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The ancient African rice that could help farmers grapple with climate change

France, Oct. 3 -- Put the two plants side by side and the untrained eye would struggle to tell them apart. "They're going to look very similar to each other, but they evolved differently," Michael Pu... 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


All hail Queen Celine as pop diva hits halfway mark in Paris comeback

France, Oct. 3 -- "There is one thing I can tell you in three words: I am doing well," Dion told the crowd at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre on 12 September, during the first of 16 concerts running u... Read More


Nations League: Italy reel in France to spoil Zidane's homecoming party

France, Oct. 3 -- Alessandro Bastoni scored midway through the second-half to cancel out Michael Olise's 55th-minute opener for the hosts. The Inter Milan defender pounced on Lucas Da Cunha's failure... 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


Culture versus climate: how global heating endangers Unesco heritage sites

France, Oct. 3 -- A recent study published by France's EDHEC Climate Institute lists the 10 sites in the country most endangered by extreme weather that is being exacerbated by climate change. At the... Read More


France launches €35m fund to attract private investment to overseas territories

France, Oct. 2 -- Overseas Territories Minister Naima Moutchou unveiled the "Outre-mer One" fund in Paris on Thursday during the first Choose Outre-mer economic summit at the Banque de France. The fu... Read More


Farmers unite worldwide against what they call 'chemical colonisation'

France, Oct. 2 -- "Pesticides are manufactured in France and exported to the Global South by companies who know full well that these pesticides contain molecules banned here," said Fleur Breteau, foun... Read More


Ethiopia's new rebel war redraws alliances across the Horn of Africa

France, Oct. 2 -- Ethiopia announced on Thursday that it was closing its embassy in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and expelling 10 Eritrean diplomats suspected of activities posing "a direct threat to... Read More