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France fines Google €500 million in copyright row with news publishers

Google has two months to suggest ways to compensate news agencies and other publishers for using their content or face additional fines.

13/07/2021

France

France moves to restrict restaurants to those vaccinated

France has moved to restrict restaurants, cafes and shopping centres to those that have been vaccinated or who have recently tested negative for COVID-19.

12/07/2021

France

Two Jordanians sentenced to 15 years over alleged royal plot

Two Jordanian officials vowed to appeal their conviction over an alleged plot to overthrow the king in a case that sent jitters across the region.

12/07/2021

Stays

France’s disused lighthouses are being transformed into coastal B&Bs

In Brittany, France, some disused lighthouses are being converted into holiday rentals for sea lovers.

10/07/2021

France

Tour de France: Cavendish equals Merckx's record after 34th stage win

Video posted online by the Tour de France shows the British rider, 36, celebrating his win by hugging his teammates.

09/07/2021

France

US rapper Lil Baby released and fined for carrying drugs in Paris

NBA star James Harden was also stopped and searched by Paris police but was not detained.

09/07/2021

France

French study: Two doses of vaccine crucial to beating Delta variant

The small-scale study found one dose of Covid-19 vaccine had a negligible effect but two protected people in 95 percent of cases.

08/07/2021

France

ECHR to hear 12 cases against Poland over abortion ban

The applicants, all Polish women, say the law change that came into effect in January 2021 breached their human rights.

08/07/2021

Work

Parisians take a byte out of robot-made pizza

The Pazzi pizzeria has just opened in central Paris, and it comes with a twist: the new restaurant is staffed entirely by robots.

08/07/2021

France

French man sentenced for murdering family members in hunt for gold

Hubert Caouissin, 50, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the quadruple murder of the Troadec family in 2017.

08/07/2021

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Jury, crews arrive on the red carpet as Cannes Film Festival opens

Jury, crews arrive on the red carpet as Cannes Film Festival opens

07/07/2021

France

French court convicts 11 people of sending online hate to teenage girl

Speaking at the trial Mila -- now aged 18 -- testified that she doesn't like "any religion, not just Islam," and that the online hate messages made her feel like she had been "condemned to death".

07/07/2021

My Europe Series

Why did France backtrack and resume military cooperation with Mali?

Just one month after suspending bilateral cooperation with Mali, France said on Friday that it would resume joint military operations with Bamako after all. What are the reasons behind the reversal?

07/07/2021

France

France fears fourth COVID-19 wave as Delta variant doubles in one week

With incidence rates on the rise in most French regions and the Delta variant gaining ground, the government warned the country may soon face a fourth wave of coronavirus.

07/07/2021

Sport

Konami drops contract with Antoine Griezmann over hotel video

A video posted by Griezmann's teammate Ousmane Dembélé appeared to mock the looks and language of hotel staff in Japan in 2019.

07/07/2021

France

Health danger from Notre-Dame fire kept from public, lawsuit claims

Parisian authorities are facing legal action over the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral, due to the release of harmful fumes from lead destroyed in the fire.

07/07/2021

France

French mayor fined for comparing police to Vichy government

In July 1942, some 13,000 Jews were rounded up by the French Vichy regime and sent to concentration camps.

06/07/2021

Health news

Are robots the solution to the ageing population crisis?

French start-up Kompaï Robotics has built a robot that can help with mobility and offer art therapy.

05/07/2021

No Comment

Pizza-making robot makes its debut in Paris

A new kind of pizzeria opens in the Beaubourg district of central Paris, and it comes with a twist: the service, from order-taking to cutting slices and putting the pizzas in boxes, is provided by robots

05/07/2021

France

France's far-right National Rally party reelects Le Pen as its leader

`Marine Le Pen has been reelected as the leader of the far-right Rassemblement National and sets her sights on the presidential election next year.

04/07/2021

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Jim Morrison in Paris on the 50th anniversary of his death

About 50 fans gathered at the grave of Jim Morrison in Paris on the morning of 50th anniversary of his death.

03/07/2021

France

France probes claims that retailers used forced Uyghur labour

France is investigating claims that global retailers, including Uniqlo and the makers of Skechers shoes and Zara clothes, rely on forced labour of minorities in China.

02/07/2021

My Europe Series

Has Marine Le Pen’s 'normalisation' drive sunk the French far right?

National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen says the far-right party did poorly at Sunday's regional election because it lost its radicality and "virility." Is he right?

02/07/2021

World

Sister of black man who died in police custody acquitted of defamation

The sister of a black French man who died in police custody in 2016, has been acquitted of defamation charges brought against her by police officers. Assa Traoré publicly named three policemen, accusing them of having crushed Adama Traore to death.

02/07/2021

Destinations

How to experience Paris through the eyes of Ernest Hemingway

On the 60th anniversary of his death, we take a stroll through Paris through the eyes of Ernest Hemingway.

02/07/2021

France

Burglary gang jailed in France for theft from Paris celebrities

Seven men and one woman have been convicted of targeting high-profile figures in Paris, including footballers Thiago Silva and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

01/07/2021