France and Germany, the two largest economies in the European Union, pushed new proposals for the enlargement of the 27-member bloc. File | Photo Credit: Reuters France and Germany, the two largest economies in the European Union, pushed new proposals for the enlargement of the 27-member bloc on Tuesday (September 19). The policy paper, put together by a … Read more
France joins several other European countries that are trying to stop children using e-cigarettes. Source link
A veiled Iranian woman attends a rally after the Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 16, 2014. A group of religious Tehran citizens staged a rally on Friday to protest lack of hijab and to promote “chastity.” Hundreds of protesters took to streets following the Friday prayers, calling upon officials to take harsher actions … Read more
French police force members are seen during a clash with the youths after a 17-year-old teenager was shot dead by police during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, France on June 27, 2023. Videograb: Twitter/@250celeste_ via Reuters Prosecutors open homicide investigation; 31 arrested, 40 cars burned out Protesters armed with fireworks clashed with riot police in … Read more
French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday. The court upheld a three-year prison sentence. It said two of those years were suspended and that Sarkozy would wear an electronic bracelet instead of going to jail for the … Read more
Paris CNN — Between four and 10 people are believed to be trapped under rubble in the southern French port city of Marseille after a building collapsed early on Sunday, according to French authorities. A “violent explosion” at around 12:30am local time is believed to be the cause of the collapse, according to Marseille Mayor … Read more
Firefighters work after a building collapsed early Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Marseille, southern France. | Photo Credit: AP Up to 10 people may be buried under the debris of a building that collapsed following an explosion in France’s port city of Marseille, but a fire deep within the rubble hindered rescue efforts on Sunday, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar France has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Paris as a guest at the annual Bastille Day parade in July, sources confirmed here, but said the visit is still under discussion. The visit, which would add to Mr. Modi’s already-packed diplomatic calendar, is … Read more
Paris: Striking sanitation workers in Paris are set to return to work Wednesday – potentially ending one of the most enduring symbols of resistance to French President Emmanuel Marcon‘s controversial pension bill, as nationwide protests also appeared to be winding down. Clean-up crews were set Wednesday to start picking up heaps of trash that had … Read more
Firemen controlling the remains of a garbage fire from last night protests against the retirement bill in Paris, Friday, March 24, 2023. French President Macron’s office says state visit by Britain’s King Charles III is postponed amid mass strikes and protests. | Photo Credit: AP Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms continued … Read more