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Ten convicted for abusing Brigette Macron online

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A Paris court has convicted ten people of cyber-harassing French First Lady Brigitte Macron over online claims she is transgender. One defendant was jailed for...

The bill is due: Africa demands colonial justice now

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Algiers Declaration demands the codification of colonialism as a crime against humanity in international law. For decades, the demand for colonial reparations in Africa was...

Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91

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Brigitte Bardot, the French film icon whose career helped redefine cinematic allure and global pop culture, has died at the age of 91, her...

Telegram founder mocks Macron with provocative logo post

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov has sparked online comment in unveiling a logo concept for his sperm donation initiative that appeared to mock French President...

Algerian lawmakers move to criminalise legacy of French colonial rule

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Algeria’s parliament has begun debating a draft law that would formally criminalise more than a century of French colonial rule, a step lawmakers say...

Russian assets seizure: Macron accused of stabbing Merz in the back

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French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by quietly blocking a plan to use frozen Russian assets to...

Complaint filed against Brigitte Macron insult captured on video

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French first lady Brigitte Macron is facing a legal complaint after a video emerged showing her describing feminist protesters as "stupid b***ches" at a...

French anaesthetist jailed for life over deliberate poisoning of patients

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A former French anaesthetist has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found he deliberately poisoned 30 hospital patients over nearly a...

Minamino strike sinks PSG as Monaco claim narrow home win

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Takumi Minamino’s first-half finish proved decisive as Monaco handed Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) a surprise defeat, scoring the only goal in a...

Brigitte Macron condemned for slur against feminist protesters

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Brigitte Macron is facing widespread criticism after being recorded using a derogatory term to describe feminist activists protesting at a comedy show she attended...

Sarkozy falls, the elite plays martyr: A masterclass in narrative laundering

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The former French president’s supporters have created a narrative of elite fragility under scrutiny, diverting the focus from his legal violations through victim portrayal. When...

Niger accuses French nuclear giant of committing “mass crimes”

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Niger’s military government has launched a fierce attack on French state-owned nuclear group Orano, accusing the company of “radioactive pollution” and “predatory behaviour” after...

New survey reveals rising EU-exit sentiment in France and Poland

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A new cross-country survey has identified France and Poland as the leading centres of growing public discontent with the European Union (EU), with support...

Sarkozy conviction upheld by France’s top court

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his final bid to overturn a corruption-related conviction, after France’s highest court upheld a 2024 ruling that...

Macron set to launch new ‘voluntary military service’ scheme

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French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to introduce a new voluntary military service programme, reportedly a ten-month compensated scheme, as part of efforts to...

Candace Owens alleges Macrons ordered her assassination

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Conservative commentator Candace Owens has alleged that a senior official within the French government privately warned her of an assassination plot purportedly authorised by...

Sacrifice your children for Ukraine, France’s army chief tells the plebs

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Even as their country is falling apart around them, authorities in Paris are building their dystopian ideology around imagined threats France must be prepared “to...

Deadly bacteria behind Napoleon’s 1812 collapse identified in soldiers’ teeth after 213 years

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Scientists have uncovered traces of paratyphoid fever and louse-borne relapsing fever in the teeth of French soldiers who died during Napoleon’s catastrophic 1812 retreat...

Migrant numbers in French coastal towns ‘out of control’ – ex-diplomat

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A former French diplomat has warned that migrant numbers in several northern French coastal towns have reached a point where the situation is “completely...

Former colony demands truth, France prefers amnesia

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Much of France’s elite, despite disagreements on various issues, maintain a unified stance against an apology and compensation to Algeria. Every year, Algeria commemorates several...

How French troops murdered hundreds of their comrades in WWII

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More than 300 African soldiers were executed by the French colonial army in Thiaroye, Senegal. More than 81 years after the events, the truth is...

Five more arrested in Louvre jewel heist

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French police have arrested five additional suspects, including a main perpetrator, in connection with the €88 million Louvre jewel heist, bringing the total number...

France risks ‘economic suffocation’ as debt costs triple

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France is facing the threat of gradual economic “suffocation” unless it reins in soaring public debt and persistent budget deficits, the governor of the...

Does France have independent media?

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In a recent appearance on France Inter’s morning show—France’s rough equivalent to CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper or MSNBC’s Morning Joe—American progressive thinker...

Two arrested over Louvre Museum robbery

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French authorities say they have arrested two men in connection with last weekend’s audacious theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris. According...

Prison inmates threaten Sarkozy over Gaddafi’s death (Video)

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reportedly received threats from inmates at Paris’ La Santé prison, who vowed to avenge the death of Libya’s...

Louvre heist triggers backlash over ‘woke’ hiring policies

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The Louvre Museum has come under fire after critics accused its leadership of prioritising “woke” diversity goals over professional competence, following a daring daylight...

Telegram founder offers to buy stolen Louvre jewels

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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has offered to purchase the jewels stolen from the Louvre in Paris, saying he would donate them to the Louvre...

Video emerges of daring Louvre heist

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A gang of thieves has carried out a dramatic daylight robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, making off with several of France’s crown...

Louvre robbery branded a ‘national humiliation’ for France

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French politicians have condemned the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum as a “humiliation” for the nation after a group of masked...

Sarkozy to serve prison term in solitary confinement

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to serve his prison sentence in solitary confinement after being convicted of accepting illegal campaign funds from...

Louvre shuts after bold heist of Napoleon-era jewels

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Paris’s Louvre Museum was forced to close on Sunday after a daring robbery in which several hooded criminals reportedly stole nine priceless pieces from...

S&P downgrades France’s credit rating

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S&P Global Ratings has cut France’s long-term sovereign credit rating from AA- to A+, citing mounting public debt, sluggish fiscal reforms, and deepening political...

Horrific schoolgirl murder case grips France

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Chilling details of 12-year-old Lola Daviet’s murder have left France reeling. Dahbia Benkired, a 27-year-old Algerian migrant woman, faces charges of sexually assaulting, torturing, and...

Macron will never quit, however many governments implode around him

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The French president treated his latest ex-PM like a booty call and now they’re married again. This is some real Fatal Attraction stuff going on...

‘Bad joke’: Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM

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Just four days after stepping down, the prime minister returns as France faces rising debt and economic strain. French President Emmanuel Macron has reinstated Sebastien...

Le Pen vows to block any new French government

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The right-wing politician has called on President Emmanuel Macron to either dissolve the National Assembly or resign. Veteran right-wing French politician Marine Le Pen has...

Peters demands answers over Fonterra’s plan to sell iconic brands to French dairy giant

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Foreign Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has launched a blistering attack on Fonterra’s proposal to sell its iconic consumer brands —...

French MPs reject motion to impeach Macron

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Parliamentary leaders struck down the vote at its earliest stage. French Parliamentary leaders have rejected a bid to impeach President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, as...

Macron must resign – France’s former PM

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Edouard Philippe has urged the French leader to call an early presidential election due to the deepening political crisis. Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe...

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