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French Muslim leader slams refusals to sign charter 2021-01-22 13:05:43The head of France’s umbrella Muslim association, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), has criticised three Islamic groups for their r

France safeguards rural way of life with 'sensory 2021-01-22 11:03:59The French countryside is now protected by law from attempts to stifle the everyday aspects of rural life by newcomers looking for peace and quie

Senegalese student Diary Sow apologises for mysterious disappearance 2021-01-22 10:27:23Diary Sow, a prize-winning Senegalese student whose disappearance in France caused consternation at home and abroad, has said she was taking "a littl

How effective is France’s 6pm curfew? Very, according 2021-01-22 09:29:11Data gathered since France first imposed a controversial 6pm curfew, mainly in the east of the country, suggests enforcing the nighttime stay-at-home

France tells citizens to scrap fabric masks in 2021-01-22 06:48:54The French government has recommended that surgical masks be worn in public, saying handmade cloth masks do not provide enough filtering protection to

Brexit deprives Brits in France of M&S comfort 2021-01-22 03:18:06More than three weeks after the UK left the European Union, Marks and Spencer food stores in Paris are still short of fresh food. This shouldn’t

French health minister raises prospect of new lockdown 2021-01-21 16:25:06French health minister Olivier Véran has warned that a third national lockdown to stem the tide of coronavirus could not be ruled out.

'No return to normal before September', Macron tells 2021-01-21 12:49:12French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a blunt message to university students that there would be no return to the traditional buzz of campus

Podcast: Baker shortage in France, Covid dubbing woes, 2021-01-21 12:30:15A visit to a bakery where migrant apprentices learn a trade that is increasingly being shunned by French youngsters. A voiceover actress talks ab

Cartoonist resigns from French paper Le Monde in 2021-01-21 11:32:25French cartoonist Xavier Gorce has quit Le Monde after the newspaper issued an apology for publishing one of his cartoons earlier this week. The

French chef Claire Vallée’s ONA is first vegan 2021-01-21 11:26:27The restaurant ONA in the south-west of France has become the first all-vegan eatery to be awarded a Michelin star. Chef and owner Claire Vallé

French news publishers sign landmark copyright deal with 2021-01-21 09:45:53French media groups have signed a digital copyright deal with Google under which the US tech giant will pay publishers for news previews.

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European Union warns AstraZeneca over delay in delivering 2021-01-25 22:52:01The European Union issued an angry warning to pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca on Monday over its unexpected delay in delivering millions of

Another night of riots in Netherlands over Covid-19 2021-01-25 22:24:26Police arrested at least 70 people after rioting broke out for a third night around the Netherlands on Monday, after weekend protests that w

Italy PM set to quit and seek new 2021-01-25 22:13:17Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is expected to quit on Tuesday and try to form a new coalition government to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, wh

Canada parliament labels US far-right Proud Boys group 2021-01-25 19:49:31Canada's parliament on Monday unanimously passed a motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to designate the right-wing Pro

Article of impeachment against Trump formally delivered to 2021-01-25 19:10:08The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday delivered to the Senate a charge accusing former President Donald Trump with inciting insurrection in a sp

US Senate confirms Former Fed chair Janet Yellen 2021-01-25 18:30:17The US Senate on Monday voted by a wide margin to confirm Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Treasury Department.

Central African Republic says dozens of rebels killed 2021-01-25 16:55:35Central African Republic troops killed 44 rebel fighters participating in a push to encircle the capital Bangui and overturn newly-reelected President

Ugandan judge orders Bobi Wine freed from house 2021-01-25 16:27:48A Ugandan court ordered security forces on Monday to free opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a presidential elect

Austria makes FFP2 masks mandatory in shops, public 2021-01-25 16:00:16Austrians on Monday swapped their cloth face coverings for medical-grade FFP2 masks, now mandatory for those over 14 on public transport, shops and bu

#Jan25 hashtag resurfaces 10 years after Egypt’s revolution 2021-01-25 15:00:51On the tenth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 uprising, Egyptians returned to that fateful day, reviving a hashtag that mobilised protesters to dem

China's Xi warns against 'new Cold War' at 2021-01-25 14:24:27Chinese President Xi Jinping warned global leaders at an all-virtual Davos forum Monday against starting a "new Cold War", and urged global unity in

Chemical firms on trial in France over Agent 2021-01-25 14:02:19A French court on Monday started hearing a case against more than a dozen multinationals accused by a French-Vietnamese woman of causing grievous