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Students at prestigious Paris university protest over Israel-Gaza war

Students at one of France's top universities occupied its premises overnight Thursday after police broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration there on Wednesday. It follows similar waves of anger across college campuses in the US in protest over Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

Radio France Internationale

US military begins construction of Gaza aid pier, says Pentagon

The United States military has begun construction of a pier to boost deliveries of desperately needed aid to Gaza, the Pentagon said on Thursday. UN World Food Programme deputy executive director Carl Skau said earlier on Thursday that the northern Gaza Strip is still heading towards famine and that a…

France 24

French Police Break Up Pro-Palestinian University Protest

Police intervened as around 60 students gathered on a central Paris campus of the elite Sciences Po university on Wednesday evening, management said.

International Business Times

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Macron condemns 'anti-Semitic' remarks at pro-Palestinian university protest

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned "intolerable" remarks reported during a pro-Palestinian protest at Paris's prestigious Sciences Po university on Tuesday. This after students occupying the main lecture hall were accused of barring entry to a Jewish student and insulting her.

Radio France Internationale

French Top Uni Rocked By Domestic Violence Scandal, Pro-Palestinian Demo

An elite French university was on Wednesday dragged into the national spotlight as its director quit over alleged domestic violence and a pro-Palestinian demonstration sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.

International Business Times

Head of Sciences Po university resigns, accused of domestic violence

The head of one of France's leading universities said Wednesday he was stepping down after being ordered to stand trial in a domestic violence case.

Radio France Internationale

French students occupy prestigious university after director's arrest

Students at one of France's prestigious Sciences Po university held a sit-in protest on Thursday to demand the departure of the director following his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence.

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Gender-based violence in French universities: ‘I decided something had to change’

The most prestigious universities and business schools in France such as Sciences Po and HEC train the country’s future executives and politicians. But due to the prevalence of gender-based violence that takes place on campus, for many students, they are also spaces that don’t feel safe.

France 24

Polls, politics and public opinion: Countdown to 2024 US presidential election

With just one year to go before the US presidential election, polls aren't looking good for President Joe Biden, but Democrats are banking on safeguarding issues like abortion rights in order to keep the White House. The US president's approval rating has dropped to 39 percent; not the lowest it's…

France 24

French-Iranian academic imprisoned for years in Iran returns to France

The Paris political sciences institute Sciences Po says French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was detained for years in Iran, has returned to France

The Independent UK

He’s the world’s richest man. So why do we hear so little from Bernard Arnault?

France does not expect much in the way of philanthropy from its low-profile billionaire class. Perhaps it should, says Alexander Hurst of Sciences Po

The Guardian - UK

France's top graduates shake up attitudes on government's inaction on climate

With a devastating climate crisis causing floods, famine, disease and the obliteration of species at an alarming rate, increasing numbers of young people are condemning the French state’s inaction. Students at France’s top universities (Sciences Po, HEC and École Polytechnique) condemn a curriculum that does not make environmental studies obligatory.…

France 24

French university bans ChatGPT as educators debate use of AI text generators

French university Sciences Po is one of the first higher education institutions to ban the use of the artificial intelligence text generator ChatGPT to complete assignments, in order to prevent fraud and plagiarism. The company that created ChatGPT said it has released software that educators can use to detect AI-generated…

Radio France Internationale

France demands 'immediate release' of seven French citizens held in Iran

Concern is growing for seven French nationals being held in Iran. Among them is Fariba Adelkhah, a researcher at Sciences Po university in Paris, who was arrested back in June of 2019, along with her colleague Roland Marchal. Marchal was released in 2020, but with political tensions on the rise…

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‘No support in the population’ for France’s pension reform, political analyst says

French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is meeting the major players involved in, or largely opposed to, the government's pension reform plans. The reform is set to be the big political battle of the next six months, with President Emmanuel Macron promising to push it through before the summer. But the…

Radio France Internationale

Ballroom dancing teacher quits Paris university after gender row with students

Sciences Po Paris, one of France's most prestigious universities found itself at the centre of a gender identity row last week after reprimanding its ballroom dancing teacher over her repetitive "sexist and discriminatory comments".

The Independent UK

Studies: France is a melting pot but discrimination lurks

Two landmark new studies in France are bursting myths about immigration at a time when xenophobic far-right discourse has gained more attention

France 24

Voter turnout issue looms over French legislative elections after record first-round abstention

With 52.49 percent of voters choosing to stay away on Sunday, France recorded its highest-ever abstention rate in the first round of the legislative elections, surpassing the 2017 record by a full point. Voter turnout will remain a major issue for next Sunday's run-off, as candidates cajole voters head to…

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Boris Johnson’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘contravenes Geneva Convention'

A UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been decried by NGOs as well as the UN refugee agency, which has criticised the plan to relocate migrants as “contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention”. FRANCE 24 spoke to Sciences Po university’s François Gemenne, an…

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Dutch PM Rutte: EU should first use existing financial instruments in Ukraine crisis

The European Union should fully use existing financial instruments to cope with the Ukrainian crisis before launching joint EU funds for that purpose, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told students in Paris during a speech at the Sciences Po university on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Algeria's 60 Years of Complex Relations with Former Occupier France

In the 60 years since Algeria won independence from France, it has gone through multiple crises with its former occupier, often fueled by domestic politics. Yet the two sides had surprisingly good relations for the first four decades, and it was only in the 1990s that things started to fall…

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