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Date created : 13/12/2018 - 13:31Latest update : 13/12/2018 - 13:33 The French govement on Thursday urged "yellow vest" protesters not to hold another round of demonstrations this weekend as police...

Date created : 14/12/2018 - 11:59Latest update : 15/12/2018 - 12:57 Strasbourg reopened its Christmas market on Friday, and President Emmanuel Macron visited the city to pay his respects to victims o...

Four skiers were killed and another injured in an avalanche in the French Alps on Friday and their guide was held for questioning, authorities said. The group of six people was on a ski touring expedition in an off-trail area near Entraunes, close to the Italian border in the southe Alps. The identities of the skiers were not immediately relea...

The relentless rain over Paris, which caused the river Seine to burst its banks, has tued transport into a nightmare for tourists and commuters alike, halting train and boat services. Furthermore, rats are wreaking havoc on the streets of Paris! “Of course the floods [have] made us upset because we don’t have the Seine cruises,” a frustrated tourist told FRANCE 24 near the overflowing river, but insisted that did not change how he feels for the city. “I love Paris anyhow,” he said. Australian tourist Debbie Komorowski, visiting the city for the fifth time, said, “Two years ago we had our wedding aiversary here, on the bench over there [on the Île de la Cité island in...

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French President Emmanuel Macron is again facing accusations of contempt for the working class after an apparent dig at workers battling to save their jobs at a bankrupt auto parts manufacturer in central France. Macron was visiting a training centre in the rural Creuse region on Wednesday when he was caught on camera making a disparaging remark apparently aimed at workers of GM&S, mor...

The young French reporter Loup Bureau arrived back in Paris on Sunday, "tired but relieved", after being detained for more than seven weeks in a Turkish jail on terror charges. The 27-year-old's case had heightened alarm in Europe over press freedoms under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who launched a wide-ranging crackdown after last year's failed coup against him. Bureau, a...

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