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Remco Evenepoel won a thrilling 25.3km time-trial through the Burgundy vineyards In stage seven of the Tour de France, while Tadej Pogacar dug deep to keep the yellow jersey as the race's overall leader.

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Racism and xenophobia on the rise as French voters gear up for crucial election

France • 8:10 PM

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France’s far-right National Rally (RN) has its best chance yet of clinching power in a second round of legislative elections on July 7, running on a platform that proposes restricting the rights of immigrants and dual nationals. The party’s surge is in s

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Dutch rider Groenewegen sprints to stage six win of Tour de France in Dijon

France • 5:09 PM

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Dylan Groenewegen of the Netherlands won stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday in a mass dash for the Dijon finish line in which Belgian Jasper Philipsen was relegated for a swerve.

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Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill

France • 7:33 PM

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U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race against Republican Donald Trump despite the halting and uneven debate delivery that threw a spotlight on questions about Biden's age and capacity to be president.

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Cavendish breaks record for most Tour de France stage wins with his 35th victory

France • 4:13 PM

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The veteran Isle of Man sprinter broke Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for most career Tour de France stage wins on Wednesday by winning a record 35th stage at the age of 39.

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How France’s far-right National Rally plans to secure its absolute majority in parliament

France • 3:27 PM

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Buoyed by its resounding success in the first round of the snap legislative elections, France’s far-right National Rally party is hoping to secure an absolute majority in the second round on July 7. Before it can achieve this, however, party leader Jorda

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Le Pen’s far right is on the cusp of power in France – what happens next?

France • 6:05 PM

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The “clarification” President Emmanuel Macron invoked as he called France’s snap elections has clarified this much: that French voters no longer want him to govern alone – or indeed at all. Exactly who he should share power with remains an open question

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Pogacar flexes his muscles to reclaim yellow jersey in first mountain stage

France • 3:57 PM

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Tadej Pogacar made an early statement in the Tour de France as he dropped defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to claim victory in the first mountain stage and take the overall leader's yellow jersey on Tuesday.

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French legislative elections: What are the main alliances proposing on health?

France • 2:30 PM

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France is heading into a second and final round of voting on July 7 after the far right came out ahead in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday. The result has sent centrist and leftist parties scrambling to keep the far right from securing

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AC-free ambition for Paris Olympics melts away as organisers order 2,500 cooling units

France • 2:03 PM

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The Paris Olympic village will be fitted with 2,500 temporary cooling units when athletes arrive later this month, organisers said Tuesday, in a blow to the event's eco-friendly credentials. The organising committee had initially announced they would ste

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Paris hospitality sector faces tourism slump ahead of Olympics

France • 10:34 AM

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Hotel occupancy rates in the French capital are well below average, as bad weather combines with Olympics-related transport hassles and price hikes to keep summer tourists away. Also, President Emmanuel Macron's planned unemployment insurance reform beco

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New Caledonia activist jailed in mainland France says he is a 'political prisoner'

France • 2:53 AM

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An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a "political prisoner" as authorities held him in jail in mainland France pending charges over a wave of deadly riotin

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Paris Olympics organisers hope for peaceful reaction to French election

France • 11:00 PM

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The key risk to the Paris Games from the political uncertainty gripping France is public disturbances that could impact the already stretched security services, a former International Olympic Committee executive told AFP on Monday.

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French snap elections: Debunking viral fake news after National Rally's gains

France • 8:45 PM

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On the evening that results trickled in from the first round of France's snap legislative elections, misleading claims began to circulate on social media. As well as a viral video claiming that left-wing voters set fire to a government building in reacti

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French far right eyes power as rivals wrangle over scope of anti-Le Pen front

France • 7:13 PM

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The first round of France’s legislative elections has confirmed that Marine Le Pen’s far right is now the dominant force in French politics, putting her anti-immigrant National Rally within reach of power. Whether the rest of the political spectrum still

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At the gates of power: Can French left, centrists stop far right in second round?

France • 6:09 PM

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It turns out the polls did get it right. One in three French voters chose the far right in Sunday’s first round of snap legislative elections, putting Marine Le Pen's party on the brink of power with an unprecedented score for an extreme party that's nev

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France edge tense contest with Belgium to reach Euro 2024 quarter-finals

France • 6:07 PM

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A late own goal by Jan Vertonghen sent France into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 on Monday at Belgium's expense.

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Biniam Girmay becomes the first Black African to win a stage of Tour de France

France • 3:55 PM

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The Eritrean Biniam Girmay won the third stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Monday as the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz took the leader's yellow jersey from Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar.

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Rival parties race to block far right as France heads into legislative run-off

France • 11:38 AM

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France is headed into a second and final round of voting on July 7 after the far right came out ahead in a first round on Sunday, sending centrist and leftist parties scrambling to keep it from securing a majority. FRANCE 24 looks at some of the possibil

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France's far-right makes gains in southeast, fails to make a breakthrough in Paris

France • 11:13 AM

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The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with 33.15 percent of the votes cast for members of the National Assembly. The anti-immigration party made large gains in the southe

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French police detain leading filmmakers Jacquot, Doillon over sexual abuse allegations

France • 10:28 AM

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Leading French film directors Benoit Jacquot and Jacques Doillon, who have been accused by actress and director Judith Godrèche of rape and sexual assault respectively when she was a minor, were detained on Monday by French authorities for questioning. G

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French stocks jump in post-election relief rally as hung parliament looms

France • 9:27 AM

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Paris's CAC 40 index jumps at the open after losing more than 6 percent last week, as investors calculate the possibility of a hung parliament in Europe's second-largest economy. Plus, we take a closer look at France's public debt and the spending plans

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'National Rally at the gates of power': French papers react to snap election results

France • 8:37 AM

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PRESS REVIEW – Monday, July 1: In this special edition, we bring you front pages, opinion pieces and cartoons from the French press and around the world after the far-right National Rally's victory in the first round of snap French legislative elections.

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Macron isolated as legislative third-place finish prompts rethink of his legacy

France • 6:30 AM

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French President Emmanuel Macron's camp saw an embarrassing third-place finish in the first round of snap legislative elections on Sunday, behind both the far-right National Rally party and a new leftist alliance. With the National Rally now poised to se

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Le Pen’s far-right party wins first round as Macron’s snap elections gamble backfires

France • 9:58 PM

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Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant National Rally led a first round of voting on Sunday in exceptionally high-stakes elections that could put France’s government in the hands of a far-right party for the first time since World War II. President Emmanuel Macr

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France's far-right National Rally party makes big gains in first round of legislative elections

France • 6:47 PM

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Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party made big gains in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday, winning an estimated 34% of votes, nearly double their 18% in the first round in 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron has called on vot

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Far-right National Rally leads France's snap poll, left comes second ahead of Macron's camp

France • 5:04 AM

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France’s high-stakes parliamentary elections propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong but not decisive lead in the first-round vote on Sunday, said pollster Ipsos Talan, dealing another slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron. The leftist un

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One month from the Paris Olympics, tests reveal the River Seine is still unfit for swimming

France • 11:55 AM

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The latest water quality tests on the Seine show that the the river is still too polluted to swim in. And with a range of water sports scheduled to take place along the Seine in central Paris during next month's Olympic Games, organisers are hoping that

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Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU's top jobs

France • 11:26 AM

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European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will hold the key positions in the world’s biggest trading bloc in the coming years for issues ranging from antitrust investigations to foreign policy. German conservative Ursula von der Leyen has b

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French court rules Maurice Ravel is sole author of classical music masterpiece 'Bolero'

France • 10:17 AM

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A French court on Friday ruled that composer Maurice Ravel wrote his famous "Bolero" piece by himself. The heirs of stage designer Alexandre Benois, who worked on the original performance of the piece, argued that celebrated Russian set-dresser should ha

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Will France's multibillion-euro gamble on Olympic gold pay off?

France • 6:07 AM

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As France makes its final preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics, finance experts say that it's hard to be sure if the billions of dollars spent on the sporting spectacle will spur the kind of economic boost organisers are hoping for.

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French far-right leader Bardella vows Ukraine will not be absorbed by 'Russian imperialism'

France • 8:45 PM

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During a televised debate Thursday evening with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Socialist leader Olivier Faure, Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally party, vowed that his party would not allow Russia to "absorb" Ukrai

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Far-right leader Le Pen questions French president's role as army chief

France • 7:36 PM

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Marine Le Pen, former president of France's far-right party National Rally and currently a French presidential candidate, on Thursday raised the question in an interview with a French newspaper of who would be in charge of the military if her party takes

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How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power

France • 5:43 PM

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French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionair

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2024 French legislative elections: Results of the first round

France • 5:26 PM

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French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly in June and called for snap legislative elections, with a first round of voting on June 30 and a second round on July 7. A total of 577 seats are up for grabs in the lower-house National As

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NBA star Wembanyama joins French sports heroes' calls to vote against 'extremes'

France • 3:37 PM

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French basketball star Victor Wembanyama on Thursday joined football star Kylian Mbappe and other leading sports heroes, many of whom come from immigrant backgrounds, in warning against voting for the "extremes" in the first round of the country's snap

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Hilarious French vs British comedy by Tatty Macleod

France • 2:25 PM

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Her online sketches about being bicultural and the radical differences between the British and French have garnered her 50 million views and nearly 500,000 followers on social media. Tatty Macleod’s videos tackle the idiosyncrasies surrounding booty call

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The ins and outs of 'La Poste': How France's postal service has adapted to change

France • 1:52 PM

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This week we take a deep dive into the national institution that is France's postal service. The French are very attached to "La Poste", though they love to complain about it too, and its evolution mirrors changes in society. Come rain or shine, postal w

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France saw a rise in all types of racism in 2023, report says

France • 10:13 AM

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Racism and intolerance are rising in France, fuelled by the war in Gaza and far-right ideas in public debate, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, said in an annual report published on Thursday.

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French far right dominates polls three days ahead of snap elections

France • 8:28 AM

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The French far right is leading opinion polls with three days left before voters cast their ballots in snap legislative elections called by President Emmanuel Macron following his party’s defeat in European elections over two weeks ago. Marine Le Pen’s N

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How does France's lower house National Assembly work?

France • 12:28 AM

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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap legislative elections, with the two rounds set to take place on June 30 and July 7. But what is the role of those elected to the lower house National Assembly?

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French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad

France • 5:27 PM

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The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place, lawyers said.

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‘We’re told we’re not really French’: Paris suburbs brace for far-right surge in snap election

France • 4:37 PM

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The ethnically diverse northeastern suburbs of Paris are traditionally a bastion of the political left – and of voter abstention. With France’s legislative elections just days away, activists are battling widespread apathy and resignation as they seek to

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Raphaël Glucksmann, the man who revived France’s centre-left

France • 2:24 PM

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Raphaël Glucksmann, co-founder of the centre-left Place Publique party, emerged from a surprisingly strong showing in the June 9 European elections to find himself a key member of a new leftist alliance in France – one hastily forged to battle the far-ri

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Hundreds of dressmakers race to complete Olympics costumes ahead of Games

France • 7:02 AM

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More than 500 dressmakers, seamstresses and designers across France are racing to create thousands of unique costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the upcoming Summer Olympic Games.

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Street artist Obey says French far right 'hijacked' iconic image

France • 6:37 AM

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Having gained worldwide renown for his Barack Obama campaign poster, it was a shock for Shepard Fairey, better known by his tag Obey, to discover his work being used by the far right in France.

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French PM, far-right chief clash in election debate exposing fierce tensions

France • 9:42 PM

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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and the chief of the main far-right party Jordan Bardella clashed in an ill-tempered debate Tuesday that exposed fierce tensions less than a week ahead of the most polarising election in decades.

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No, these images do not show a Muslim woman burning the French flag in France

France • 8:39 PM

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A viral video widely shared by far-right affiliated accounts on social media claims to show a Muslim woman burning the French flag in France. We tell you where this video really comes from in this edition of Truth or Fake.

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Racism, ruin & resounding success: The epic life of French author Alexandre Dumas

France • 8:00 AM

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In this week's show, we retrace the turbulent life of 19th-century French writer Alexandre Dumas. The wildly successful mixed-race author faced racism, financial ruin and ghostwriter allegations during his lifetime. It was only 132 years after his death

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France's great divide: Can far right lure struggling middle classes?

France • 6:09 PM

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In the blink of an eye, France is already into the final days of campaigning; a speed-dating exercise that has got the far right more than ever knocking on the doors of power. Polls suggest that Emmanuel Macron's surprise decision to dissolve parliament

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Paris organisers unable to confirm Olympic swimming events for Seine – with one month to go

France • 3:57 PM

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The Seine is set to be a star feature of the Paris Olympics, but with just one month remaining until the opening of the games, heavy rains and pollution are keeping organisers in suspense on whether they will be able to host the open-water swimming event

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Paris's Moulin Rouge gets new sails just in time for Olympic torch relay

France • 9:41 AM

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Paris's Moulin Rouge cabaret club, whose landmark windmill sails fell down in April, received new blades on Monday just 10 days before the Paris Olympic torch is due to pass the venue.

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Anti-Semitic rape shocks France during snap election campaign

France • 9:02 AM

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Saturday, June 22, 2024: In this week's roundup of French news, we bring you the latest from the lightning campaign ahead of snap legislative elections. Anti-Semitism came back to the forefront of political debate after the shocking rape of a 12-year-old

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Buildings burned and police attacked amid renewed unrest in New Caledonia

France • 1:23 AM

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Several buildings, including a police station and a town hall, were set on fire in New Caledonia overnight, authorities said Monday, as the French Pacific territory was hit by a fresh surge of unrest.

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French far-right leader Bardella pledges to curb immigration, inflation ahead of elections

France • 12:11 AM

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French far-right leader Jordan Bardella said Monday his party was ready to govern as he pledged to curb immigration and tackle cost-of-living issues ahead of the country's most divisive election in decades.

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French women’s rights supporters march against far right ahead of snap polls

France • 3:06 PM

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Thousands of people on Sunday rallied in Paris and other cities across France to denounce the far-right National Rally party’s “false feminism” and the “real danger” it poses to women’s rights. The demonstrations came exactly a week before France’s snap

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New Caledonia independence activists sent to France for detention after deadly riots

France • 5:31 AM

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Seven independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating deadly riots last month in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have been sent to mainland France for pre-trial detention, a local prosecutor said Sunday.

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New Caledonia independence activist to be held in custody in mainland France

France • 2:17 PM

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Christian Tein, a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia will be held in France after being charged Saturday over deadly riots last month, his lawyer said. Tein was one of at least three pro-independence activists facing a

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China and France launch satellite to better understand the universe

France • 8:32 AM

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A French-Chinese satellite blasted off Saturday on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant.

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Eiffel Tower ticket prices increase by 20% in bid to save Paris’s ‘Iron Lady’

France • 12:09 AM

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Ticket prices for visiting the Eiffel Tower have been raised 20 percent in a bid to offset its sky-high maintenance costs. The increase comes just weeks before the opening of the 2024 Olympics and after months of tensions between the "Iron Lady"'s manage

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