Paris city hall ‘not worried’ riots will affect 2024 Olympics
Paris city hall has said Monday it is “not worried” about knock-on effects from almost a week of riots on next year’s Olympic Games.
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Calls to cancel €1.5M fundraiser for family of French policeman who shot teen
Calls are mounting in France to take down an online fundraiser for the family of the police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old in the suburbs of Paris last week, which had collected nearly €1.5 million by Tuesday. But the US crowdfunding platfo…
French rail operator SNCF fined after train killed cat hiding on tracks
Death of Neko, who disappeared under train as it prepared to leave, left interior minister ‘shocked’A French court has found the national rail operator guilty of negligence after a departing train ran over a cat hiding on its tracks.The death of the ca…
Number of asylum seekers in France continues to rise, now counts over half a million
France granted asylum to some 56,000 people in 2022, bringing the total to over half a million – a symbolic number as the government would like to reform the country’s immigration laws and shorten the amount of time it takes to rule an asylum claim.
Cancer on the rise in France, particularly amongst women smokers
The number of new cancer diagnoses in France doubled between 1990 and 2023, according to a new statistical analysis, which found that while cancer remains the leading cause of death in men, the rate in women is on the rise, in particular those cancers…
France repatriates women and children held in camps in Syria
Twenty-five children and 10 adults sent to camps for suspected jihadists to be returned to FranceFrance has repatriated 25 children and 10 women who were held in prison camps for suspected jihadists in north-east Syria, the fourth such operation in a y…
What the Police Killing of a Teen Means for Macron’s Leadership
Governing his already-polarized country has gotten near impossible after the police killing of a teen boy set off tumult.
Tuesday briefing: How the killing of a teenager sparked fierce unrest on the streets of France
In today’s newsletter: The death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk triggered five nights of riots in Paris and beyond – but they had been brewing for years• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Apologies if this is the second ti…
France repatriates 35 women and children from Syrian jihadist camps
Ten women and 25 children held prisoner in camps in north eastern Syria have been brought back to France in the fourth such repatriation of the families of jihadists.
Gatherings at French town halls to denounce violence following police shooting
Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday in support of a mayor whose home was attacked during violence that has broken out across the country after the fatal police shooting last week of a young motorist.