British fishermen ground down by fishing row with France
NEWHAVEN, United Kingdom (AFP) -- As a row over post-Brexit fishing rights between Britain and France escalated on Thursday, British…
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France
Cheese-loving France reels as mozzarella catches camembert
by Joseph SCHMID with Clara GUILLARD in Paris SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-BRIOUZE, France (AFP) -- It's a trend -- some would say a…
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Environment watchdogs condemn arrest of Ugandan activists
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) - Environmental watchdogs Saturday condemned the arrest of six Ugandan rights campaigners as a coordinated effort to silence…
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Powerful storm in France cuts electricity to 250,000 homes
PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 250,000 homes in France were without electricity on Thursday after gale-force winds swept the…
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Paris mayor Hidalgo wins Socialists’ presidential nomination
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has been nominated as the presidential candidate of France's Socialist party, partial…
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Covid and work-from-home prompt big drop in Paris pupils
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Paris started its 2021-22 school year with 6,000 fewer kindergarten and primary school students than last…
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Algerian president demands ‘total respect’ from France
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday demanded France's "total respect", following a row over visas and critical comments from Paris…
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Oldest Frenchman has died at 112: family
PARIS, France (AFP) -- France's oldest man Jules Theobald has died at the age of 112, his family told AFP…
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Climate demonstrators invade Louis Vuitton catwalk show
PARIS, France (AFP) - Extinction Rebellion climate activists burst onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton's Tuesday Paris Fashion Week show…
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Awful truth: Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sex abuse scandals over the last…
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French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950
by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- An independent inquiry into alleged sex…
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Thousands of pedophiles in French Catholic Church since 1950: commission
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Thousands of pedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of…
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