France will recognize Palestinian state, Macron says – National

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Macron said in a post on X that he will formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September. “The urgent thing today is that the war in Gaza stops … Read more

France’s Macron sues U.S. media personality for claiming his wife is a man – National

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have filed a 22-count defamation lawsuit in the United States against right-wing media personality Candace Owens over her claims that the French first lady was born a man. The Macrons said in a lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court that Owens has waged a lie-filled “campaign of … Read more