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Chat group kingpin goes on trial in Paris over online abuse of underage girls

France, Oct. 5 -- Rohane Rane, who came to France from India to study at a business school in Antibes, is accused of having been the leader of a group of young men from Germany, New Zealand and the Un... Read More


Study shows extreme poverty, homelessness on the rise in France

France, Oct. 5 -- The number of people living in extreme poverty has risen by 37 per cent between 2018 and 2025, according to data collected from French charity Restos du Cœur. The analysis (Ext... Read More


Hundreds of French schools closed as students maintain protest pressure

France, Oct. 5 -- France high school students protested or disrupted lessons at 413 of the country's 3,700 secondary schools on Monday, the education ministry said, down from the number of schools aff... Read More


The pill: from symbol of women's liberation to subject of growing mistrust

France, Oct. 4 -- "What seemed to us to be a tremendous liberation - and which was a tremendous liberation - is clearly no longer seen in the same light." At 79, gynaecologist Danielle Hassoun rememb... Read More


Ethiopia captures Tigray capital as its regional rivals meet in Egypt

France, Oct. 4 -- The capture of Mekelle, capital of Tigray, deals a major blow to the opposition alliance that rules the northern region. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which leads the... Read More


France struggles to fund farm climate adaptation as losses mount

France, Oct. 4 -- Mathieu Courgeau, who runs a mid-sized dairy farm in Vendee, western France, says his thermometer recorded 45C this summer. "On my farm, the drought caused about €40,000 in lo... Read More


Rwandan genocide hunter Dafroza Gauthier dies after long battle for justice

France, Oct. 4 -- Dafroza Gauthier died on Saturday in Reims, the French city where the couple had lived since the 1980s. She is survived by her husband and three children. The Gauthiers were often c... Read More


France pledges more support to fight DRC Ebola outbreak as deaths top 4,000

France, Oct. 3 -- The latest figures released by DRC's health ministry on Thursday showed that 4,042 people have died, among 8,376 cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on 15... Read More


As students call for 'act three', can France's school protests keep momentum?

France, Oct. 3 -- "We're quite disappointed," said Marius Mesnil, co-secretary-general of the High School Student Union, after talks at the Education Ministry on Friday. He and representatives of oth... Read More


Ethiopia's government forces look to take regional capital from Tigray rebels

France, Oct. 3 -- Fighting erupted on 23 September as the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks into neighbouring states, raising fears of a return to all-out conflict. But f... Read More