World Feb 24 A French surgeon is on trial accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly child patients A former surgeon went on trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients, in what investigators and his own notebooks describe as a pattern of…
World Jul 06 Thousands of teens have been arrested in French protests, though violence is subsiding French courts are working overtime in fast-track trials for more than 3,600 people arrested in unrest sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old boy captured on video.
World Mar 07 French demonstrators strike, protest over proposed retirement age increase Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new round of protests against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64.
World Feb 11 Nearly 1 million French march in 4th day of national protests against pension changes Police were out in force across France on Saturday as protesters held a sometimes restive fourth round of nationwide demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to reform the country's pension system.
World Jan 31 Strikes and protests continue in France’s pension battle Labor unions aimed to mobilize more than 1 million protesters in what one veteran left-wing leader described as a “citizens’ insurrection.”…
Politics Jan 19 French President Macron vows to proceed with pension reform, despite nationwide protests Hundreds of thousands protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday amid nationwide strikes against plans to raise the retirement age.
World Dec 23 Suspect arrested in shooting that killed 3 at Kurdish center in Paris A man who was charged last year with attacking migrants shot and killed three people at a Kurdish cultural center Friday in Paris in an assault that appeared to be specifically aimed at foreigners, authorities said.
World Oct 04 Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup games from Qatar Paris has decided against broadcasting World Cup matches on giant screens in public fan zones amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers and the environmental impact of the tournament in Qatar.
World Jul 11 No-confidence vote against Macron’s government fails in France French lawmakers have failed to pass a no-confidence motion requested by a leftist coalition to symbolically mark their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's government and economic policies.