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France named Europe's top country for food sustainability

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French supermarkets banned from throwing out unsold fruits and vegetables while all restaurants required to provide doggy bags for leftovers.

Time to move on from Algeria's colonial past, says Macron

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Macron was in capital Algiers for talks with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and senior officials, a rite of passage for all new French presidents.

EU lauds Hallyday as cultural bridge builder

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European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said that the late pop star 'reconciled French chanson with American music'.

Johnny Hallyday, the Elvis of France, dies at 74

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Death of the national pop icon from cancer was announced in a statement from the office of President Emmanuel Macron.

France to reduce share of nuclear in power mix 'asap'

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French junior environment minister Brune Poirson made the commitment on Tuesday, although she did not give a target date.

Acclaimed French writer and thinker Jean d’Ormesson dies

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French president Emmanuel Macron described the member of the Academie Française, who died aged 92, as a 'prince of letters'.

Obstacles remain as New Caledonia prepares for independence vote

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French prime minister Édouard Philippe is visiting the semi-autonomous overseas territory to help oversee preparations for the 2018 vote.

Corsican nationalists surge in first round of French election

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Group led by autonomist leader Gilles Simeoni won 45.36% of the votes for newly-created, more powerful local assembly on French island.

God can no longer lead sinners astray in new French Lord's Prayer

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From this Sunday, the new version of the prayer will say 'Do not let us enter into temptation' - shifting the emphasis of sin more onto the sinner.

Can French really become the world's major language?

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Author Steven Poole says Macron’s big ambition for French language is optimistic but nothing more than an enjoyable bit of grandiose rhetoric.