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Macron faces backlash after Jewish ceremony at Élysée

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Critics say the president breached France’s long-standing history of secularism after he attended a Hanukkah ceremony in the Élysée Palace on Thursday.

Six teenagers convicted in France over teacher’s beheading

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Samuel Paty had shown pupils caricatures of the prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression.

Prosecutors order Le Pen to stand trial in EU funding case

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Former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen will in March be joined by 26 other members of her party in the dock, all accused of setting up a system for embezzling EU money to hire staff in France.

Two arrested in France over alleged bedbug scam

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Police n Strasbourg said 48 people had been scammed altogether, many of them women over 90, having been tricked into paying thousands of euros for bedbug treatment they did not need.

Depardieu: actor Hélène Darras files sexual assault complaint

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Allegation that the French star actor groped Darras on set is the second official complaint after Charlotte Arnould accused the actor of rape in 2018.

French minister seeks to improve schools after Pisa shock

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The Programme for International Student Assessment international study has revealed an "historic" decline in French students' proficiency in mathematics and a significant drop in reading comprehension; now minister wants to introduce new final exams "dedicated to mathematics and scientific culture".

France and Australia move to repair relationship

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French president Emmanuel Macron was furious when the Morrison government ditched France's Naval Group in favour of acquiring nuclear-powered submarines from the United States and United Kingdom under the AUKUS pact. 

German tourist killed in Paris knife and hammer attack

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Two other people were injured and treated by emergency services, with neither found to be in a life-threatening condition. 

Chad’s opposition asks French troops to leave

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The military personnel  arrived in Chad after being ordered to depart neighboring Niger by that country’s military junta.

Chad’s opposition asks French troops to leave

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The military personnel  arrived in Chad after being ordered to depart neighboring Niger by that country’s military junta.