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Festival of Lights: Crowds show up as Lyon emerges from the shadows

Thousands of people showed up for the first night of the Festival of Lights in Lyon, despite the rain and the plummeting temperatures.

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France arrests two suspects planning Christmas knife attack

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the arrests on Twitter.

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French junior minister resigns after convition for false declarations

Alain Griset was the first French minister in office to appear before a criminal court.

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'Nothing to cure': Senators back ban on LGBT 'conversion therapy'

The proposed law would introduce fines and prison sentences for citizens who try to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBT+ people.

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Lyon sparkles as traditional Festival of Lights powers up

The entire city will be lit up at night as public buildings, town squares, parks, and even lakes become canvases for works of art for four magical evenings.

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Visiting Lyon? Take a 360-degree virtual tour of the city first

Explore the city without stepping outside with this virtual tour of the Lyon - the birthplace of French cinema.

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French tightrope walker stuns Rio beachgoers with latest daring walk

Nathan Paulin elegantly manoeuvred the peaks of two hills on the sands of Rio's Red Beach.

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Firemen search for survivors after building collapses in France

French rescue workers dug out the body of a man but also pulled a toddler and the child's mother alive from the rubble of a three-story apartment building that collapsed Tuesday in a suspected gas explosion on southern France's Mediterranean coast.

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Three people found dead after building collapse in southern France

The three-story building came crashing down at Sanary-sur-Mer near Toulon.

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French PM outlines new virus measures amid spike in infections

Nightclubs will close for four weeks but "the time has not come" for curfews or lockdowns, said Prime Minister Jean Castex.

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Spectacular Chinese lantern festival lights up French town of Blagnac

The festival goes back to the time of the Tang Dynasty, between the 7th and 10th centuries.

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Probe into violence at rally of far-right presidential hopeful Zemmour

60 people were arrested after violence erupted at far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour's first rally.

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France's Macron meets Saudi crown prince in final Gulf stop

Emmanuel Macron is among the first Western leaders to meet with Mohammed bin Salman since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Lantern Festival brings Chinese traditions to southwestern France

After three successful editions in Gaillac, the Lantern Festival opens in Blagnac in southwestern France. The event expects to welcome up to 600,000 visitors and is one of the largest of its kind outside of China.

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In first, French conservatives pick a woman as presidential candidate

President of Paris region Valérie Pécresse has won the primary of Les Républicains, France's main right-wing party.

Art

Paris exhibition traces immigrant contribution to France

The exhibition is open until January 17 at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.

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France moves closer to punishing school bullying with prison sentences

Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has said that France has taken an "important step" to tackling bullying and harassment in schools.

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Paris archbishop who had 'ambiguous' relationship resigns

Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, who unexpectedly offered to step down last week after admitting to an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman in 2012.

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Frontex plane arrives in northern France to combat people smuggling

The EU border agency aircraft was deployed a week after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated in the Channel.

Money

Could the Klapcoin cryptocurrency help save French cinema?

"It is about involving the public and making them earn money in a different way. The cinema needs new ideas," said Sarah Lelouch.

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