French polling agency projections show President Emmanuel Macron and far-right rival Marine Le Pen leading in the first round of France's presidential election.
French President Emmanuel Macron, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis.
French President Macron said Australian PM Scott Morrison lied to him while he was secretly negotiating a submarine deal with the United States and Britain.
American President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron meet Friday in Rome as Paris is still seething over a U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia.
Snowden unsuccessfully applied for asylum in France in 2013 under Macron's predecessor, Francois Hollande. He has also sought asylum in several other countries.