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Macron inaugurates Olympic Village for 2024 Paris Games

The keys to the Paris 2024 athletes' village were officially handed to Olympics organisers as President Emmanuel Macron visited the site on Thursday.

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EU consumers challenge Meta paid service as privacy 'smokescreen'

Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints against Meta on Thursday, accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of illegally processing user data and using its "pay or consent" system as a "smokescreen" for privacy breaches.

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Air France-KLM posts record profit despite problematic 2023

Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM on Thursday announced a record net profit of 934 million euros for 2023, despite a tough end to the year marked by operational difficulties and the Middle East conflict.

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French Senate approves bill making abortion a constitutional right

France’s Senate has adopted a bill to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the constitution – clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron in response to a rollback in abortion rights in the United States.

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French newspaper takes long view of news, coming out every 29 February

French administration has not always made it easy for those born on 29 February, but one entity has embraced – and lives for – the date: the Bougie du sapeur, a bissextile publication that takes a long view of the news, every four years.

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UN launches emergency appeal for Haiti as Benin mulls joining multinational security mission

The United Nations has launched an urgent appeal for $674 million for humanitarian aid to Haiti, as violence in the country has lead to a severe food crisis and the deployment of a multinational security force has yet to be agreed.

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France's organic farmers 'green with rage' over lack of government support

French farmers are showcasing their wears, and their woes, at the annual agricultural fair in Paris. And while each sector has its particular problems, organic farmers say they're facing the double blow of a drop in sales and a reduction in government support.

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EU risks becoming 'complicit' in migrant deaths, watchdog warns

The European Union may be complicit in migrant deaths unless the border agency Frontex withdraws from countries that fail to rescue migrants at sea or violate their fundamental right, a report on Wednesday warned.

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Hate content on social media fuels French rise in anti-Semitism reports

Reports of anti-Semisitm in France rose sharply in 2023, with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin heaping criticism on social media sites whose owners do little to moderate hateful content.

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France bans use of 'meat' labelling for vegetarian products

The French government issued a decree Tuesday banning the term "steak" on the label of vegetarian products, saying it was reserved for meat alone.

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Dakar's university reopens after months of closure following Sonko protests

Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar had been closed since last June as a result of protests following the arrest of political opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. It has slowly started reopening this week.

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Qatar to invest €10bn in key sectors of French economy by 2030

Qatar has agreed to channel €10 billion into French startups and investment funds over the next six years as the countries deepen their already close bilateral relationship.

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Paris Olympics security plans stolen from train

A bag containing a computer and two USB memory sticks holding police security plans for the Paris Olympic Games has been stolen from a train at the capital’s Gare du Nord station.

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EU parliament adopts biodiversity and nature restoration bill

EU lawmakers have given the final green light to a milestone bill aimed at protecting nature in the bloc, overriding conservative attempts to shoot down a law that has angered European farmers.

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French athletes with young babies offered hotels at Paris Olympics

The French Olympic Committee said Monday that it would provide hotel rooms for breast-feeding French athletes during the Paris Olympics. A social area for families will also be created because children are set to remain barred from the athletes' village.

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EU leaders reject Macron's suggestion that sending troops to Ukraine is possible

French President Emmanuel Macron faced uneasy reactions from European allies and a warning from the Kremlin on Tuesday after he refused to rule out the dispatch of Western ground troops to Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.

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Sailor Charles Caudrelier wins first round-the-world multi-hull race, in 50 days

French sailor Charles Caudrelier crossed the line in Brest in the west of France on Tuesday to win the Arkea Ultim Challenge, the first solo round-the-world race for multi-hull boats.

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France's Mistral AI signs partnership with Microsoft

Microsoft says it has sealed a "multi-year partnership" that would allow French company Mistral AI to use its platforms including Azure AI, which enables businesses to build apps using AI.

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Two die in clashes in Guinea Conakry as unions begin general strike against junta

Two youths were shot dead and others injured Monday as Guinea's capital was paralysed on the first day of an open-ended general strike to end media censorship. This is seen as a key test for the junta that seized power in 2021 and dissolved the transitional government last week.

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French customs stop trafficking in ancient coins looted in Turkey

French customs have uncovered trafficking in ancient coins looted in Turkey. More than 8,000 items were seized from a private individual in central France suspected of having already sold thousands of them.

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Ukraine's allies must 'jump-start' their support, Macron tells Paris summit

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced new steps to boost Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion, and has not ruled out sending Western ground troops. He said Europe's security and stability depended on Russia's defeat.

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Senegal's president says he will call elections before end of July

Senegal's President Macky Sall has announced that he aims to fix a date before the end of July for the presidential elections. He also announced a general amnesty for political prisoners.

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French journalist arrested in Ethiopian 'assault on press freedom' says RSF

A French journalist has been arrested and detained in Ethiopia since 22 February on suspicion of conspiring "to create chaos" in the country, his employer announced on Monday.

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French town tests controversial school uniforms

In a first for the country, hundreds of pupils in southern France headed to school in uniforms for the first time on Monday as part of a national experiment to determine whether to make them compulsory.

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France reiterates its support for Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara

France's foreign minister Stephane Séjourne has reiterated Paris' "clear and constant" support for Morocco's autonomy plan for the Western Sahara, during a visit to Rabat.

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