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Political world can learn from tech sector

Tech entrepreneur Stéphane Becker says French politicians could learn from his sector's working environment

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Film maker Roman Polanski loses latest bid to end US rape case

A Los Angeles court has rejected granting film maker Roman Polanski immunity from prison in relation to a decades-old case involving sex with a minor.

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360°: How avalanches are triggered to keep skiers safe

Explosives powerful enough to blow up a house are being used to keep skiers safe from the risk of avalanches.

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Italian business owner wants the right to vote in France

Alessio Batazza has been living in France for 12 years. He has a French wife and children and runs his own business, but he won't have the right to vote in the upcoming elections.

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Family of Chinese man shot dead by French police calls for calm

The family of a Chinese man shot dead by French police last week have called for calm following a series of protests which have ended in violent clashes.

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France: several injured after carnival blast

At least 15 adults and three children between the ages of two and 14 were injured when a bonfire exploded at a carnival in Villepinte, north-east of Paris.

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Euroviews. View: Is Emmanuel Macron the new Napoleon Bonaparte of France?

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Minister's apologies ease tension in French Guiana

More constructive negotiations are now underway after nearly two weeks of social unrest in the French overseas territory.

France

French Senate says deradicalisation programme is failing

France's Islamic deradicalisation programme is designed to stop young, embittered Muslims embarking on violent jihad in Iraq and Syria.

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French Guiana: ministers attempt to resolve unrest

High-ranking French ministers hold talks with protest leaders in French Guiana in an effort to resolve rising tensions across the department.

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Warning over suicide 'game'

'Blue Whale' suicide 'game' causes concern in Europe following a recent rise in cases

France

Socialist Benoit Hamon appeals to the left

France's Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon vows to fight on after Manuel Valls said he would not vote for him

France

French performance artist attempts egg hatching

Hatching eggs can be a difficult process especially if you are not a bird… but that’s not putting off French performance artist Abraham Poincheval.

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French presidential candidates duel on the economy

French presidential candidates set out economic plans

France

French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

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France election: Valls back Macron

France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election

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Tension in Chinatown following fatal shooting by Paris police

Hundreds of demonstrators have turned out for a second night in Paris’s main Chinatown district following the shooting dead by police of a Chinese father of five on Sunday (March…

France

Carlos the Jackal given life sentence over deadly 1974 Paris attack

Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, once one of the world's most wanted criminals, has been convicted of first degree murder over 1974 Paris attack.

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French presidential candidates outline economic intentions

The economy under the microscope in the French presidential election

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Carlos the Jackal, the bin Laden of his day

Always defiant despite his many years in prison, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, or "Carlos the Jackal" as the world knows him, is now 67.