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Paris court to rule on corruption charges against Gabon ex-president's daughter

France, April 22 -- A Paris court is preparing to deliver its verdict on corruption charges against Pascaline Bongo, the daughter and chief of staff of Gabon's late president, Omar Bongo. She is accus... Read More


French MPs start to weigh up issues over assisted dying

France, April 22 -- A French parliamentary commissionon Monday began the long task of examining proposals to be included in a controversial bill backed by French President Emmanuel Macron that would a... Read More


French PM says boarding school key step in preventing juvenile violence

France, April 22 -- Prime Minister Gabriel Attal continued his offensive against juvenile delinquency in Nice, with a visit to an experimental educational boarding school to illustrate the prevention ... Read More


Green groups denounce 'flawed' French plan to save emblematic forest bird

France, April 22 -- Environmental groups in France have filed a court challenge against plans to reintroduce the threatened western capercaillie, a type of wood grouse,to the Vosges mountains. The bir... Read More


Djokovic skips Madrid to concentrate on Roman conquest before French Open

France, April 22 -- Tennis world number one NovakDjokovic on Monday confirmed his absence from the Madrid Masters tournament - one of the three most prestigious clay court competitions on the circuit ... Read More


Ramos shines in Mbappe's absence as PSG romp past Lyon to go 11 points clear

France, April 22 -- Goncalo Ramos bagged a brace on Sunday night as Paris Saint-Germain swept past Lyon 4-1 to move 11 points clear at the top of Ligue 1. The visitors arrived at the Parc des Princes... Read More


Heat-related deaths rise by 30 percent in Europe due to extreme weather

France, April 22 -- Data published by two leading climate monitors this Monday says that Europe endured a record number of 'extreme heat stress' days in 2023, underscoring the threat of increasingly d... Read More


'Titanic' task of finding plundered African art in French museums

France, April 21 -- With tens of thousands of African artworks in French museums, curators face a huge task in trying to identify which of these were plundered during colonial rule in the 19th and 20t... Read More


French 'first lady' Brigitte Macron inspires television series

France, April 21 -- Film production company Gaumont says it intends to make a short series based on the life of Brigitte Macron, wife of the French president. Still in its early stages, it is not clea... Read More


French publishers voice concerns over rise in used book sales

France, April 21 -- French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement of a new tax on used book sales to protect new books is the latest proposal from a government with a history of intervening in the p... Read More