Youths clash with police near Paris after teenager shot dead in traffic stop

Youths clash with police near Paris after teenager shot dead in traffic stop

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

France’s Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, must wear electronic tag

France’s Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, must wear electronic tag

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

Up to 10 people trapped after building collapses in Marseille | CNN

Up to 10 people trapped after building collapses in Marseille | CNN

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

Marseille building collapses in France, fire stymies rescues

Marseille building collapses in France, fire stymies rescues

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

PM Modi invited to France for Bastille Day parade

PM Modi invited to France for Bastille Day parade

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 garbage collectors to end strike

Paris garbage collectors to end strike

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

Protests continue in France; British King Charles’s visit postponed

Protests continue in France; British King Charles’s visit postponed

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

French airports, schools and oil refineries hit by national strike over pension age increase | CNN Business

French airports, schools and oil refineries hit by national strike over pension age increase | CNN Business

Paris CNN  —  French transport networks, oil refineries and schools were hit by widespread disruption Thursday as workers staged a national strike to protest an increase in the retirement age that was pushed through parliament without a vote. Though sporadic demonstrations had popped up in Paris and other cities after the French government forced the … Read more

Parisian streets littered with trash after wave of strikes | CNN

Parisian streets littered with trash after wave of strikes | CNN

Paris CNN  —  The City of Lights has a garbage problem. Massive strikes in Paris against pension reform this week are affecting trash pickup services in the French capital, with piles of waste sitting on many of the city’s normally picturesque streets, including those just steps from monuments like the Eiffel Tower and the Arc … Read more

Macron: ‘New era’ in economic, military strategy in Africa

Macron: ‘New era’ in economic, military strategy in Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron scratches his face after delivering a speech ahead of his visit in Central Africa, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, February 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to reduce the number of French troops in Africa under a “new security partnership” with the concerned … Read more