Social life
Rally against the far right: what are the intelligence services’ expectations for Saturday?
Five trade unions have called for demonstrations to be held “as widely as possible” against the National Unity Party, which came out on top in ...
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French music icon Françoise Hardy dies aged 80
The last farewell to Françoise Hardy How do you say goodbye? Françoise Hardy, who made her name in the 1960s with the hit ‘Tous les ...
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The Château de Versailles has been evacuated due to a fire under one of its roofs
Firefighters quickly brought under control an outbreak of fire on Tuesday afternoon at the Château de Versailles, where smoke was reported. No-one was injured A ...
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Protest against the A69: two police officers injured in clashes
On Saturday 8 June, in Puylaurens (Tarn), clashes broke out between opponents of the A69 Castres-Toulouse motorway and the forces of law and order. A ...
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Christophe Deloire, Director General of Reporters Without Borders, dies aged 53
Christophe Deloire, Director General of Reporters Without Borders since 2012, died on Saturday 8 June at the age of 53 following a bout of cancer, ...
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Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day: highlights
To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a Franco-American ceremony began at 1.15pm at the Colleville-sur-Mer American cemetery (Calvados) on Thursday 6 June, in the ...
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Marseille: Bruce Springsteen forced to postpone his concert at the Stade Velodrome because of a voice failure
Due to a loss of voice, Bruce Springsteen has postponed his concert scheduled for Saturday 25 May at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille to a ...
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A football training session in Pas-de-Calais is struck by lightning, causing one death and one serious injury
According to the prefecture, two other people were injured, one of them seriously Lightning struck a football pitch during training on Thursday evening, 23 May, ...
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Cannes Festival 2024: the Olympic flame climbs the steps, followed by the evening screening of Christophe Honoré’s new film
Arriving in France on 8 May, the Olympic torch made a stopover at the Croisette on its way across the country While the new films ...
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New Caledonia: a day of fire and blood in a corner of paradise that is becoming a living hell for the population. Plus China, who may be the only ones ‘happy’ about it.
Reinforcements of police officers and gendarmes have been sent to New Caledonia to deal with the tense situation on the island Gérald Darmanin shared a ...