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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus <AIR.PA> said on Tuesday it had uncovered problems involving the use of sales agents to sell U.S. arms technology, dragging the United States for the first time into a growing corruption scandal at Europe's…

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose during a visit to the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, October 27, 2017. Picture taken October 27, 2017. REUTERS/Ronan Lietar

PARIS (Reuters) - French government spokesman Christophe Castaner said on Wednesday that Emmanuel Macron was backing him to lead the year-old Republic on the Move (LREM) party that brought the president to victory earlier this year. If…

PARIS (Reuters) - France's eyewear group Essilor <ESSI.PA> said on Tuesday it was hoping to make further progress on its tie-up with Italian peer Luxottica <LUX.MI>, a $54 billion transaction currently being investigated by the…

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND HIS DOG NEMO, WAITING ON ELYSEE PALACE STEPS / MACRON MEETING WITH HIS JUNIOR MINISTERS AS NEMO PROCEEDS TO URINATE ON FIREPLACE / STILL HPTOGRAPHS OF NEMO WITH MACRON AND MACRON'S WIFE, BRIGITTE…

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (C), Junior Economy Minister Benjamin Griveaux (L) and Minister of State attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (R) attend a working session during a visit of the…

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (C) attend a working session at the Bercy Lab to launch business modernisation drive at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS (Reuters) - Air France KLM <AIR.PA> has struck a pensions scheme deal for its KLM pilot and cabin staff unions, in changes that the airline said would have a 311 million euros (£277 million) impact in the third quarter. The…

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

Paris' iconic structure turned its lights off at midnight in rememberance of the more than 300 people killed in an attack on Somalia's capital. Rough cut (no reporter narration). ROUGH CUT. NO REPORTER NARRATION. The lights of…

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French President, gives dictation to school children in support of ELA, European Leucodystrophie Association, at a school in Paris, France, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Pope Francis backs science and implicitly criticizes the United States for pulling out of the Paris climate accord. Rough cut (no reporter narration). ROUGH CUT. NO REPORTER NARRATON. Pope Francis on Monday (October 16) implicitly…