French rapper MHD gets 12 years in prison for youth’s murder
French rapper MHD was sentenced Saturday to 12 years in prison for the 2018 murder of a young man in ...
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Thousands of rented e-scooters vanish from Paris streets
PARIS, France—Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some ...
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France protesters defy bans to rally against police violence
Around 2,000 people defied a ban to join a memorial rally in central Paris Saturday for a young black man ...
Read moreDeath of Nahel brings old problems in France’s suburbs back to the surface
The death of French teenager Nahel M., killed by a police officer during a traffic stop a week ago, has ...
Read moreControversial painting vandalised at Paris museum
Paris, France - A controversial painting by Swiss artist Miriam Cahn on display at a Paris exhibition was vandalised with ...
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Frenchmen furious as Macron pushes new pension law
Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced intensified protests and accusations of anti-democratic behaviour after pushing through a ...
Read moreMan charged with murder for dismembering wife in Paris
A man who has admitted to killing his wife whose dismembered remains were found in a Paris park was charged ...
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Paris to hold referendum on banning e-scooter rental services
PARIS, France—Parisians will be invited to vote on whether to allow electric scooter rental services to continue operating in the ...
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Paris station stabbing suspect charged
A man has been charged with attempted murder in France after seven people were wounded with a metal hook at ...
Read moreFrench pols honor Charlie Hebdo attack victims; Iran rages over new cartoons
Paris—French politicians paid tribute Saturday to Charlie Hebdo staff and other victims of the January 2015 Islamist attacks, days after ...
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