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'Centuries of patriarchal history': why trans rumours are wielded against women

France, Nov. 9 -- Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte has frequently been the target of rumours that she is transgender, with 10 people currently on trial in France for spreading such stories online. Fran... Read More


France Antarctique, the forgotten French outpost on the coast of Brazil

France, Nov. 8 -- Almost 500 years ago, French ships landed in what is now Brazil with a mission to found 'France Antarctique', a new colony on South America's Atlantic coast. Riven by religious divis... Read More


From crisis to hope, the Amazon's call for climate justice defines Cop30

France, Nov. 8 -- From rising seas to raging floods, global leaders in Belem are confronting the human cost of climate change - and the chance to chart a fairer future. Against the backdrop of the Am... Read More


Polish tobacco producers protest as EU weighs up cutting funding to farms

France, Nov. 8 -- Ahead of a meeting later this month where the EU will decide whether to adopt World Health Organization recommendations to cut funding to European tobacco farms, Polish producers are... Read More


French authorities probe possible terror plot linked to Paris attacks convict

France, Nov. 8 -- French prosecutors have widened an investigation linked to Paris attacks convict Salah Abdeslam, as fresh anti-terror arrests raise concern ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2015 ... Read More


Three women charged in France over suspected jihadist plot

France, Nov. 8 -- French anti-terror prosecutors have charged and jailed three young women suspected of plotting a jihadist attack - the first alleged plot involving female suspects in several years. ... Read More


Congo-Brazzaville returns to global stock markets after almost 20 years

France, Nov. 8 -- The Republic of the Congo this week entered the international bond market for the first time since 2007, signalling a new confidence in its economic reforms and fiscal management. A... Read More


Month-long blackout leaves Mali's Mopti in the dark amid jihadist fuel blockade

France, Nov. 7 -- The Malian city of Mopti has been plunged into darkness for weeks as a fuel blockade by jihadists tied to al-Qaeda cripples power supplies. For a month now, the people of Mopti - on... Read More


France rugby boss Galthie hails South Africa and plays down World Cup loss

France, Nov. 7 -- France head coach Fabian Galthie refused to dwell on the 2023 World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa preferring to laud them as the best team on the planet as his players wen... Read More


Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife

France, Nov. 7 -- Tunisia's migration policy is under scrutiny two years on from a deal with the European Union intended to discourage illegal migration from the North African country, and from a "rep... Read More