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Artificial intelligence could transform France's job market - but it's still the early days

France, Oct. 31 -- With the announcement this week that tech giant Amazon will cut 14,000 jobs, the era of AI-related redundancies appears to be well and truly under way. While restructuring and a slo... Read More


Legal complaint filed against French justice minister over Sarkozy prison visit

France, Oct. 31 -- A group of lawyers has filed a complaint against French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin for what they say is an "illegal conflict of interest," following his visit to former presid... Read More


France faces homelessness crisis as deaths and child poverty soar

France, Oct. 31 -- France experienced a record surge in homeless deaths in 2024, with 912 people dying while living without stable housing, according to figures released Thursday by the collective Les... Read More


French parliament approves far-right motion opposing 1968 Franco-Algerian accord

France, Oct. 31 -- France's National Assembly has for the first time voted a motion pushed by the far-right National Rally urging the repeal of a 1968 agreement which grants Algerian citizens special ... Read More


Five more suspects arrested over Paris's Louvre crown jewels heist

France, Oct. 30 -- Police have arrested five more suspects linked to the theft of treasures worth €88 million from the Louvre museum's Apollo gallery, the Paris prosecutor has said, expressing h... Read More


French trial examines Holocaust Memorial graffiti allegedly linked to Russia

France, Oct. 30 -- Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris this week for alleged involvement in spray-painting blood-red hands on the city's Holocaust Memorial - an act of vandalism that French inte... Read More


Curfew declared in Tanzania's main city after election-day protests

France, Oct. 30 -- Authorities in Tanzania have imposed a curfew in Dar es Salaam, the country's biggest city, following violent unrest between the police and protesters that erupted during Wednesday'... Read More


France changes criminal code to define rape as sex without consent

France, Oct. 30 -- The French Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill definingrape and sexual assault as any non-consensual act, making France the latest European country to enshrine the pri... Read More


France changes criminal code to define sex without consent as rape

France, Oct. 30 -- The French Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill definingrape and sexual assault as any non-consensual act, making France the latest European country to enshrine the pri... Read More


NGOs urge humanitarian push at Great Lakes conference in Paris

France, Oct. 30 -- France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. A coalition of international NGOs will urge par... Read More