French News
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French right-wingers to shun Greta Thunberg at parliamentConservative and far-right French lawmakers said they would boycott a meeting with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and hurled insults at...
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French MPs back giving online platforms 24 hours to remove hateFrench MPs on Thursday backed a proposal to give online platforms just 24 hours to remove hate speech or face...
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'Burkini' row shuts pools in French townThe two municipal swimming pools in the southeast French city of Grenoble have been shut down, despite the current heatwave,...
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French police arrest Lyon bomb suspectsFrench police have arrested two men after a suspected parcel bomb exploded in Lyon last week, injuring 13 people. The...
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US abstains from global pledge to curb online violenceThe White House is not endorsing a global pledge to step up efforts to keep internet platforms from being used...
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Pope approves visits to contested Bosnian shrinePope Francis has approved pilgrimages to Medjugorje, a village in Bosnia that is steeped in controversy over whether the Madonna...
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Former French PM Fillon and wife to stand corruption trialInvestigating judges have ordered that former Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife stand trial on corruption charges, a judicial...
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French President Macron appoints 3 new government ministersFrench President Emmanuel Macron has appointed three new government members, including the minister who will be in charge of handling...
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French yellow vest protests in Paris avoid last week's riotsScattered yellow vest protesters clashed with French police firing tear gas Saturday after a peaceful march through Paris, but tougher...
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French 'yellow vest' boxer on trial for assaulting policeA former boxer who became a symbol of France’s “yellow vest” protests after being filmed punching police officers during a...
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French 'yellow vests' march through Paris, keeping pressure on Macron“Yellow vest” protesters marched through Paris and other French cities on Saturday on the 11th weekend of action against the...
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Cardiff striker Sala 'concerned about plane' in final audio messageCardiff City’s record new signing Emiliano Sala expressed concern about his plane shortly before the light aircraft disappeared over the...
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3 die during cold snap in GreeceThree people have died in Greece as stormy weather and freezing temperatures gripped most of the country, officials said Sunday....
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Chinese lanterns dazzle in ancient French townAs darkness falls each winter night in the little French town of Gaillac, the glow of dusk is replaced with...
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French 'yellow vests' protests target bordersThree days from Christmas, fewer French "yellow vests" turned out for a sixth Saturday of protests, targeting border points as...
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From shopping to tourism, French protests hit economyShops shuttered in the run-up to Christmas, chaos on the roads: France's "yellow vest" protests are dealing a blow to...
