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Aiming for the stars lands French astronaut Sophie Adenot a ticket to ISS

France's Sophie Adenot – chosen to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission – dreamed of spaceflight since she was a child, but was warned off being too ambitious.

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Artificial intelligence takes centre stage at 2024 VivaTech trade fair

This week, we bring you a special edition of People & Profit from VivaTech, France's major tech event. Charles Pellegrin asks Beatriz Sanz Saiz, global consulting data and AI leader at EY, how artificial intelligence could bring more equality. He also meets Olivier Oullier, whose company Inclusive Brains has developed…

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RFI staff carry on strike over merger of French public media

Employees across France’s public broadcasting sector, including RFI, continued their strike for a second day Friday in protest over a proposed merger of state-financed media companies.

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Here’s All The Paris 2024 Olympics News & Tea If You Can’t Be Bothered Staying Up

Are you getting up in the middle of the night to watch the Paris 2024 Games? Same — here's all the Olympics news in case you slept in.

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Police officer detained after 7th death in France's restive New Caledonia territory

The French prosecutor for New Caledonia says a police officer has been taken into custody after shooting and killing a man when the officer was set upon by a group of about 15 people

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Man killed by police in New Caledonia as unrest continues after Macron visit

A 48-year-old man was killed on Friday after attacking police in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, prosecutors said. Seven people have now died in unrest that continues as President Emmanuel Macron travels back to mainland France after holding talks with pro- and anti-independence figures.

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‘Not our president’: after Macron’s visit, New Caledonia’s Kanak demand their own future

Electoral reform was the spark for unrest, but Indigenous protesters say they are fighting to correct years of widening inequality

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Arts24 in Cannes: Which French films are seducing the Cannes audiences?

From the big screen treatment of one of French literature's greatest classics, "The Count of Monte Cristo", starring French favourite Pierre Niney, to "Wild Diamond", a gritty social drama about a young French woman who dreams of becoming a famous influencer, arts24's Eve Jackson looks at France's offerings at the…

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Old and New courses compare, contrast perfectly at Les Bordes in France

Old-school difficult and a more modern thinking game come together at Les Bordes in France.

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Q&A: Young Woman and the Sea star Daisy Ridley on the challenges of filming open-water swimming

Daisy Ridley plays Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel – a formidable 21-mile swim from France to England.

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Opinion split after three European countries recognise Palestinian state

Reaction has been sharply divided since three European countries said they would officially recognise the state of Palestine, more than seven months into the devastating Gaza war. While Israel responded with fury, Palestinian authorities have hailed the move as historic – and urged France to follow suit.

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Man is held in France over posts about California murders as Olympic torch passes through Bordeaux

A French prosecutor says a man who posted online about a deadly rampage in California in 2014 has been taken into custody and has told police investigators he had been thinking about an attack of his own

The Independent UK

Criticising arrest bid for Netanyahu a 'huge mistake', former ICC prosecutor says

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has faced heavy criticism from Israel, the US, Germany and Canada since it announced it was seeking warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas leaders, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In an interview…

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Monaco Grand Prix live stream: how to watch the F1 free online from anywhere – Lights Out!

Follow our guide on how to watch a Monaco Grand Prix live stream from anywhere – can pole-sitter Charles Leclerc finally banish his Monte Carlo curse today?

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Macron tells New Caledonians he will not force through voting reform that sparked riots

French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to riot-hit New Caledonia on Thursday that he won’t force through a contested voting reform that has sparked deadly unrest in the French Pacific territory and wants to leave time for local leaders to come up with an alternate agreement for the…

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French Private Sector Contracts In May, PMI Shows

Discover how France's private sector contraction in May is impacting the economy and what measures may be needed to support businesses and stimulate growth.

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Palestinian film draws praise as Cannes stars take discreet stances on Gaza war

The war raging in Gaza has given added prominence to director Mahdi Fleifel’s drama “To a Land Unknown”, the only Palestinian film to be screened in Cannes this year. While festival organisers have reined in protests, filmmakers, actors and activists have sought to shed light on the plight of Gaza’s…

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RFI staff stage strike over controversial public media merger

Employees across France’s massive public broadcasting sector, including RFI, are striking for two days to protest a proposed public media merger put forward by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

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More tropical nights as southeast tipped for France's biggest temperature rise

Southeast France will face more than 10 days a year of temperatures above 35C in the coming years along with more frequent tropical nights, France's national statistics institute has said.

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FRANCE 24 news coverage disrupted as staff strike against public media merger

FRANCE 24’s broadcasts and digital platforms are disrupted Thursday by a strike called by unions at France Médias Monde, which includes FRANCE 24, Radio France Internationale and Arabic-language radio station Monte Carlo Doualiya.

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World Cup winners without playing a match

Some top players have won World Cups without appearing for a single minute. Here, a look at some notable examples...

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French cinema tried to hide its violence against women. At Cannes, we’re calling it out

I took to the red carpet alongside other activists to highlight sexual violence. Now women of colour need a bigger place in the movement, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Independent UK

From schools to the Olympics, how France's staunch secularism affects religion in public life

As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, one of the country’s fundamental principles is under the spotlight — laïcité, or secularism

The Independent UK

France is proud of its secularism. But struggles grow in this approach to faith, school, integration

The upcoming Paris Olympics are likely to draw new attention to France's ban on its athletes wearing hijabs

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French police to remain in riot-hit New Caledonia, says Macron

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met with local officials in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago gripped by deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence.

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