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France culls over 600,000 poultry in new bird flu outbreak
Dec 31, 2021 15:28France has culled 600,000 to 650,000 chickens, ducks and other poultry over the past month, officials said Friday, in a race to contain a bird flu virus threatening to become the fourth major outbreak in the country since 2015.
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France suspends transit ban for UK nationals
Dec 31, 2021 12:38The French government has suspended a road travel prohibition for UK nationals, allowing Britons to drive through France to reach their residential homes in EU member states.
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Islamophobia in France: Another mosque ordered closed in Paris
Dec 28, 2021 13:51France has ordered the suspension of a mosque for six months over what the government has called inciting “violence” and “hatred.”
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France’s unconstructive role threw wrench in Vienna talks: Source
Dec 26, 2021 09:47An informed source has shed light on France’s attempts to throw a wrench in the latest round of talks in Vienna between Iran and the P4+1 countries, saying Paris’ two-day absence in the negotiations helped the negotiating sides make progress in preparing drafts.
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France to take legal action against UK on post-Brexit fishing licenses in January 2022
Dec 23, 2021 10:14France plans to take legal action against Britain on the issue of post-Brexit fishing licences early next year, France’s junior minister for European Union affairs says.
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France says Omicron to be dominant COVID-19 variant soon, resists new restrictions
Dec 22, 2021 11:05France could soon see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day due to the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant but the government does not plan to introduce new restrictions for the time being, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday.
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France praises troops after probe into killing of civilians in Niger
Dec 19, 2021 10:58France has praised its troops who killed civilians during a standoff in Niger last month after allegedly conducting an investigation into the incident.
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Iran calls on France to revise anti-Muslim laws after assault on religious freedom
Dec 19, 2021 09:02A senior Iranian rights official has called on France to revise laws targeting the Muslim minority across the European country after the French government ordered the closure of nearly two dozen more mosques in a fresh assault on freedom of religion.
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France to ask EU to take legal action against UK in fishing dispute
Dec 18, 2021 05:45Paris is set to call on the European Union (EU) to take legal action against London over a long-running fishing dispute with the UK, France's European affairs minister says.
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France quits Northern Mali in disgrace after 9 years of failure
Dec 16, 2021 03:21France has withdrawn from Northern Mali and the historic city of Timbuktu nine years after launching a war without the initial approval of the United Nations or even French parliament.