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France plans mass duck slaughter as bird flu hits foie gras

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The H5N8 virus was first detected in a bird in a pet shop on the Mediterranean island of Corsica in November before spreading to duck farms on the mainland in December.

French tyre maker Michelin to cut up to 2,300 jobs over three years

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Michelin is yet another auto-industry victim of the Covid-19 pandemic in a sector, which was already struggling with the shift to electric vehicles from diesel and petrol cars. 

France rejects reports of airstrike on Mali wedding

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The French military said it carried out a strike on jihadist militants in central Mali, but that no wedding was involved.

France denies it pressured EU to buy French vaccines over German

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The efforts to find a scapegoat for the slow rollout of jabs has firmly started in Europe.

French intellectual resigns over claims in book he raped his stepson

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In her book La Familia Grande ('The big family'), lawyer Camille Kouchner accuses her step father Olivier Duhamel of sexually abusing her twin brother when he was 14 years old.

France arrests ex- DRC rebel leader for role in 'crimes against humanity'

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Roger Lumbala suspected of various acts during 1998-2002 war in Democratic Republic of the Congo. He denies the claims.

France ramps up vaccine programme as slow start sparks anger

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France's deliberately cautious approach has meant only about 350 people have so far received Covid vaccination jab.

French trial probes 'revenge' kidnapping of elderly hotel heiress

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Jacqueline Veyrac, the 80-year-old owner of the five-star Grand Hotel in Cannes and the seafront La Reserve restaurant in nearby Nice, was snatched on the street in 2016 and bundled into the back of a van.

Bomb kills two French soldiers in Mali

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The explosion came just days after three others died in similar fashion and their deaths bring to 50 the number of French soldiers killed in the West African nation since France first intervened in 2013.

French police finally shut down illegal New Year's Eve rave

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Party-goers had clashed with police who tried to prevent the event near Rennes, setting a car on fire and throwing bottles.