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Canada beat hosts Spain, Italy defeat France in BJK Cup

Canada sweep Spain 3-0 in Billie Jean King Cup opener. Rookie Stakusic wins first top 100 match. Italy beat France 2-1, Trevisan and Paolini victorious in singles. Garcia and Mladenovic win doubles for France. Italy have now won five of last seven meetings.

The Hindu

Podcast: Israel-Hamas conflict bleeds into France, bikers against bullying

France is feeling the shockwaves of the war in Gaza with a rise in Islamophobia and a wave of anti-Semitic attacks that have got the public and politicians worried. Also, bikers rev up to fight school bullying. And the African-American fighter pilot who flew for France in WWI because the…

Radio France Internationale

Top French court overturns dissolution of climate protest group

France's top administrative court overturned the government's attempt to ban climate activist group Soulèvements de la Terre ("Uprisings of the Earth") on Thursday, saying the group did not pose a threat to public order.

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French actress Juliette Binoche on love, French gastronomy and 'Chocolat'

Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche sits down with FRANCE 24 to talk about her new film, “The Taste of Things”, which is a love letter to French gastronomy. One of France's most accoladed actresses, she talks about acting opposite her ex-partner Benoit Magimel for the first time in 30 years.…

France 24

'Act urgently': French lawmakers push for new approach on Africa

France must "act urgently" and conduct reforms to restore its ties with Africa as Russia and China's influence is rising on the continent, according to a parliamentary report published on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Washington Post pulls Hamas leader cartoon after readers slam it as racist and offensive

IN THE PRESS – Thursday, November 9: Here in France, controversy erupts over a planned demonstration by politicians against anti-Semitism. In other news: The Washington Post pulls one of its cartoons featuring a Hamas leader using civilians as human shields over accusations of inciting hatred and racism. We also look…

France 24

DRC rebel leader Lumbala to be tried in French court for war crimes

The former head of a rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to be tried in France on charges of complicity in crimes against humanity.

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Skulls in Ukraine reveal early modern humans came from the East

How did our species, Homo sapiens, arrive in Western Europe? Published in Nature Ecology Evolution, our new study analyses two skull fragments dating back between 37,000 and 36,000 years to conclude that our ancestors came from Eastern Europe and migrated westwards. These two individuals interbred with Neanderthals and with the very…

The Conversation

France is reckoning with the harms of online porn. But will anything change?

A government-backed report is damning about the porn industry, painting it as inherently criminal. Sex workers, on the other hand, strongly disagree, says French journalist Marie Le Conte

The Guardian - UK

Nurse who died in PoW camp weeks before armistice ‘may have survived in France’

Helena Stewart Bennet died on October 18, 1918 when flu and pneumonia ravaged the Shropshire hospital she had been posted to.

The Independent UK

Unranked Benoit Saint-Denis respects Matt Frevola for accepting UFC 295 fight

Benoit Saint-Denis realizes that ranked Matt Frevola could've easily said no to the matchup but appreciates that he said yes.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Solo show sells out artworks on canvas ... or carpet?

Australian painter Gregory Hodge has returned from France for his latest gallery show in Melbourne, which has sold out before opening.

AAP

Junior Eurovision 2023: release date, hosts, artists and everything we know

Junior Eurovision 2023 is the international singing competition's 21st event.

WhatToWatch

Probe into Stars of David graffiti in Paris suggests foreign interference

The daubing of dozens of blue Stars of David on buildings in Paris and its suburbs, widely condemned as anti-Semitic, may have been ordered by an individual living abroad, the Paris prosecutor has said.

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'Exceptional' floods hit dozens of towns in northern France

Flooding has hit dozens of towns in northern France, leaving roads sometimes only passable in boats and dozens of schools closed, authorities said Tuesday.

Zenger

Unopened French Love Letters To Sailors From 265 Years Ago Revealed

Letters offer rare glimpse into love and family quarrels during wartime, confiscated by British

France 24

Meet Jean-Baptiste Andrea, winner of France's prestigious Goncourt Prize

French author Jean-Baptiste Andrea has won this year's Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, for his novel "Veiller sur elle" ("Watch Over Her"), a love story set in fascist-era Italy. He spoke to FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali about the political dimension of his work. We also take a look back…

France 24

France's top book prize goes to epic love story set in Italy

France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, has been awarded to "Veiller sur elle" by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, published by Iconoclaste. The American Library in Paris's Programs Manager Emilie Biggs joins Eve Jackson to talk about the book, whose title translates as "Watch Over Her" and the significance of the prize. We…

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Marie Claire

Hermès in the Making

Craft isn't just a buzzword for the French fashion house.

Radio France Internationale

Schools closed after 'exceptional' floods hit northern France

Flooding has hit dozens of towns in northern France, leaving roads sometimes only passable in boats and dozens of schools closed, authorities said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Love story set in fascist Italy wins France's top literary prize

France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, was awarded Tuesday to former film director Jean-Baptiste Andrea for his novel "Veiller sur elle" ("Watch Over Her"), set in Italy's dark fascist years.

Al Jazeera

Islamophobia, anti-Semitism rises in EU amid Israel-Hamas war: Official

EU official tasked with combating Islamophobia says Muslims are often wrongly perceived as being involved in violence.

Radio France Internationale

French letters seized during 18th century Britain-France war finally opened

A French researcher from the University of Cambridge in the UK has begun opening undelivered letters written to French sailors during an 18th century war between Britain and France.

Al Jazeera

Blinken seeks G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war

Top diplomats of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US and the EU gather amid two serious conflicts.

Foreign Policy

The Israel-Hamas War Is Dividing Europe’s Left

A political hot potato singes progressives across the continent.

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