France set to ban sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040
Source: BBC News France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a “revolution”. Nicolas […]
Source: BBC News France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a “revolution”. Nicolas […]
By Ray Downs | Updated July 3, 2017 French olice officers react after a shooting in which two police officer were killed along with their attacker and another police officer was injured in a terror attack on the Champs Elysees in Paris April 20. On July 2, gunmen reportedly opened […]
Source: Time By Joseph Hincks 1:07 AM ET Eight people have been wounded with two hospitalized in a shooting outside a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon on […]
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY With 2,500 inmates, the penitentiary institution of Fresnes, about 20 miles south of Paris, is one of the largest prisons in Europe. Like most French prisons, […]
Source: The New York Times By AKRAM BELKAÏD PARIS — On June 8, I was invited to break the Ramadan fast at the residence of the United States ambassador. It […]
Source:BBC The centrist party of French President Emmanuel Macron looks on course to win a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections. Projections show La République en Marche (Republic on the Move) and its MoDem ally set to win up to 445 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly. […]
Source: BBC News Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed his country will go “above and beyond” the 2015 Paris accord on combating climate change. Speaking at a news conference […]
Source: BBC The mayor of Paris has called for a black feminist festival in the city to be banned on the grounds that it excludes white people. At the Nyansapo […]
Source: NJ.com BY COREY MCDONALD cmcdonald@jjournal.com The Jersey Journal BAYONNE — A federal lawsuit filed against the city asserts the Bayonne Zoning Board violated federal law by denying a Muslim group’s application to build a mosque and community center on the east side of town. The complaint, which was filed in federal […]
Evie Burrows-Taylor evie.burrows-taylor@thelocal.com 19 May 2017 women Share this article Photo by The Local Women took to the streets of one of the poorest areas of Paris on Friday to protest at what they say has become an all-male “no-go zone”, where any female daring to venture out alone is […]
Source: World Religion News Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frederic Macron has been elected France’s President. At 39-years-old, he is one of the youngest to assume the position of the French head of […]
Source: BBC A cyber-attack that hit organisations worldwide including the UK’s National Health Service was “unprecedented”, Europe’s police agency says. Europol also warned a “complex international investigation” was required “to […]
Source: CNN Politicians, journalists and her own daughter have stepped forward in defense of Brigitte Trogneux, wife of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron, in response to a series of sexist and misogynistic slurs against her. Many of the unwelcome comments have focused on the fact that Trogneux — age 64 with seven […]
Source: Reuters Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Geert De Clercq Paris’ main Mosque said on Sunday that the election of centrist Emmanuel Macron as France’s next president over far-right […]
Source:CNN The relationship between French President-Elect Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Trogneuxhas captivated the world. There is nothing cliche about their story, which began when a 15-year-old Macron took part in a school play directed by Trogneux, 24 years his senior. Trogneux went from being Macron’s teacher to his […]
Source: CNN France has chosen the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron to be its next president, ending a tumultuous campaign that had undermined the euro and raised real doubts over its continued survival. Macron captured an estimated 65% of the vote on Sunday, easily defeating the far right populist Marine Le Pen, […]
Source: BBC By Patrick Jackson, Tom Spender, Henri Astier and Roland Hughes Summary France chooses Emmanuel Macron as next president, projections say Emmanuel Macron, 39, is head of centrist party […]
Source: Time Philippe Sotto, John Leicester, Raphael Satter / AP Updated: May 06, 2017 4:55 PM ET (PARIS) — France’s election campaign commission said Saturday “a significant amount of data” […]
Source: The Guardian BY Angelique Chrisafis in Aulnay-sous-Bois Hanane Charrihi, whose mother, Fatima, was the first person killed in the Nice truck attack last year. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images In […]
Source: The New York Times By BENOÎT MORENNE The French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen speaking this month in Arcis-sur-Aube, near Troyes, France. She has temporarily stepped down as leader of the far-right National Front. CreditKamil Zihnioglu/Associated Press PARIS — The interim leader that Marine Le Pen chose to run […]