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Ibama: Brazil's environmental police are back on the job

When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he revived Brazil's environmental police force. The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) is "back at work", says its president, Rodrigo Agostinho. After years of budget cuts under Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Ibama has…

France 24

Yes, Heavy Regulation Hurts the Economy. Just Look at France.

We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?

Reason

3 Airline Stocks to Keep Watching This December

The airline industry is well-positioned for solid growth due to the robust travel demand. Therefore, it could be wise to add fundamentally strong airline stocks, Southwest Airlines (LUV), Delta Air Lines (DAL), and Air France-KLM (AFLYY), to one’s watchlist. Keep reading….

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A dream restoration project: Art Deco-style former station building in France for sale for £212,500

The former Varzay station was sold by SNCF in the late Nineties

Evening Standard

French Justice Minister Acquitted In Conflict Of Interest Case

A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government.

International Business Times

French ski resorts risk becoming hooked on artificial snow

Winter hasn’t arrived yet, but French ski resorts are already resorting to snowmaking. Milder temperatures as a result of climate change have effectively led to its use becoming entrenched in recent years, with 29% of French ski slopes area equipped with snowmaking machines, such as snow propeller canons or snow…

The Conversation

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer: 'Attitudes towards Indigenous people have gone backwards'

Australian director Rolf de Heer chats to Lisa Nesselson and Dheepthika Laurent about his first feature film in a decade, "The Survival of Kindness", which was shot in the Australian outback. Also: German director Wim Wenders' Japanese-language film "Perfect Days" shines a spotlight on a toilet cleaner and Disney's latest…

France 24

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Voices: ‘Napoleon’ is more progressive than you think

Despite some flamboyant inaccuracies, Ridley Scott’s biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix is a truthful exploration of how France ended up crowning an emperor just years after beheading a king, writes Clémence Michallon

The Independent UK

Slain teacher Samuel Paty's coworkers grapple with role of ex-pupils in attack

As six teenagers go on trial for allegedly helping to incite the murder of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded near Paris three years ago, 13 of his colleagues are watching the case from the courtroom. They told RFI why it was important for them to try to understand…

Radio France Internationale

French justice minister acquitted in unprecedented conflict of interest case

A special tribunal on Wednesday acquitted French Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti in a conflict of interest in a case that has embarrassed President Emmanuel Macron's government.

France 24

France seeks deal to salvage New Caledonia's nickel sector

France is seeking an agreement by the end of January to save New Caledonia's nickel industry, which has been hobbled by political tensions and high energy costs.

Radio France Internationale

I’m an outspoken Black woman in France – so a powerful man tried to silence me with the law

A celebrity targeted me online, but under a system that should protect all equally, I was the one charged with a criminal offence, says Guardian columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK

Food Bites: chef Nic Poelaert to put Choux Patisserie on market

Order a panettone while you can, and more foodie news.

Newcastle Herald

Hamas releases another 12 hostages - France warship receives Gaza wounded

Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters handed over another 12 hostages Tuesday to the Red Cross in Gaza, part of an exchange under the terms of an extended truce in the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, a French warship sent to Egypt to treat wounded from the Gaza Strip has received its first…

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‘The far right drummed up a militia’: French extremists seize on teen’s murder to stoke violence

It all started with the tragic death of a teenage boy attending a village dance in southern France. Although the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, members of France’s ultra-right immediately blamed it on “anti-French” sentiment, descending on the region en masse to avenge his death.

The Independent UK

Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules

Lawyers for the woman argued the ban infringed her right to religious freedoms

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Napoleon’ is more progressive than you think

The Guardian - UK

France to ban smoking on all beaches in effort to create ‘tobacco-free generation’

Public parks, forests and areas near schools will also become smoke-free as part of nationwide move

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International Business Times

France Arrests Guru, 40 Others In Raids On Yoga Sect

French authorities on Tuesday arrested 41 people in raids against a controversial yoga sect, including its leader, the guru Gregorian Bivolaru, a source close to the case told AFP. The sect is accused of numerous abuses under Bivolaru, who has been repeatedly in the crosshairs of judicial authorities in Romania,…

The Guardian - UK

Crackdown on French far right urged after boy’s killing sparks protests

Minister warns of risk from militias after death of 16-year-old blamed on immigrants and minorities

Fortune

A physicist is trying to sell Europe on a new generation of nuclear energy

Nuclear firm Newcleo CEO Stefano Buono is making inroads in Italy and France.

France 24

Visiting the resting place for African WWII soldiers, France's unsung heroes

In 1940, during World War II, a group of tirailleurs – soldiers from what were then French colonies – fought the invading German army. In France's Rhône region, just outside of Lyon, these brave men faced the enemy. Many were taken prisoner and ruthlessly executed. A military cemetery has been…

Evening Standard

Wolf spider 'lays eggs in British man's toe' during cruise holiday in France

Colin Blake was celebrating his 35th wedding anniversary when he was reportedly bitten

Radio France Internationale

France to ban smoking on beaches and close to schools

The French government said on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all the country's beaches, in public parks and forests and near schools, while the price of cigarettes will rise to unprecedented levels.

InsideEVs

France: 125 Million Euros Towards Development Of Cycling Infrastructure

France hopes to accelerate the adoption of cycling in the region by calling for infrastructure projects with funding of 125 million euros.

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