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Sixty years of educational planning at UNESCO: Addressing gender inequality

It's one of the biggest challenges facing education systems worldwide: gender inequality. Though improvements have closed or even reversed gender gaps in schools in recent years, there's still significant room for progress, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. According to UNESCO, more than half of all girls out of primary and secondary…

France 24

Northern France struggles to dry out after widespread flooding

Parts of northern France remained on high alert for flooding Friday, with hundreds of schools closed after days of torrential rainfall.

Radio France Internationale

Fundraiser in ‘surreal’ meeting with Pope after walking from Glasgow to Rome

Geraldine McFaul, 52, trekked solo across the UK, France and Italy from May until reaching the Italian capital on November 4.

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France blames Russia for a digital effort to whip up online controversy over Stars of David graffiti

France says it has been the target of a Russian online destabilization campaign that used bots to whip up controversy and confusion about spray-painted Stars of David that appeared on Paris streets

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: Inside a shocking new report on two dozen deaths between France and England

In today’s newsletter: A November 2021 incident saw dozens die in a failed attempt to come to England in pursuit of asylum – what really happened, and why?

The Guardian - UK

French court overturns government decree to disband 'Earth Uprising' climate group

France's top administrative court overturned the government-ordered dissolution of a climate activist group, Les Soulèvements de la Terre ("Earth Uprising", or SLT) on Thursday, ruling the group had not provoked violence.

France 24

Rally against anti-Semitism exposes fractures within France's political class

A call for a weekend march against anti-Semitism in Paris has sparked bitter squabbling between political parties in France despite a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across the country.

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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.

Radio France Internationale

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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The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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.

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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.

WhatToWatch

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

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

Radio France Internationale

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.

France 24

'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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