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NEWHAVEN, United Kingdom (AFP) — As a row over post-Brexit fishing rights between Britain and France escalated on Thursday, British fishermen complained they were being worn down as their livelihoods were forgotten during the standoff. In Newhaven on Britain’s southern coast, the fishing town’s main quay was almost deserted as a week of bad weather forced the local fleet, comprised of small trawlers, to remain in harbour. But amid threats from Paris to target British […]
by Joseph SCHMID with Clara GUILLARD in Paris SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-BRIOUZE, France (AFP) — It’s a trend — some would say a threat — that touches a pungent symbol of French culinary pride: Sales of camembert, the Normandy speciality that has long graced cheese platters, are set to be eclipsed by an import, Italian mozzarella. The two are not exactly rivals, the first savoured on its own, while the latter is used mainly in salads, pizzas and […]
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) – Environmental watchdogs Saturday condemned the arrest of six Ugandan rights campaigners as a coordinated effort to silence critics of a contested energy project involving French oil giant Total. The activists from Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), the country’s highest-profile environmental defenders group, were detained without charge at a police station outside Kampala on Friday, the organisation said in a statement. Its French partners, Amis de la Terre France (Friends of the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 250,000 homes in France were without electricity on Thursday after gale-force winds swept the north of the country overnight, power grid operator Enedis said. Rail traffic was also affected by storm “Aurore”, which has been causing devastation since Wednesday afternoon. Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said in a tweet that the Ile-de-France region around Paris, Normandy, northern France and eastern Lorraine regions were the worst affected. Social media were abuzz […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has been nominated as the presidential candidate of France’s Socialist party, partial party vote results showed Thursday, despite her languishing in the race to unseat incumbent Emmanuel Macron. The 62-year-old politician, who announced her plans to run for president a month ago, aims to revive the fortunes of the beleaguered Socialists in April’s election with a campaign stressing environmental and social issues. She won more than 72 […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Paris started its 2021-22 school year with 6,000 fewer kindergarten and primary school students than last year, as more people work from home as a result of the Covid crisis, say officials. Families are also fleeing the capital’s soaring property prices to find bigger homes for less money. The number of Paris schoolchildren has been falling steadily over the past decade, leading to the closure of several schools. But the five-percent […]
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday demanded France’s “total respect”, following a row over visas and critical comments from Paris about the North African country. Last weekend Algeria recalled its ambassador from Paris and banned French military planes from its airspace, which France regularly uses to reach its forces battling jihadists in the Sahel region to the south. The moves came after a bitter row over visas, followed by media reports that French President Emmanuel […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s oldest man Jules Theobald has died at the age of 112, his family told AFP Tuesday. Theobald, who hailed from the Caribbean island of Martinique, a French overseas department, died at his home in the island’s main city Fort-de-France. Born on April 17, 1909 — though family legend had it he was born two years earlier — the father of three worked as a docker and a fisherman. In a […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Extinction Rebellion climate activists burst onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton’s Tuesday Paris Fashion Week show to blast the industry’s impact on the environment. “Overconsumption = extinction”, a banner brandished by one demonstrator from the international civil disobedience movement against climate change read. She climbed onto the catwalk set up in the Louvre art gallery even as models were showing off the latest styles, before being hustled away by security guards, […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sex abuse scandals over the last three decades. An independent inquiry on Tuesday found there were 216,000 victims of French clergy between 1950 and 2020. It is the latest in a series of landmark reports and investigations that have helped lift the “veil of silence” around the crimes. – Australia – After a series of scandals, Australia’s government set up a […]
by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — An independent inquiry into alleged sex abuse of minors by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy has found some 216,000 victims from 1950 to 2020, a “massive phenomenon” that was covered up for decades by a “veil of silence.” The landmark report, released Tuesday after two and a half years of investigations, follows widespread outrage over a string of sex […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Thousands of pedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report. The commission’s research had uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 pedophile priests or other members of the church, said Jean-Marc Sauve, adding that it was “a minimum estimate”. The commission’s report is due to be released on Tuesday after two […]
