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A group fighting homophobia in soccer has called on the French league and Paris Saint-Germain to ask player Idrissa Gueye for an explanation after he missed a game last week amid reports that he refused to play because he did not want to wear a rainbow-colored number on the back of his jersey.

Russia has named a new commander to lead the invasion of Ukraine as war crimes against Ukrainians shift into focus. CBS News' senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has the latest.

The 12 candidates in France’s presidential race are proposing drastically different ideas.

France’s presidential elections often offer surprising twists and turns. There was plenty of that early on this time round. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cemented Emmanuel Macron’s position as the clear favorite to win the vote that starts on April 10. If he does prevail, he’d be the first incumbent to do so since Jacques Chirac 20 years ago.

France’s presidential elections often offer surprising twists and turns. There was plenty of that early on this time round. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cemented Emmanuel Macron’s position as the clear favorite to win the vote that starts on April 10. If he does prevail, he’d be the first incumbent to do so since Jacques Chirac 20 years ago.

Two words considered taboo for many in France because they evoke a conspiracy theory embraced by white supremacists are haunting the French presidential campaign.

A conservative politician who is vying to become France’s first female president is hoping to boost her declining fortunes with her first major campaign rally.

France’s dueling far-right presidential candidates have held back-to-back campaign rallies.

Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon is seeking to reinvigorate his flagging campaign for April’s election with an unusual rally.

The conservative candidate in France's presidential race says she will adapt her campaign to coronavirus conditions, focusing on social media and staging small gatherings with voters instead of big rallies.

The politics are changing in the EU's three biggest economies and this could have implications for markets.

In her first address as a French conservative presidential candidate, Valérie Pécresse is vowing to break with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist policies and to defeat the extremism of her far-right presidential rivals.

Valérie Pécresse, the head the Paris region and a former conservative minister, has been chosen to run in France’s presidential race for The Republicans party.

Two French politicians have kicked off their presidential campaigns to become France’s first female leader in next year’s spring election.

President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party was decimated in this weekend’s regional elections and Marine Le Pen’s far-right party failed.

French authorities detained a fourth person as anti-terrorism investigators questioned three others.