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Emma Charlton works from London. Journalist covering business news and European central banks. Emma Charlton has over 2222 followers on Twitter.

“If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the services of Michael Cohen!” US President Donald Trump wrote. (Reuters)

Wounded Trump accuses ex-lawyer of making up ‘stories’

The president’s once close associate dealt him a bitter blow as he admitted to a New York judge he had made illegal campaign contributions

Sarkozy under fire after mass strike

Opposition leaders piled pressure on French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday to boost low wages and cap executive bonuses.

Protests cut short Paris Olympic flame relay

The Paris leg of the Beijing Olympic flame relay was cut short on Monday after citywide protests against China’s crackdown in Tibet forced the torchbearers to take refuge on a…

Stormy centenary for feminist icon Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir was an iconic figurehead of the 20th-century struggle for women’s liberation, but as France marks the centenary of her birth on Wednesday, critics are taking a…

Sarkozy vows to punish gun-toting rioters

French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Wednesday that rioters who shot at police during two days of Paris suburban unrest would be severely punished, as police struggled to…

New riots shock France

A French judge ordered a manslaughter inquiry on Monday after the death of two teenagers in a crash with police sparked a night of rioting in a flashpoint Paris suburb. The…

After whirlwind first 100 days, can Sarkozy stay the course?

Nicolas Sarkozy’s hectic 100 first days in power have earned him the nickname of "hyperpresident", but can France’s new leader keep up the dizzying pace to deliver his promised…

French presidential rivals make final pleas

Rivals for the French presidency made their final appeals to millions of undecided voters on Friday as the official campaign drew to an end ahead of an election seen as too close…

Royal battles to stay in French presidential race

France’s presidential campaign entered its final week on Monday, with Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal struggling to stay in the race against right-wing favourite Nicolas…

Spoof Chirac movie hits French screens

As France’s Jacques Chirac enters the final year of his presidency, a spoof documentary out this week looks set to become an instant hit with its caustic look at his 40-year rise…

French police take kidnap probe to Côte d’Ivoire

French investigators headed to Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday to hunt the leader of a gang that tortured and murdered a young Jewish man near Paris, a crime thought to have been…

France on weekend riot alert

France was on alert on Friday for a possible upsurge of violence as the country headed into a long holiday weekend, two weeks after rioting first broke out in a run-down suburb…