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Amnesty decries ‘arbitrary’ arrests of Paris protesters
Feb 08, 2021 11:27Amnesty International France has condemned the "arbitrary" arrests of dozens of people during a protest against a controversial security bill that would place restrictions on filming French police.
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France urges Germany to scrap massive gas pipeline project with Russia
Feb 01, 2021 11:49France has called on Germany to scrap a massive nearly-finished gas pipeline from Russia in protest over the detention of Western-backed opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
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Macron refuses to impose 3rd lockdown in France over fears of more protests
Jan 31, 2021 05:56French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his decision not to impose a third COVID-19 lockdown in France despite a surge in cases and a faltering vaccine rollout.
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Iran urges France to exercise restraint, avoid hasty, ill-considered positions
Jan 31, 2021 03:45Iran has rejected any new negotiations on or changes to the participants of a landmark nuclear deal it clinched with world powers in 2015, advising French President Emmanuel Macron to stop making “hasty and ill-considered positions” vis-à-vis the agreement.
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France's Le Pen on stage again with anti-Muslim rhetoric
Jan 30, 2021 05:01French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has proposed a controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in all public places, in a country already accused of violating the "basic rights" of its Muslim community.
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COVID-19 updates: Mexico's virus toll world's third; Europe's crisis accelerating
Jan 29, 2021 10:01Mexico overtakes India with the third-highest number of coronavirus fatalities, after the US and Brazil. In Europe, countries consider imposing new restrictions as a new variant of COVID-19 that initially emerged in Britain, continues to rise across the continent.
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French government on legal notice over police racial discrimination
Jan 27, 2021 11:42Several prominent rights organizations have filed a class-action lawsuit against the French government over racial and discriminatory actions by police, which have recently sparked angry protests across France.
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'Snow sculpture' competition held in French Alps amid pandemic
Jan 25, 2021 08:28The 38th edition of the "Snow Sculpture" competition is held in the French city of Valloire, despite the COVID 19 epidemic.
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French Muslim groups censure Macron-pushed 'charter of principles' of Islam
Jan 23, 2021 11:22Three major Muslim organizations in France have censured the government-drafted “charter of principles” of Islam, insisting that the document will likely undermine "the honor of Muslims.”
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French drone strike in Mali kills 19 civilians at wedding event
Jan 08, 2021 08:54A French military drone strike in Mali has reportedly killed civilians attending a wedding event in a remote village amid France’s persisting military intervention in its former African colony under the pretext of fighting rising militancy in the impoverished -- though minerals-rich – nation.