According to thelocal.fr, Briton David White was charged on Thursday with the murder of his wife Susan, also a British national. Susan White was found dead on a roadside in rural Brittany on Monday, having suffered a fractured skull. Earlier her family had made a public appeal for information. David White was charged with murder after being questioned by police during which he was incoherent in his testimony, local prosecutor Gerard Zaug said. Read article
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Independent.ie reports that the film crew making a documentary with Sunday Independent Tour De France Columnist Paul Kimmage were robbed as they covered the first stage of the great race in Corsica today. Laptops and other equipment were taken from a van as the film crew from Wildfire Productions were covering the start of the […]
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As reported by xinhua.net, six Chinese students have been attacked in France’s wine-producing southwest region of Bordeaux. French interior ministry has condemned the act as an act of xenophobia. A female student was seriously hurt in the face by a glass bottle which was thrown at her. Two of the three attackers have been detained […]
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According to thelocal.fr, air passengers face possible flight cancellations from Tuesday onward across France, as trade unions in several EU countries call a partial strike to protest moves by the European Commission to deregulate the aviation sector. Union representatives said new proposals to deregulate the civil aviation sector were set to undermine working conditions in […]
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The BBC reports that a patient infected with the novel coronavirus has died in France, according to the health ministry. The virus, which is similar to those which cause SARS and the common cold, emerged last year. Out of 44 confirmed cases around the world, 23 people have now died with most infections linked to […]
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International experts including former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern on Wednesday called on the Basque separatist group ETA to disarm and dismantle its military apparatus, thelocal.es reports. ETA, blamed for more than 800 deaths in a four-decade campaign of bombings and shootings for the independence of the Basque homeland which straddles northern Spain and southwestern […]
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Theglobeandmail.com reports that tens of thousands of people protested against France’s new gay-marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing demonstrators. The law came into force over a week ago, but organizers decided to go ahead with the long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as their frustration with […]
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Thelocal.fr reports that the streets of Paris are getting a reputation for being unsafe for tourists and this is a threat to business for the great brand names of French fashion, a top body representing the luxury industry warned on Friday. Several recent incidents have tarnished the image of Paris — the world’s most visited […]
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According to thelocal.ch, the sailboat of Swiss explorer and adventurer Mike Horn was ordered seized by a Marseille court in a southern French port over a dispute involving a naval architect, according to a media report. Pangaea, a 33-metre-long aluminum ketch, was immobilized in La Ciotat, east of Marseille, after boat designer Olivier Petit launched […]
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Thelocal.fr reports that a British national, suspected of being the mastermind of €1.6 million bank fraud scam in France was found hanged in his cell in a French prison this week. The man, who has not been named by French authorities, was considered the mastermind of a swindle in which €1.66 million euros in loans […]
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