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#scrabble: French language champion does not speak the language

A man who does not speak a word of French has won the French-language Scrabble World Championship. Nigel Richards from New Zealand beat a

France

France announces emergency measures for cash-strapped farmers

President Francois Hollande has said he would unveil emergency measures to help France’s livestock and dairy farmers on Wednesday (July 22)

France

HIV-AIDS: a cautious welcome to French case of "remission"

There has been a cautious welcome to news from France about remission from HIV. A French teenager is still free from infection 12 years after she

France

French farmers block cities in price protest

French livestock farmers caused travel chaos on Monday in the north west of the country using their tractors to block roads. The action was the

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France

Husband and wife Nazi hunters offered Germany's highest award

Husband and wife Nazi-hunters have been awarded Germany’s highest distinction, the Order of Merit, for several decades’ of work bringing war

Sport

Tour de France: Plaza wins in Gap as Froome holds onto overall lead

Ruben Plaza claimed stage 16 of this year’s Tour de France on Monday in Gap after jumping clear of a breakaway group on the final climb of the day

Sport

Germany's Greipel takes third stage win

Germany’s André Greipel has won Stage 15 of the Tour de France from Mende to Valence in a sprint finish, his third stage victory in this year’s

France

French beach closed for Saudi royal visit

A public beach on the French Riviera will be closed off during the visit of the Saudi royal family later this summer. The announcement comes after

France

Tour de France leader Chris Froome says spectator threw urine at him amid doping claims

Doping suspicions surrounding Tour de France leader Chris Froome have reached such a frenzy that he says a spectator threw a cup of urine at him on

Sport

Tour de France: Cummings wins his first stage

Britain’s Steve Cummings has won his first stage in the Tour de France. The MTN- Quebeka rider was part of a 20-man breakaway group that battled its

Sport

Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi dies in France

French Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has died, nine months after suffering severe head injuries in a crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. He was

France

Formula One driver Jules Bianchi dies after Japan Grand Prix crash last year

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of injuries suffered during last year’s Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year-old had been in a coma

Sport

Tour de France: Van Avermaet wins Stage 13

Greg van Avermaet pipped Slovakia’s Peter Sagan to the post to become the winner of Stage 13 of the Tour de France between Muret and Rodez. The

World

Education on the move: boosting learning in isolated communities

When it comes to schooling, children can fall behind if they live in isolated or nomadic communities. This edition of Learning World looks at mobile

World News

Ebola vaccine trials enter Phase II

New Ebola vaccines are tested in Britain and France as efforts to stem the spread of the deadly virus are stepped up.

Sport

Tour de France: Rodriguez winning in the rain

Joaquim Rodriguez won his second stage at this year’s Tour de France on Thursday with a solo victory in stage 12. It was a mountain-filled agenda

Sport

Armstrong returns to the Tour de France for charity

It was familiar albeit potentially hostile territory for Lance Armstrong as the American returned to the Tour de France for the first time since his

France

France remains on high alert after arrests of would-be jihadists

France remains on high alert after four people with links to jihadists were arrested earlier this week. The country’s interior minister Bernard

France

Beach row: Saudi royal family anger locals on the French Riviera

The authorities in the South of France have halted building work aimed at closing off access to a public beach. Plage de la Mirandole privatisée

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