France says 5th Covid wave hitting at ‘lightning’ speed
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Fifth-wave coronavirus infections in France are rising at an alarming rate, the government reported Sunday, with…
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Covid booster demand surges in France after Macron’s speech
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Demand for Covid booster jabs jumped in France after President Emmanuel Macron said a top-up dose…
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France’s over-65s will need booster for Covid pass: Macron
by Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, France (AFP) -- People over 65 in France will need to show proof of a Covid-19…
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French Catholic Church to sell assets to settle sex abuse claims
by Karine PERRET Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) -- Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part…
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France, US commemorate centenary of historic Marie Curie visit
by Lucie AUBOURG WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- In 1921, the celebrated French scientist Marie Curie made a six-week trip…
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Policeman wounded after being stabbed in southern France
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French policeman was wounded on Monday after a man claiming to act "in the name…
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Massive whale beaches itself in northern France
CALAIS, France (AFP) - French animal experts said on Sunday they were preparing to conduct an autopsy on a 19-metre-long…
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France’s bishops kneel in penance for decades of child abuse in Catholic Church
by Karine PERRET Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) -- Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show…
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France orders poultry lockdown due to bird flu risk
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French farmers were ordered Friday to keep their poultry indoors due to the heightened risk of…
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Eiffel Tower visitor numbers climb to pre-Covid levels
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Eiffel Tower is clocking up visitor numbers not seen since Covid-19 kept most tourists away…
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Coal workers feel pain of France’s climate goals
by Estelle EMONET Agence France-Presse GARDANNE, France (AFP) - The Gardanne smokestack is the highest in France at 295 metres (975…
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French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened…
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