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Issued on: 12/06/2021 - 11:15 French President Emmanuel Macron offered on Saturday to reset relations with Britain as long as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the European Union. Advertising Read more Since Britain completed its exit from the EU late last year, relations with the bloc and particularly France have soured, with Macron becoming the most vocal critic of London's refusal to honour the terms of part of its Brexit deal. At a meeting...

Issued on: 24/07/2020 - 17:33 France will require on-the-spot Covid-19 tests for travellers coming from 16 countries where the virus is c...

A burgeoning movement on the French island of Corsica has haassed the #IWas hashtag to recount and denounce acts of sexual violence they suffered as minors, challengin...

In the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, conceed professionals are asking the govement to extend the 12-week time limit to have an abortion by two weeks amid worries that wom...

France has traditionally taken pride in being somewhat of an exception when it comes to caring, or not caring, about the private lives of its politicians. This lax attitude has been called into question recently by theso-called Griveaux scandal. Benjamin Griveaux, a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, pulled out of the Paris mayoral race following the release of a sex tape. So are we witnessing the "Americanisation" of French politics? Is the atmosphere becoming more puritanical and moralising? And what role does social media play in all this? ...

Issued on: 28/01/2020 - 19:14Modified: 28/01/2020 - 19:14 France will send a plane this week to start evacuating its citizens from Wuhan, the ...

In her new book Consent (Le consentement), French writer and publisher Vanessa Springora says that she became the sexual “prey” of author Gabriel Matzneff at age 14. The book has ...

Issued on: 22/12/2019 - 08:51Modified: 22/12/2019 - 08:51 Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common curr...

Issued on: 29/11/2019 - 12:21Modified: 29/11/2019 - 12:25 When you think of the most quintessentially French food, chances are delicious chees...

Issued on: 17/10/2019 - 15:44Modified: 17/10/2019 - 15:50 A French modelling agent suspected of procuring young women for the disgraced US bil...

Date created : 22/02/2019 - 17:01 The Sakura art gallery in Paris has cancelled an upcoming exhibit by local artist Guillaume Verda, who has b...

Date created : 11/02/2019 - 08:25 Winger Joy May scored a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes as a scintillating England ripped through a sorr...

The French film world may be having its #MeToo moment as one after another, stars showed up at the industry's top awards show Friday wearing a white ribbon in a protest against sexual misconduct. Throughout the Cesar Awards ceremony Friday night, presenters and wiers referenced the movement that has campaigned for an end to abuses by powerful ...

A French appeals court has upheld the far-right National Front's (FN) decision to expel party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen over anti-Semitic remarks on Friday, but the party’s bid to cut all links with the notorious politician suffered a setback. The appeals court in Versailles ruled that while the FN had been within its rights to boot 89-year-old Jean-Marie Le Pen out of the party over controversial remarks about the Holocaust, he could retain the honorary role of party president for life. However, there could be a further sting for the man who for decades embodied France's anti-immigrant far-right.The party may eliminate the president-for-life position at a congress next month, b...

The swollen Seine rose even higher on Sunday, keeping Paris on alert, though forecasters said the flooding should peak by the end of the day. The river had risen 11 centimetres (4.3 inches) in 24 hours by Saturday evening, more than four metres above its normal height, causing headaches for commuters as well as people living near its overflowing banks. Tourists suffered too with the capital's famous Bateaux Mouches rivercraft out of service, and only emergency services authorised to navigate the Seine. The Vigicrues flooding agency forecasts the river will peak at 5.95 metres (19.3 feet) oveight, not quite reaching the 2016 high of 6.1 metres, when the Louvre museum was forced to...

Thousands of people, including relatives, friends and disciples, flocked to Lyon cathedral on Friday, some standing in the rain for hours, to bid a final farewell to the city’s favourite son, Paul Bocuse. Paul Bocuse, who died last Saturday aged 91, established a global network of admirers throughout his extended career, providing inspiration to a multitude of chefs for his nouvelle cuisine style. But despite his global fame, the "pope of French cuisine" always remained accessible to the people of Lyon, who tued out in droves on Friday for his funeral service. “Monsieur Paul, you loved your city and it loved you,” said Interior Minister Gérard Collomb, a longtime may...

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