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  • Britain just pips France as world's fifth-largest economy

    International — Link

    The result is because Britain now includes earnings from drugs and prostitution in its GDP figures, which France as yet does not.

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  • France falls out of love with the car

    France — Link

    For a growing number of French drivers, owning a car is now seen as a burden and a vehicle as merely a service.

  • Row as French football boss suggests African players lack 'intelligence'

    France — Link

    Former French player Willy Sagnol also implied that 'typical' footballers from Africa lack disclipline but are powerful and 'ready to fight'.

  • The haunting first novel of an 'Afropolitan' writer

    Culture et idées — Interview

    Novelist Taiye Selasi comes from a diverse background. Born in London to a Nigerian mother and Ghanaian father and brought up in the United States, she writes in English but now lives in Italy. Her first novel, Ghana Must Go, which has recently been translated into French, is every bit as hard to classify as its author – other than the certainty that it is evidence of a new and distinctive voice on the literary landscape. Mediapart has conducted a lengthy and fascinating interview in English with Taiye Selasi, a video of which can be seen below. But first Christine Marcandier explains some of the main themes of this remarkable début novel.

  • French economy minister calls for EU ‘New Deal’

    France — Link

    Emmanuel Macron, who also promised to accelerate fiscal reforms at home, said 300 billion euro 'New Deal' would boost investment and growth.

  • French family of 11 believed to have left for Syria jihad

    International — Link

    The family group, which includes a baby and other children, are believed to have left their home in Nice in late September.

  • Message sent from brain to brain between India and France

    France — Link

    Internet was used to transmit information from one person's brain to another's in a 'technological realisation of the dream of telepathy'.

  • France`s scorned former first lady publishes secret memoirs

    France — Link

    Publication of Valérie Trierweiler's 'truthful' account of her break-up with François Hollande is unlikely to improve president's image.

  • French MP fined for saying 'Hitler maybe didn't kill enough Roma'

    France — Link

    Centrist politician Gilles Bourdouleix, who is also a local mayor, lost an appeal against conviction for condoning a crime against humanity.

  • France and other European countries 'bankrolling Al Qaida' with ransom payments

    France — Link

    Report claims that, despite denials, French authorities and other European nations pay out millions over kidnaps that then help finance terrorism.