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Far-right activists fined for racist insults against French star Aya Nakamura

France, Sept. 18 -- Ten people linked to extreme-right group Les Natifs (The Natives) have been fined for aggravated public insult against French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura. The Paris criminal court r... Read More


More than 100 Sudanese refugees dead or missing in shipwrecks off Libya

France, Sept. 18 -- At least 110 people have died or gone missing after two boats carrying mostly Sudanese refugees sunk off the coast of Tobruk, Libya. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refug... Read More


NGOs sue France for failing to recall millions of rigged diesel cars

France, Sept. 17 -- Three NGOs are taking the French state to court over its failure to remove millions of diesel cars fitted with cheating software from the roads, nearly a decade after the so-called... Read More


Eritrean man halts deportation in first test of UK-France asylum pact

France, Sept. 17 -- A British court has blocked the planned removal of an Eritrean asylum seeker to France, handing Prime Minister Keir Starmer an early setback in his plan to stop small-boat crossing... Read More


Charity warns one in three French people struggle to afford three meals a day

France, Sept. 17 -- Anti-poverty charity Secours Populaire Francais has published a survey revealing that one in five French people are in a financially precarious situation, with one in three at immi... Read More


Climate change linked to 16,500 heat deaths in European cities this summer

France, Sept. 17 -- Rising heat driven by climate change caused an estimated 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, researchers said Wednesday. The study, led by scientists from Imperial Colle... Read More


UN investigation labels Gaza violence as genocide prompting Israeli backlash

France, Sept. 16 -- A United Nations inquiry has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, claiming that the country's leadership has incited and overseen a campaign aimed at "destroying the Pale... Read More


Europe at a crossroads as democratic erosion deepens, report warns

France, Sept. 15 -- As the UN marks the International Day of Democracy on Monday, the global body called for renewed commitment to civic freedoms - but fresh data suggests Europe, long seen as democra... Read More


Inside the cocaine boom fuelling Europe's most lucrative drug market

France, Sept. 15 -- Cocaine has never been more abundant, more profitable, or more widely consumed. Record production in South America is fuelling a surge in shipments to Europe, now the most lucrativ... Read More


Tanzania opposition presidential candidate banned from running, again

France, Sept. 15 -- Tanzanian opposition presidential candidate Luhaga Mpina has been banned from running in next month's election for the second time, reversing a decision made last week approving hi... Read More