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Thousands of protesters gathered across France and in over 30 cities around the world to march against the activities of Bayer-Monsanto and others ...
"The excuse we hear in France is that we have the French seduction type. ... It's in our culture and our tradition and blah, blah, blah," says a former member of ...
A long-running question—why hasn't Europe created tech giants like China and the US—played out in dozens of forums during this year's VivaTech conference ...
Journalists in France are facing potential jail sentences in an unprecedented case over their handling of secret documents detailing the country's involvement in ...
France welcomed nearly 90 million foreign tourists last year, a new record for the country despite the yellow vest anti-government protests that prompted many ...
French coast guards on Sunday intercepted a small boat attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK with nine migrants on board including a child with ...
France welcomed nearly 90 million foreign tourists last year, a new record for the country despite the Yellow Vest anti-government protests that prompted many ...
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron sees himself as Europe's savior and this week's European Parliament elections as a make-or-break moment ...
French local governments have already imposed water restrictions in some regions of France after drought has hit. But it never seems to stop raining. Where has ...
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has confirmed the abolition of the household tax (taxe d'habitation) for the 20 percent wealthiest houses. Cutting the tax ...
The French government could be about to scrap its highly unpopular 80km/h speed limit on secondary roads. Here's a look at what the policy u-turn would mean.
Like other farmers, I find myself in the frontline of the battle between humans and climate. The drought afflicting much of eastern and central Australia is easily ...
France's health-care system, which is called "social security," has been globally recognized for overall quality. In a 2000 report, the World Health Organization ...
A former leader of the Basque terrorist group Eta has been arrested in France after spending more than 16 years on the run, the Spanish government said on ...
French President Emmanuel Macron is tapping Kering SA Chief Executive Officer Francois-Henri Pinault to lead a global fashion-industry sustainability drive, ...
No-one likes thinking about death too much - but some areas in France have higher death rates than others.
A VICTORY for Marine Le Pen's far-right party in France in this week's European elections would have “serious” consequences on the euro and the French ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe, who has already scored 32 goals this season, was named both the best player and best Under-21 player ...
France is already preparing for the threat of drought this summer, with 11 departments having already taken water restriction measures, and one department ...
Tan France, everyone's favorite fashion guru and master of the “French tuck”, just made a huge announcement that could take his career to the next level.
Thirty hammerhead sharks captured on the Great Barrier Reef and exported to a French aquarium over an eight-year period have all died in captivity and the ...
PARIS (Reuters) - France have yet to reach a Women's World Cup final but Corinne Diacre's squad hope to capitalise on home advantage when they kick off ...
Bilal Hassani will represent France during the Eurovision Song Contest, and the 19-year-old singer, YouTuber and queer icon is one of the most high-profile ...
Kering CEO Francois-Henri Pinault to lead a global fashion sustainability effort, as France aims to ban destroying unsold apparel, shoes.
LYON, France — I met David on my first of four days visiting Lyon. From our first kiss that night, we started behaving like a couple: We had difficult conversations, ...
Warships from France, Japan, Australia and the United States have held their first ever combined naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal.
"There is no overt protectionism" with regard to any large global technology company, French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday.
New Zealand's and France's leaders unveiled plans to rein in tech companies over the unfettered sharing of toxic *content* online.
PARIS, (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar in the middle of next week to discuss how to resume ...
She'd recently started sleeping with a French man. To make matters worse, that French man was me. As an Aussie bloke, it was never mon rêve to become ...
President Emmanuel Macron wants to shut the École Nationale d'Administration, an institution that has become a symbol of France's close-knit elite and ...
Libya's UN recognised government has asked 40 foreign firms, including French oil major Total, to renew licences.
Former France international fullback Scott Spedding has announced he will retire at the end of the season.
About 30 people at Teknival had to be treated after it snowed unexpectedly in France.
Government refuses to confirm plans, but campaigners warn Dubs scheme closure would leave many minors facing 'daily risk' of abuse.
CNBC takes you through some of the coolest — and weirdest — things featured at Viva Tech 2019, one of Europe's largest tech trade shows.
On Tuesday, France honored two commandos killed during a raid to rescue hostages in Burkina Faso last week. In addition to the French hostages, the ...
If stones could speak, what would they say? According to one rock in a small village in France, “ROC AR B…DRE AR GRIO SE EVELOH AR VIRIONES ...
In the rustic southern region of Occitanie, investors can find more value and space than they'll get in nearby Provence or the French Riviera.
FIFTEEN YEARS ago this spring, students at France's elite postgraduate civil-*service* college were preparing to celebrate their graduation. Behind them lay the ...
Marc Marquez will start in pole position at the French Moto Grand Prix with Australian Jack Miller and Dani...
The eagerly awaited FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ is nearly upon us, where 24 teams will vie for global glory. Who will go all the way in France 2019 ...
A memorable journey on some of France's famous trains, through stunning countryside, cities, hilltop villages, gorges and along the Med.
France hands out 447 on-the-spot fines for sexual harassment in the first months of a new law.
French president responds to months of 'yellow vests' protests, unveiling measures to boost pensions, reduce income tax.
British Steel's private equity owner faces questions over its decision to pump £42m into a French steelworks as it begged Westminster for cash to save its ...
Some 42 years after the last real Orient Express train steamed through Europe from Paris to Istanbul French rail chiefs are examining the possibility of ...
In January 2019, French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced France would commit $2.3 billion to develop an F4 generation of the Dassault Rafale ...
Le Pen is joining leaders of other nationalist parties Saturday in Italy for a rally organized by League leader Matteo Salvini in front of Milan's Duomo cathedral ...
A village in western France is offering a €2,000 (£1,726) prize for help in deciphering a 230-year-old inscription found on a rock on a remote beach. Until now ...
The father of medicine, the Greek physician Hippocrates, experimented with a number of wine varietals to treat various ailments, believing that, “Wine is an ...
French prosecutors are believed to have summoned an estimated 30 Irish witnesses to a Paris court to testify against the man they accuse of murdering Sophie ...
Residents in France are being alerted to a data scam involving USB computer drives or “USB sticks” put into letter boxes, the Gendarmerie in the Nord ...
France's zero-tolerance approach to protest violence will be tested Wednesday when a heady mix of labour unionists, yellow vest demonstrators and hardline ...
Jordan Bardella is leading the election campaign for Marine Le Pen, and is in line for a prominent role in Brussels.
Thousands of yellow-vest protesters returned to French streets Saturday, a sign that President Emmanuel Macron's great national debate and a promise to lower ...
Homeopathic medicine should no longer be reimbursed by the French State, as it provides “insufficient medical *service*”, health authority La Haute Autorité de ...
Architects working on preserving Notre-Dame are rushing to cover the cathedral before rain can cause further damage. Rain is forecast for the French capital on ...
France has many strengths to attract businesses and foreign investment. Five key facts on the French economy to put an end to all stereotypes!
A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its former CEO go on trial Monday for ...
Events to commemorate Leonardo da Vinci will take place in France and Italy on Thursday, the 500th anniversary of the artist's death, with the French president, ...
french architecture studio A6A has constructed h-eva, a a self-contained and movable prefab cabin that combines modern comfort and traditional materials.
France set out its energy transition roadmap in the recently proposed PPE plan. Included are challenging targets to gradually reduce the country's reliance on ...
The son of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has appealed for witnesses to come forward and give evidence in the upcoming trial in France of Ian Bailey. Pierre-Louis ...
France's lucrative arms exports to the Gulf came under renewed scrutiny this week following the release of a classified report showing that the Saudi-led ...
On the eve of D-day's 75th anniversary, with Brexit looming, how do those on either side of the Channel feel?
EUROVISION 2019 final takes place this tonight but five countries did not compete in the semi-finals this week. Why are France, UK, Germany, Spain and Italy ...
In France, the neon-yellow vests known as gilets jaunes are like proverbial opinions: Everyone has one, or at least every motorist does. In case of a breakdown, ...
France held its first "national day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide" on Wednesday, fulfilling a pledge by President Emmanuel Macron that sparked ...
In a change of strategy, nationalist party leaders Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini are now promising voters a far-right bloc to overhaul the EU from within.
Paris (AFP). Both admired and loathed as the training ground for France's political leaders, the Ecole Nationale d'Administration will learn Thursday whether it is ...
Casino Group and Amazon announced that they're expanding their partnership in France. In particular, there will be Amazon lockers in 1000 supermarkets and ...
On May 20th, World Metrology Day, the scientific community will officially change the definition of the kilogram. For 130 years, the kilo has been defined by a...
France's news media habits and political dynamics stand apart from those of other Western European countries in a number of ways, according to a recent Pew ...
The Takeaway: France's new crypto law grants blockchain-related projects the right to a bank account, provided they opt in to being regulated; There's an ...
Paris riot police fired teargas as they squared off against protesters throwing projectiles during May Day demonstrations in the French capital on Wednesday.
The Bank of France has taken an interest in stablecoins, as indicated by the bank's governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau in a Bloomberg report on May 14 .
As more than $1 billion has rolled in to repair the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a debate is raging over whether the glut of donations would have been better ...
France made good on its promise to launch a secure government-only chat app -- although it almost didn't turn out that way. The country has introduced a beta ...
PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron will press ahead with a social and economic reform agenda that spurred months of anti-government protests in ...
Former captain Fabien Galthie will succeed Jacques Brunel as France head coach after this year's World Cup, French rugby federation chief Bernard Laporte ...
Cyber warfare has begun and France must be ready to fight it,” Florence Parly, the French minister for the armed forces, declared on Jan. 18. Parly was.
KOSICE, Slovakia — Canada extended its win streak to three games with a 5-2 victory over France on Thursday at the world hockey championship. Canada's ...
An online consultation on the idea of free public transport in France has been opened by the Senate, with the public invited to have their say on the idea before ...
In foreign policy, every word matters. That's why it is sometimes interesting to note the words that are not being said. On April 8 — days after General Khalifa ...
As rare as it is to find films with conservative politics, it's even rarer to find ones that are conservative in the nonpolitical sense—ones that defend and preserve a ...
Team Canada will be without defenceman Dante Fabbro when Team Canada takes on Team France at the world hockey championship, TSN's Brent Wallace ...
France set up a Fed Cup final against Australia when Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, who once were barely on speaking terms, teamed-up to crown a ...
A GROWING number of French nationalists are questioning the official line on the causes of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire - with some social media ...
Nacer Bouhanni's eighth place on stage 5 of the Tour of California on Thursday may not seem like a stellar result, but Cofidis sports director Roberto Damiani ...
Peter Dutton faces the “fight of his life” in the suburban Brisbane seat of Dickson. Despite the obvious differences between Dutton and his rival Ali France, their ...
A teenage prodigy has dominated the spotlight, but there's another World Cup bolter more than double Mary Fowler's age tipped to twinkle just as brightly. At 34 ...
President Paul Kagame will today attend the Viva Technology Conference known as “VivaTech” in Paris, France. VivaTech is the world's rendezvous for top ...
“The feeling is great today and I'm very happy because we were able to work in a good way, like always. The only change we made was a new tyre at the end of ...
Citing newly leaked OPCW documents casting doubt on the April 2018 'chemical attack' that triggered a bombing of Syria, rock star Roger Waters is calling out ...
The UN Security Council on Tuesday approved a watered-down resolution on sexual violence in conflicts, eliminating language on providing survivors "sexual ...
Matildas coach Ante Milicic believes there's up to 10 countries that can claim next month's World Cup in France. And Australia is very much one of them, even ...
Police in France are increasingly using drones to monitor drivers' behaviour on the country's autoroutes. They were used for the first time on the A126, in the ...
Marine Le Pen has thrown her weight behind Salvini's new pan-European right-wing bloc. So far the group has garnered support from nationalist parties in ...