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Far-right activists fined for racist insults against French star Aya Nakamura

France, Sept. 18 -- Ten people linked to extreme-right group Les Natifs (The Natives) have been fined for aggravated public insult against French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura. The Paris criminal court r... Read More


Lecornu ends perks for former PMs, while balancing demands from left and right

France, Sept. 18 -- France's new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, has announced that former prime ministers will no longer receive lifetime perks, following his decision to scrap a proposal to cut t... Read More


PSG atomise Atalanta to launch defence of Champions League crown

France, Sept. 18 -- Paris Saint-Germain began the defence of their Champions League title on Wednesday night with a 4-0 annihilation of Atalanta at the Parc des Princes. Shorn of star strikers Ousman... Read More


More than 100 Sudanese refugees dead or missing in shipwrecks off Libya

France, Sept. 18 -- At least 110 people have died or gone missing after two boats carrying mostly Sudanese refugees sunk off the coast of Tobruk, Libya. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refug... Read More


NGOs sue France for failing to recall millions of rigged diesel cars

France, Sept. 17 -- Three NGOs are taking the French state to court over its failure to remove millions of diesel cars fitted with cheating software from the roads, nearly a decade after the so-called... Read More


French teenager Rakotomanga finds her feat in Brazil to shoot up tennis rankings

France, Sept. 17 -- Three days after brandishing her first title on the main WTA tour in Brazil, French teenagerSarah Rakotomanga came back down to earth on Wednesday in Portugal with a straight sets ... Read More


PSG boss Enrique plays down injury woes as Atalanta loom in Champions League

France, Sept. 17 -- Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique played down his squad's injury crisis and talked up his team's confidence as he prepared his players to start the defence of their Champions ... Read More


Eritrean man halts deportation in first test of UK-France asylum pact

France, Sept. 17 -- A British court has blocked the planned removal of an Eritrean asylum seeker to France, handing Prime Minister Keir Starmer an early setback in his plan to stop small-boat crossing... Read More


Charity warns one in three French people struggle to afford three meals a day

France, Sept. 17 -- Anti-poverty charity Secours Populaire Francais has published a survey revealing that one in five French people are in a financially precarious situation, with one in three at immi... Read More


Climate change linked to 16,500 heat deaths in European cities this summer

France, Sept. 17 -- Rising heat driven by climate change caused an estimated 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, researchers said Wednesday. The study, led by scientists from Imperial Colle... Read More