French premier nixes backtracking on pension reforms
Paris—France’s prime minister on Sunday ruled out backtracking on a plan to raise the retirement age as unions prepared for ...
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The many lives and loves of French writer Colette
By Raphaëlle Picard and Janet McEvoy "Colette went on to cause scandal after scandal writing about hitherto taboo subjects like ...
Read moreFrance repatriates 15 women, 32 kids from Syria
France repatriated 15 women and 32 children held in jihadist prison camps in northeastern Syria, the French foreign ministry said ...
Read moreBurkina Faso asked French troops to quit
Paris—Burkina Faso asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a diplomatic letter ...
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Burkina Faso asked France troops to quit, diplomatic note confirms
Burkina Faso asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a diplomatic letter ...
Read moreFrance gripped by strikes, protests by over 1 million vs. pension reform
Paris—More than a million people marched in France on Thursday to protest pension reforms, with some demonstrators clashing with police ...
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Ex-PMS chief nominated as ambassador to France
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has nominated former Presidential Management Staff head Zenaida Angping as the country's ambassador to France, with ...
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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 ...
Read moreInternational fusion project faces delays amid modifications
SAINT-PAUL-LES-DURANCE, France—An international project in nuclear fusion may face “years” of delays, its boss has told AFP, weeks after scientists ...
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French 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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