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French feminists launch campaign against 'degrading' postcards

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Femmes Solidaires group says the cards portray women as 'sex objects' and has asked its members to look out for where they are being sold.  

Paris hosts Gay Games amid surge in anti-gay aggression

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More than 12,700 participants from 91 countries are expected at the contest, which involves athletes who are  male and female, straight and gay.

Rappers in custody for month before trial over French airport brawl

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Booba and Kaaris were arrested after a fight between their respective entourages at Orly Airport near Paris which delayed several flights.

May and Macron hold 'informal' Brexit talks in France

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Private dinner took place between France's president and his wife, Brigitte, and May and her husband, Philip, at the 13th-century Fort Brégançon.

France's EDF may halt four nuclear reactors due to heatwave

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EDF’s nuclear plants along Rhone river use its waters to regulate temperature of their reactors, discharging warm water back into the waterway.

Corsica canyon flash flood kills five

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Seven tourists were canyoning when a wave about 3m high hit them - the guide was among those killed, while two in the group were rescued.

French politicians praise woman who stood up to harasser

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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo tweeted support for 22-year-old architecture student Marie Laguerre who stood up to man who harassed her in street.

French rappers Booba and Kaaris brawl at Paris airport

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Both men were detained along with members of their entourages following scuffles at a departure lounge at Orly airport that delayed flights.

Up to 3,000 evacuated after breakdown on Paris metro line

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Drama began when a train on the metro line serving tourist landmarks in the French capital suddenly broke down.

France becomes a land of red, white and now blue wine

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French entrepreneur René Le Bail had to shift production to Spain after his fellow countrymen refused to make his wine.