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Olise strikes twice in France's romp past Belgium in Nations League

France, Oct. 6 -- Before the fourth game in League A Group 1, France head coach Zinedine Zidane said that he would rotate players for the tie. And the 54-year-old kept his word with 10 changes to the... Read More


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


Study shows extreme poverty and homelessness on the rise in France

France, Oct. 5 -- The analysis, carried out by an international team in Europe and the United States, found that 5.5 million of the charity's beneficiaries have fallen into extremely precarious situat... 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


France boss Zidane says he is happy with his squad ahead of Belgium test

France, Oct. 5 -- France, who drew 1-1 with Italy last Friday, go into the League A Group 1 game with seven points from their three games. Belgium, beaten 1-0 by France on 28 September, lie second wi... 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