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France
The 2024 edition France’s bi-annual five-day arms fair opened near Paris Monday with more than 2,000 exhibitors showcasing all that’s best (or worst) in 21st century weaponry.
Jun. 18
France
Argentina is in talks with Paris to transfer to Ukraine five of its French fighter aircraft rendered inoperable due to maintenance issues stemming from post-Falkland War sanctions.
Jun. 13
Europe
France’s political establishment is exploring ways to halt the rise of the far right while the rest of Europe is on alert to see what is next for the bloc’s founding member and second-largest economy.
Jun. 12
France
Ukraine's French champion Macron risks all at home to recover the political initiative.
Jun. 10
War in Ukraine
The strengthening of the European commitment to Ukraine was the big story of the week.
Jun. 9
France
Days after five coffins were dropped by the Eiffel Tower wrapped in French flags labelled “French soldiers of Ukraine,” tags bearing the same message appeared on the streets of Paris.
Jun. 8
US
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Jun. 8
War in Ukraine
Macron vows support for Ukraine and said pacifists are capitulators while France seeks peace that recognizes “the legitimate right of a people to resist when it is attacked.”
Jun. 8
US
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Jun. 7
War in Ukraine
Paris will give Mirage fighters to Ukraine and train 4,500 troops in France; Biden and Macron call Putin “tyrant bent on domination”; Zelensky says first weeks of June will determine the whole year.
Jun. 7
War in Ukraine
During the upcoming meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday, Macron plans to offer Zelensky a training program for Ukrainian pilots to start this summer.
Jun. 7
Zelensky
Speaking to French television, Macron said France would transfer Mirage-2000 fighter jets to Ukraine and train Ukrainian pilots as part of a new military cooperation with Kyiv.
Jun. 7
US
British paratroopers, recreating a D-Day airdrop to mark its 80th anniversary, were met by French border control and customs officials at a makeshift checkpoint in Normandy.
Jun. 6
Europe
“80 years ago today, the weather broke, and the greatest invasion force in history left the shores of Britain to liberate Europe” – Rishi Sunak the UK Prime Minister.
Jun. 6
Ukraine
On Thursday, June 6, Western leaders gathered on the northern beaches of France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Jun. 6
France
Emmanuel Macron will host Joe Biden, King Charles III and Justin Trudeau, representing the Allied powers whose troops gave their lives in the landings on the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944.
Jun. 6
The first video of a Ukrainian pilot using French AASM Hammer precision-guided munitions, which were delivered in January 2024, has been released on X.
Jun. 29