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Fashion and climate: why the greenest garment is the one you already own

France, March 17 -- The fashion industry is being called on to reduce its hefty carbon footprint, but the only way to make the sector truly sustainable is for producers to scale back and consumers to ... Read More


Macron promises more money, more jobs to sell reforms to French diplomats

France, March 17 -- President Emmanuel Macron met staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, promising a bigger budget and major hiring spree in an effort to allay fears about the reform of... Read More


Notre-Dame fire revealed hidden marvels of Gothic building technique

France, March 17 -- The fire that engulfed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris four years ago exposed a long-hidden secret about the Paris landmark: it was the first Gothic cathedral in which iron s... Read More


France a nation on the boil after government's pension gambit

France, March 17 -- The front pages of the French dailies look like a war zone on Friday morning, with images from motorway blockades, demonstrations, piles of blazing rubbish. On the political front,... Read More


Supporters of jailed Russian dissident Navalny recreate his cell in Paris

France, March 17 -- The support team of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have installed a small concrete box marked with the word SHIZO (meaning punishment cell in Russian) behind the Louvre Museum in Pa... Read More


French PM Borne vows to carry on despite show of force over pension reform

France, March 17 -- France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne vowed on Thursday to carry on despite a bruising day of political manoeuvres in which she deployed the emergency powers of Article 49.3 to s... Read More


French PM Borne to carry on despite show of force over pension reform

France, March 17 -- France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne vowed on Thursday to carry on despite a bruising day of political manoeuvres in which she deployed the emergency powers of Article 49.3 to s... Read More


Parliamentary and popular fury as Macron 'defies French democracy'

France, March 17 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced intensified protests and accusations of anti-democratic behaviour after pushing through a contentious pension reform without a parl... Read More


France boss Deschamps mulls over choice of skipper for Euro 2024 qualifiers

France, March 16 -- France head coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday admitted he has not chosen a new skipper to replace Hugo Lloris who retired from the international squad in January. "It will go thr... Read More


Striking Paris garbage collectors ordered to clear 7,000 tonnes of rubbish

France, March 16 -- Striking refuse collectors are set to be forced to remove thousands of tonnes of rotting rubbish on Parisian streets after a top policeman took charge of the clean-up. Laurent Nu&... Read More