By Leigh Thomas and Alessandro Parodi PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out on Friday using any fiscal leeway from a better-than-expected budget deficit to provide broad financial support to shield businesses or consumers from rising energy prices.

France’s government said it would provide a €70 million ($80.6 million) of aid to a limited number of sectors over a short period as it seeks to cushion the economy from the impact of the Iran war without straining public finances.

The Philippines and France have signed a visiting forces agreement that would allow them to conduct joint military training in each other's territory, as Manila expands

By Michel Rose and Nellie Peyton PARIS/JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - French officials on Thursday denied excluding South Africa from the list of invitees to the G7 leaders' summit in June due to pressure from Washington,

France beat its 2025 deficit reduction target, giving the government some margin for maneuver as the fallout from the Iran war casts a cloud over plans to keep repairing public finances.

The Swiss-born entrepreneur Maja Hoffmann founded the cultural complex Luma Arles in 2013 and co-founded the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles in 2014. She also owns a few hotels in the city, including the Grand Hôtel Nord-Pinus. She lives in the countryside near Arles, as well as in London and Switzerland.

A French lawmaker torched President Donald Trump and his top officials in a scathing indictment of his second term in the White House.Senator Claude Malhuret, who was described last year by the New York Times as "Trump's European nemesis,