GUANGZHOU/HONG KONG, April 8 — China's Xi Jinping has given French President Emmanuel Macron an unusually lavish welcome on a state visit, which some analysts see as a sign of Beijing's growing offensive to woo key allies within the European Union to counter the United States.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on the success of the French football team in advancing to the 2022 FIFA World Cup final in Qatar.

PARIS, June 20 — French President Emmanuel Macron lost control of the National Assembly in legislative elections on Sunday, a major setback that could throw the country into political paralysis unless he is able to negotiate alliances with other parties.

PARIS, April 25 — Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 — The ringgit, along with other major currencies, continued to be under pressure after expectations of a 50-basis points (bps) rate hike by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) supported the US dollar.

PARIS, April 25 — French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron won the 2022 French presidential runoff with 18,779,641 votes, or 58.54 per cent of the valid votes, reported Xinhua, according to the preliminary results released Sunday night by the French Interior Ministry.

PARIS, April 1 — French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the "reinforced braking" measures will be extended to the whole country to stem the third wave of Covid-19 and schools will be closed for three weeks.

PARIS, March 26 — French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out against pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca on Thursday for not honouring its contract and expressed support for the European Union’s decision to block all coronavirus vaccine exports as long as laboratories do not keep their commitments.

PARIS, Dec 18 — President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting a track-and-trace effort across Europe following numerous meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days.

PARIS, Dec 17 — President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus, the French presidency said on Thursday, although it was not immediately clear where he had contracted the virus.

PARIS, Dec 4 — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday evening declared December 9 a day of national mourning for late president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, reports Xinhua news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Malaysia expressed grave concern over what it referred to as growing open hostilities towards Muslims and strongly condemned inflammatory rhetoric and provocative acts that seek to defame Islam.

PARIS/ANKARA, Oct 27 — Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods on Monday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France of the Prophet Muhammad, which some Muslims consider blasphemous.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 — Pakistan's parliament on Monday passed a resolution urging the government to recall its envoy from Paris over the publication of images of the Prophet Muhammad in France, accusing President Emmanuel Macron of "hate-mongering" against Muslims.