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Ministers vow tough response as Marseille reels from gangland murder

France, Nov. 20 -- Justice minister Gerald Darmanin said the threat from drug trafficking is now "at least equivalent to that of terrorism", as Marseille struggles with the daylight killing of 22-year... Read More


Ghost of Franco still haunts Spanish politics, 50 years on from his death

France, Nov. 20 -- The government on Wednesday announced a series of 480 concerts, conferences and exhibitions under the slogan "Spain at Liberty", celebrating the restoration of democracy after the d... Read More


Macron returns to Africa with drive for fresh partnerships on five-day tour

France, Nov. 20 -- Macron landed in Port Louis on Thursday in a visit to a country that has become an economic success story in the Indian Ocean. Mauritius sits just north of the French overseas terr... Read More


'Silence kills': Thousands march against the mafia in Corsica protests

France, Nov. 20 -- Under the slogan "Assassins, mafiosi, get out", between 1,700 (according to police) and 3,000 people (according to the organisers) took to the streets of Ajaccio and Bastia, the isl... Read More


Deadly attacks on women rise in France amid growing partner violence

France, Nov. 20 -- Fresh figures from the Interministerial Mission for the Protection of Women (Miprof show the number has increased over the past year. "Every seven hours, a woman is killed, attempt... Read More


Violence against women on the rise in France as new data reveals scale of abuse

France, Nov. 20 -- Every day in France, more than three women are victims of femicide or attempted femicide by their partners, a figure that has risen over the past year, according to data published o... Read More


EU moves to cut red tape with overhaul of AI and data privacy laws

France, Nov. 20 -- Brussels boasts world-leading legislation on data privacy and artificial intelligence, but those efforts have drawn growing criticism - not only from Washington under President Dona... Read More


Lula pushes fossil fuel 'roadmap' back to centre of Cop30

France, Nov. 19 -- Lula flew into the Amazonian city on Wednesday to bring the weight of the presidency to the summit, in a rare late-stage visit by a head of state or government at the annual gatheri... Read More


Income gap in France grows as richest households pull further ahead

France, Nov. 19 -- Published on Tuesday, the Insee study shows the wealthiest households now earn 31 times more than average families, up from 21 times in 2003. It defines very high incomes by countin... Read More


France moves to shut down rogue sites selling fake weight-loss drugs

France, Nov. 19 -- The French Medicines Agency (ANSM) has taken further action against websites offering products marketed as anti-obesity treatments, following on from an initial swathe of measures t... Read More