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Equal pay still a stretch for French women footballers

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Frenchwomen do not believe they can yet ask for same financial treatment as men even though US counterparts have filed equal pay lawsuit.

Sibeth Ndiaye: the French government's new spokeswoman

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Born in Dakar, Senegal, the 39-year-old obtained her citizenship while helping to run President Macron's election campaign in 2016.

French prosecutor seeks jail for tycoon Bernard Tapie

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Prosecutor has demanded jail time for ex-government minister Bernard Tapie and also Orange CEO Stéphane Richard over arbitration award.

France accused of failing to protect endangered birds

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Official complaint lodged with EU by Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) says rules are being breached on hunting and trapping.

Five dead from suspected food poisoning at French retirement home

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Police say 22 people at the home in Lherm, a town south of Toulouse, began showing symptoms including vomiting after dinner on Sunday.

Amelie de Montchalin named new French European affairs minister

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The MP and former insurance firm executive replaces Nathalie Loiseau in a mini-reshuffle two months before the European elections. 

Turnout declines for latest weekend of 'yellow vests' protests

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The French interior ministry counted some 33,700 protesters throughout the country, including 4,000 in Paris, in Saturday's demonstrations.

Record 1,100 dead dolphins wash up on French beaches

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The mass deaths on France's Atlantic coast, widely blamed on industrial fishing, have led ministers to launch a national plan to protect them.

Key figure in French New Wave films Agnès Varda dies at 90

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Varda, the first female director to be awarded an honorary Oscar in 2017, made films such as Cleo from 5 to 7, Le Bonheur and The Creatures.

Conmen 'made €8m by impersonating French minister'

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Three Franco-Israelis allegedly built replica of Jean-Yves Le Drian’s Paris office to aid scam say Israeli police.