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France: France will soon ban disposable vapes under an anti-smoking plan
PARIS: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday that disposable vapes will soon be banned in the country as part of a national anti-smoking plan….
Emmanuel Macron: France seeks answers after week of rioting
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron was on Tuesday to meet with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the “deeper reasons” for the country’s plunge…
French PM condemns ‘particularly shocking’ attack on mayor’s home
FRANCE: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Sunday condemned as “particularly shocking” an attack on the home of a mayor of a Paris suburb, urging…
875 arrested and 200 police officers hurt on France’s 3rd night of protests over teen’s killing: Key points
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to parents on Friday to keep teenagers at home amid rioting spreading across France over the fatal police…
4 children, including one in stroller, stabbed in France; suspect a Syrian; no terror motive yet
ANNECY: Four toddlers and two pensioners were stabbed in a knife attack in the tranquil French mountain town of Annecy on Thursday and the government…
Macron: Macron speaks: French leader aims to calm pension storm
PARIS: French opponents to an unpopular new law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have called for people to bang pots and pans…
Elisabeth Borne: France needs healing period, PM Elisabeth Borne says, without offering tonic
PARIS: France needs to “go through a healing period” after weeks of sometimes violent street protests against plans to raise the retirement age, Prime Minister…
Emmanuel Macron to speak as anger smoulders over pension reform
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will give a televised interview, his office said Tuesday, after his government fended off two no-confidence votes in parliament over…
Emmanuel Macron faces vote of no confidence amid protest over reform plan
Emmanuel Macron’s government will face two confidence votes as soon as Monday amid anger over the French president’s decision to bypass the legislature in pushing…
France bans pension protests opposite parliament
PARIS: France on Saturday banned protests opposite parliament after a second night of unrest sparked by President Emmanuel Macron imposing an unpopular pension overhaul without…