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France using fuel reserves to deal with petrol shortages caused by strikes

France has started using its fuel reserves to deal with petrol shortages caused by strikes and protests over a bill weakening worker protections. Unions are...

Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam faces questioning in France

Salah Abdeslam, the leading suspect in last year's Paris terror attacks, will be questioned by France for the first time since his extradition from...

Paris airports have tightened security since November attacks

French authorities have tightened security at Paris airports since last year's attacks in the capital, with thousands of border police officers, customs personnel, soldiers...

Police car set alight in Paris protest

Protesters in Paris have attacked a police car with two officers inside with iron bars and set it alight in a dramatic unleashing of...

‘Horror dentist’ who mutilated patients’ mouths gets jail term and lifetime ban

A French court has found a Dutch dentist guilty of assault and fraud and sentenced him to eight years in prison. Jacobus Van Nierop, 51,...

Eight-year-old boy alone for 10 days in Paris airport

An eight-year-old boy from the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros has been in a transit zone at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for...

French woman, 91, gets her PhD after 30 years

A year-old woman has become the oldest person in France to get a PhD after taking 30 years to complete her thesis. Colette Bourlier successfully...

First case of Zika virus recorded in France

There are reports that the first sexually transmitted case of the Zika virus has been recorded in France. It is reported that the woman fell...

Paris-attacks concert hall The Bataclan to reopen

The owners of the Paris concert hall where 89 people were massacred by Islamic extremists said they are aiming to host music shows again...

Protesting taxi drivers disrupt access to Paris airport

Protesting taxi drivers are disrupting access to Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport, amid tensions between traditional cabs and app-based car services as the French...

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