Macron asks to transform the way research is organized in France

Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a ‘presidential council’ to advise him on the progress of science, and has given research organizations and universities 18 months to ‘restore clarity’ in the war France’s scientific community is organized.

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What is the Martel Division, the neonazi group banned by the French government?

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Some French ski resorts open ahead of schedule, but only at high altitude

A few French high-altitude ski resorts opened ahead of schedule Saturday, just days after storms in the northern Alps wiped out some early snows.

Tignes and Val Thorens, which have many runs above 2,000 metres, were the first downhill resorts to open. Cross country trails…[Read more]

Macron tells Netanyahu ‘too many civilian losses’ in Israel’s war on Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there were “too many civilian losses” in Israel’s war in Gaza, as Paris readied more humanitarian aid for the besieged enclave.

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The migrant families camping in front of a Paris school

Right in the center of the French capital, a dozen migrant families set up tents every night and dismantle them at dawn, before the pupils arrive. Paris’s emergency shelter hotline is overwhelmed, as winter arrives.

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France test-fires long-range ballistic missile to boost nuclear deterrence

France has successfully test-fired an M51.3 long-range ballistic missile, boosting the credibility of France’s nuclear deterrence capabilities, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

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Napoleon hat fetches record $2.1m at Paris auction

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor has sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction.

The black beaver felt hat went for 1.932 million euros ($2.1 million) on Sunday at the Drouot auction house, breaking the previous record for a Napoleonic hat…[Read more]

French Senate debates compensation for gay men jailed under homophobic laws

An estimated 60,000 gay men were convicted by French courts between 1942 and 1982 under homophobic laws that were repealed just four decades ago. On Wednesday, French senators will discuss a bill acknowledging France’s role in the persecution of homosexuals and offering c…[Read more]

What we know about the French senator accused of drugging an MP in attempted sex assault

French Senator Joël Guerriau is facing preliminary charges of drugging a fellow lawmaker with the intent to commit “rape or sexual assault”, prosecutors confirmed Friday, in a case that has shocked France. Guerriau was suspended from both his Horizons part…[Read more]

Israel-Hamas war live: Palestinians buried in mass grave as truce nears

At least 100 Palestinians were killed in attacks overnight and this morning around hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza.

Israel and Hamas agreed on a Qatar-mediated deal for a four-day truce in Gaza and the release of 50 captives held in the enclave.

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Moderniser, war-monger, despot: Napoléon’s complicated legacy

The historical French leader has captivated imaginations around the globe for centuries as the subject of books, films, songs and poems. As a new biopic directed by Ridley Scott is set to further embellish Napoléon Bonaparte’s legend, the reality of his legacy is more com…[Read more]

France’s ex-president Sarkozy appeals 2012 campaign fraud conviction

A Paris court on Wednesday began hearing former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal against his conviction for illegal campaign financing in a failed 2012 re-election bid.

The 68-year-old former French head of state appeared relaxed as he appeared for the hearing in a grey suit,…[Read more]

France’s political parties bitterly divided over Paris march against anti-Semitism

A call for a weekend march in Paris against anti-Semitism sparked bitter squabbling between political parties Wednesday despite a surge in anti-Semitic incidents in the country.

The hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party said it would boycott the “great civic m…[Read more]

French court overturns government decree to disband ‘Earth Uprising’ climate group

France’s top administrative court overturned the government-ordered dissolution of a climate activist group, Les Soulèvements de la Terre (“Earth Uprising”, or SLT) on Thursday, ruling the group had not provoked violence.

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France to build polar research vessel as Macron sounds warning on melting glaciers

Addressing a conference on the polar regions and glaciers, he urged world powers to act in the face of the climate emergency despite raging geopolitical tensions.

He said mankind faced a “civilisational” challenge and called for “an unprecedented level of…[Read more]

France Deploys 7,000 Troops for Extra Security After Teacher Slain

PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron on Oct. 14 deployed up to 7,000 soldiers for increased security patrols, as bomb alerts forced the evacuation of the Louvre museum a day after a teacher was killed in an Islamic attack.

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One year after France’s Gironde wildfires, bark beetles attack forests

One year on from the historic wildfires that decimated the woodlands of Gironde in south-western France, the bark beetle is adding insult to injury. Bark beetle larvae usually feed off the sap of dead trees, but after the fires left so many trees weakened, it’s been a field…[Read more]

Foresters race against time as tree parasites destroy French woods

“The year 2023 is as cruel and dramatic as the wildfires,” said Matthieu Cabaussel, one of the trustees managing the private forest of La Teste-de-Buch. “It’s a double punishment.”

The stenographer bark beetle, a brown, airborne insect measuring half-a-centimetre, primarily…[Read more]