potential bloodbath on a train was foiled by passengers.

China's faltering growth poses a threat to a recovery in the global economy, France's economy minister Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

The US serviceman who was wounded while foiling a gun attack on a train in Europe will be nominated for the Air Force's highest medal for non-combat bravery.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a "unified" response to the worst refugee crisis to hit the EU since World War II.

Three American friends who overpowered a heavily-armed gunman in a train poured cold water on his claim that he had no intention of waging a bloody attack.

The French and German leaders will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years.

French investigators were interrogating a man who was overpowered by three young Americans after he opened fire with a Kalashnikov on a trainbetween Amsterdam and Paris.

Europe's interior and foreign ministers will meet in mid-October to discuss how to respond to the huge influx of migrants and refugees arriving at EU borders.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's elderly, far-right master provocateur, was booted out of the National Front (FN) he founded after a high-profile feud with his daughter and party leader Marine.

France and Britain are to sign a deal Thursday aimed at alleviating the migrant crisis in Calais, where thousands of people desperate to cross the Channel have gathered in slum-like conditions.

France said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion yielded no results.
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