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Attacker kills 1, stabs multiple people near Paris before being shot dead by cops – local mayor

Police at the scene of Friday’s stabbing in Villejuif © Christophe Archambault / AFP By RT A man who stabbed three people at a park in a Paris suburb, killing Read More

France says it carried out first armed drone strike in Mali

PARIS (Associated Press) — France’s defense ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend. France joins Read More

West Africa economic bloc agrees changes to CFA franc with France: Ivorian president

France’s President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara at the Petit Palais in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, December 21, 2019. REUTERS/Luc Gnago ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The West Read More

French strikers angry about pension reform cut power to homes, companies

French Health and Solidarity Minister Agnes Buzyn and French High Commissioner for Pension Reform Laurent Pietraszewski leave the Elysee Palace following the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, France, December 18,Read More

Wikipedia’s Article of the Day October 7, 2019: Poitevin horse

Poitevin horse The Poitevin is a French breed of draft horse. Named for the former province of Poitou in west-central France, now a part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, it originated in the Read More

UGANDA: Stop comparing France protests to Kampala

A Ugandan just asked me on Linkedin, why is it tear gas can be used in France, it is okay? Protests happen all the time. Why is it when our Read More

UGANDA: Stop comparing France protests to Kampala

A Ugandan just asked me on Linkedin, why is it tear gas can be used in France, it is okay? Protests happen all the time. Why is it when our Read More

Snowden applies for asylum in France

© AP Photo / dpa,Wolfgang Kumm Go West? Edward Snowden Hopes France’s Emmanuel Macron Will Approve His Asylum Application By SPUTNIK Snowden’s revelations about his aspirations for asylum outside of Read More

FRANCE: Asylum and Immigration

Asylum and Immigration France has become the arrival point for migratory flows far greater than any previously experienced. In such a context, a law on controlled immigration, effective right of Read More

BUSINESS: World leaders gather for G7 summit in France

World leaders gather in Biarritz, France for the annual summit of G7 nations [Sergio Perez/Reuters] Three-day summit comes amid deep frictions over trade and climate change. By AL JAZEERA &Read More