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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


Reintroduction of vultures to France causes friction with farmers

France, Oct. 4 -- Watching vultures feed is an impressive sight. Dozens of birds with wingspans of up to two metres descend simultaneously on to an animal carcass, jostling to get as close as possible... Read More


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