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Deep Time study: French volunteers leave cave after 40 days in isolation
image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionFor 40 days and 40 nights, the cave-dwelling volunteers swapped modern comforts for basic necessities A group…
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French police station stabbing: Terror inquiry into Rambouillet knife attack
image copyrightReutersimage captionThe Yvelines area west of Paris has been targeted by militant Islamists in the past A female police…
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Pandemic-stricken French aviation sector laments move to slash carbon emissions by banning domestic flights
The air travel sector has barely begun to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic but French lawmakers are already preparing another…
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French government condemns reality TV ‘virginity test’
By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionCitizenship Minister Marlène Schiappa has spoken out against the programme A French…
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Mediator drug: French pharmaceutical firm fined over weight loss pill
A French drug maker has been found guilty of aggravated deceit and involuntary manslaughter over a weight loss pill at…
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Renowned French film director Bertrand Tavernier dies
image copyrightAFPimage captionTavernier’s work spans a wide range of film genres The internationally celebrated and prolific French film director Bertrand…
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French glue-trapping of birds not allowed, says EU court
image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionFrench hunters have long argued that thrushes (pictured) and blackbirds are the only birds harmed by glue-trapping…
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French MPs back law to introduce age of sexual consent
image copyrightEric Fougere – Corbisimage captionProminent academic Olivier Duhamel resigned in January after he was accused of abusing his stepson…
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French drone tourist in Iran Benjamin Briere ‘facing spy charges’
image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionDrones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), can be controlled remotely and film footage (file photo) A French…
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Samuel Paty: French schoolgirl admits lying about murdered teacher
image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionSamuel Paty’s death sparked protests in France A French schoolgirl has admitted to lying and spreading false…
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