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The comic book adventures of Tintin, an intrepid young reporter who travels the world, contain racist stereotypes, lack fleshed-out female characters and can be read as products of a bygone era. But nearly a century after he was first created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé, Tintin remains one of France’s favourite…

Around 500 right-wing sympathisers marched in Paris on Sunday after a court reversed a police ban of the rally despite a government order to curtail far-right demonstrations.

Less than two months after losing his home in an arson attack, the mayor of a town in western France resigned this week, citing, among other things, a “lack of support from the state”. Amid an increasingly tense political environment, attacks against mayors in France are multiplying. And some say…

A new cemetery for the freshly discovered remains of British soldiers who died in World War I is under construction in northern France, with the graves expected to be ready in 2024.