France News
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France posts new tourist record despite ‘yellow vest’ unrestFRANCE welcomed nearly 90 million foreign tourists last year, a new record for the country despite the “yellow vest†anti-government...
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France fines hundreds under new harassment lawFrench courts have handed down 447 fines in the past eight months under new laws to tackle street harassment of...
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MIDAS’ Francophonie award celebratedAmbassadors, presidents of chambers representing French-speaking countries, businesspeople and high-ups of the MIDAS yesterday celebrated the MIDAS becoming the first...
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France wants to speed up Notre Dame reconstruction workFrance’s government has presented a bill aimed at speeding up the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral and providing transparency on...
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France hosts wary G-7 in shadow of Trump snubFrance offered a warm welcome to foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) on Friday for a meeting overshadowed...
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Pope Francis compares child sex abuse to 'human sacrifice'Pope Francis on Sunday vowed to tackle every single case of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church,...
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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...
