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Paris Holocaust memorial hit with red hand graffiti
Around 20 of the hand symbols were found beneath the wall at the memorial in central Paris honouring individuals who saved Jews from persecution during the 1940-44 Nazi occupation of France.
Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere
Rasoulof is currently in an undisclosed location. It’s unclear if he will attend the Cannes premiere of his film.
Thousands of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers strike
Airlines cut more than half of their normal flight schedules at Paris's two main airports, Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, with many flights in the southern city of Marseille also grounded.
France evicts hundreds of migrants from Paris squat ahead of Olympics
Charities have accused the authorities of seeking to clear homeless people from the French capital to make it look better for the Games from July 26 to August 11.
Macron says France ‘to do everything’ to have Olympic truce
Referring to the recent escalations between Iran and Israel, Macron said that France would help do everything to avoid a "conflagration" in the Middle East.
France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication
Assisted suicide is allowed in Switzerland and Portugal and several US states. Euthanasia is currently legal in the Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Australia, Colombia, Belgium and Luxembourg under certain conditions.
No ‘specific’ terror threat to Paris Olympics: minister
An attack on a Moscow concert hall last month which left 140 people dead has revived fears for the Paris Games which begin on July 26.
Investigators identify remains of toddler who disappeared in French Alps in 2023
The discovery is the first major breakthrough in the case of two-and-a-half-year-old Emile, who vanished on July 8 last year while staying with his grandparents.
France races on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free
The Asian tiger mosquito has made its home in much of northern Europe, including France, over the past two decades, spreading diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and zika.
France races on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free
The Asian tiger mosquito has made its home in much of northern Europe, including France, over the past two decades, spreading diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and zika.
Nine arrested for attack on French police station
Videos posted on social media showed groups of people firing a barrage of fireworks at the building's facade.
France establishes abortion rights in its constitution on International Women’s Day
While abortion is a deeply divisive issue in the US, it's legal in nearly all of Europe and overwhelmingly supported in France, where it's seen more as a question of public health than politics.
France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first, owe ‘moral debt’ to…
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said the right to abort remained "in danger" worldwide, with our "freedoms in essence threatened... at the mercy of decision makers".
France set to make abortion constitutional right
In January France's lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, overwhelmingly approved making abortion a "guaranteed freedom" in the constitution.
France’s navy finds a body and looks for 2 people missing on the treacherous English Channel route
The maritime authorities overseeing French waters in the channel said about 180 people were assisted Wednesday in four rescue operations coordinated by the French side.
France and Ukraine to sign a security agreement in Paris in the presence of President Zelenskyy
The French presidency said the visit will be an opportunity for Macron “to reaffirm France’s determination to continue to provide unwavering support to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people
France to revoke birthright citizenship in Mayotte to fight migration crisis
MAMOUDZOU: French authorities on Sunday announced a controversial plan to amend the Constitution to revoke birthright citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which has been struggling with social unrest and a crippling…
France’s National Assembly considers introducing abortion rights into the Constitution
The measure has been promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in the United States.
President Emmanuel Macron launches special French programme for Indian students
The French government, as an incentive to Indian students pursuing a master's degree, will be offering a 5-year short-stay Schengen visa for alumni.
Activists splash soup on glass-protected Mona Lisa over French farmers protest
Two women on Sunday morning flung streams of red and orange soup onto the glass protecting the smiling lady to gasps from the crowd in the French capital's Louvre museum.