By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadSlideshow( 2 images) PARIS( Reuters)-France’s foreign affairs minister agreed with his Indian counterpart to work on a programme to promote “ a truly multilateral international order, ” the French foreign ministry said on Saturday. Jean-Yves Le Drian and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also agreed during a call to deepen their strategic partnership, “ based on a relationship of political trust between two great sovereign nations of the Indo-Pacific, ” the ministry said in a sta

PARIS( Reuters)-Princess Charlene has returned to Monaco to be with her husband Prince Albert and her children as her health improves, the royal palace said. Charlene, who married Monaco's ruler Prince Albert in 2011, has been absent from the principality for months due to health problems, including what the palace has previously referred to as a" state of profound general fatigue"." The next few weeks should allow for Princess Charlene to further strengthen Her health, before gradually resuming

PARIS( Reuters)-French President Emmanuel Macron will have a call with U.S. President Joe Biden in the next few days, the French government spokesman said on Sunday, amid a diplomatic crisis triggered by Australia's cancellation of submarine contract with Paris. France said on Friday it was recalling its ambassadors from Washington and Canberra over a trilateral security deal also involving Britain which sank the multi-billion dollar order for French submarines." President Biden asked to speak t

PARIS( Reuters)-Spiralling costs for farm inputs like fertiliser could deter growers from expanding production and worsen food security in poorer countries facing record import bills, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday.An index of input costs for farmers was running at a record high and had climbed more steeply than food prices in the past year, suggesting low prices in real terms for many farmers, the Food and Agriculture Organization( FAO) said in a report." The findings do not a

By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadPARIS( Reuters)-The West African country of Togo has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health( OIE) said on Thursday. The outbreak near the capital Lome killed 1, 105 of a flock of 3, 000 guinea fowl, with the remaining birds being slaughtered, the Paris-based OIE said, citing a report from Togo authorities. Togo was among West African countries to have faced outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu,

PARIS( Reuters)-The creative director of French fashion house Balmain, Olivier Rousteing, has revealed widespread burns he suffered last year when the explosion of his fireplace left him in hospital. The photo on his Instagram feed taken shortly after the incident shows his entire upper body bandaged and burns on his face and carried the message:" I finally feel ready to share this." The designer, who has just celebrated 10 years in charge of Balmain's collections, wrote in his post late on Satu

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has sought to use the annual event to curb vehicle use and reduce air pollution.... Other thoroughfares in the capital on Sunday were filled with walkers and cyclists, although buses, taxis and residents using cars for essential journeys could still use some streets.... " Otherwise, it's almost as if they're saying people living in Paris are doing fine inside their perimeter, and everything outside is not worth their attention."( Reporting by Ardee Napolitano; Writing

PARIS( Reuters)-World food prices jumped 28% in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim, the U.N.'s food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization's( FAO) food price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 125.7 points in 2021, the highest since 131.9 in 2011. The monthly index eased slightly in December but had climbed for the previous four months in a row, reflecting

PARIS, Sept 8( Reuters)-The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in August to a new two-year low, reversing a rebound seen the previous month, as a decline in most food commodities offset increases for rice and sugar. The Food and Agriculture Organization's( FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 121.4 points in August against a revised 124.0 for the previous month, the agency said on Friday. The July reading was initially given as 123.9

By Hamid Ould Ahmed4 Min ReadALGIERS( Reuters)-Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past.A convoy transporting the coffin of former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika heads towards El Alia cemetery in which he will be buried, in Algiers, Algeria September 19, 2021.... REUTERS/ Ramzi Boudina Bouteflika died on Fri