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The Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant Shein will open its first shop in one of Paris' historic department stores. Critics see the move as a threat to France's fashion identity.
Twenty years on, the deaths of French teenagers Zyed Benna, 17, and Bouna Traoré, 15, still weigh heavily in Clichy-sous-Bois, the Paris suburb where they were electrocuted while fleeing a police
Nearly 600,000 people participated in nationwide protests across France on Thursday, according to the CGT union, responding to a strike call by trade unions opposing proposed spending cuts in next
France was plunged into street chaos this morning as an anti-government 'Block Everything' campaign of strikes and protests was launched across the country. There were up to 50 arrests in Paris alone by 8am on Wednesday, as attempts were made to disrupt ...
France is the latest country to change its criminal code to a consent-based definition of rape, but other developed countries still haven’t.
Police and protesters have clashed in Paris after rioters set fire to a restaurant in central Paris and disrupted traffic amid anti-government demonstrations. Nearly 200 people have been arrested after huge crowds took to the city’s streets in a day of ...
PARIS (Reuters) -Demonstrators in more than 240 locations around France are due to stage more protests and strikes on Thursday, the CGT union said, to demand the government scraps looming budget cuts. President Emmanuel Macron and newly appointed Prime ...
PARIS — Protesters blocked roads, lit blazes and were met with volleys of tear gas on Wednesday in Paris and elsewhere in France, heaping pressure on President Emmanuel Macron by attempting to give his new prime minister a baptism of fire. The government ...
Nationwide unrest broke out across France on Wednesday as protesters blocked roads, set fires and clashed with police, who responded with tear gas, as anger grows against the country’s political class. The interior ministry said 473 people had been ...