France News
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France snubs Trump's appealFrance will for now not act on US President Donald Trump's call for European allies to repatriate hundreds of Islamic...
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More violence in Paris as 'yellow vests' keep marchingThousands of French “yellow vest” demonstrators marched on Saturday for their 13th weekend of action, with scuffles in Paris and...
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Thousands protest against abortion in ParisSeveral thousand protesters have marched in Paris against abortion and medically assisted reproduction.The protesters, who claim to have received the...
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Pope vows justice for victims of vile sex abusePope Francis vowed justice for victims of clerical sex abuse Monday (Jan 7), describing paedophilia as one of the "vilest"...
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Thousands protest against living costsThousands of protesters on Saturday took to the streets in Istanbul to demonstrate against the rising cost of living and...
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France's 'yellow vests' block borders ahead of ChristmasThree days from Christmas, French “yellow vests” turned out in small numbers for a sixth Saturday of protests in cities...
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Type 2 diabetes: How do migraines affect risk?Women with current migraine have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a recent large observational study.The...
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Tear gas in Paris, but fewer protesters and bigger demandsA protest movement that has brought the French into the streets for five Saturdays in a row in a major...
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Macron vows tax cuts, pay rise; will France's anger subside?French President Emmanuel Macron tried to reassert control over a nation wracked by increasingly violent protests with offers of tax...
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How Facebook fuelled France's 'yellow vest' protestsWith names like "Angry Drivers of Normandy", Facebook groups are the nerve centre of the "yellow vest" protest movement raging...
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France scraps fuel price hikes after weeks of protestThe French government, under pressure from weeks of "yellow vest" protests over rising living costs, on Wednesday scrapped all planned...
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France abandons 2019 fuel tax risesFuel tax rises which sparked weeks of violent protests in France have now been dropped from next year's budget, the...
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France halts fuel tax hikes to calm fiery protestsThe French government announced Tuesday that it would suspend planned increases in fuel taxes for six months in a bid...
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France, Germany aim to keep digital tax alive with new proposalFrance and Germany sought on Monday to salvage a proposed EU tax on big digital firms by narrowing the focus...
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'Death threats' halt France protest summitProtesters from France's "gilet jaunes" (yellow vests) movement have pulled out of a meeting with PM Edouard Philippe scheduled for...
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'France to close 14 nuke reactors by 2035'President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France would shut down 14 of the country's 58 nuclear reactors currently in operation...
