Jan 26 French National Assembly unanimously approves law banning conversion therapy By Associated Press France has a new law that bans so-called conversion therapies and authorizes jail time and fines for practitioners who use the scientifically discredited practice to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ people. Continue reading
Jan 07 Inventor Louis Braille touched lives with literacy By Dr. Howard Markel Braille first encountered an early predecessor to his tactile writing system in 1821, while he was still an adolescent. Continue reading
Jan 05 Under strain, France allows some health care workers to keep working while positive for COVID-19 By John Leicester, Associated Press France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate. Continue reading
Dec 29 France puts pressure on the unvaccinated as it again breaks its COVID-19 case record By Associated Press France's government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs. Continue reading
Dec 26 France sees over 100,000 daily virus infections for 1st time By Angela Charlton, Associated Press More than 1 in 100 people in the Paris region have tested positive in the past week, according to the regional health service. Most new infections are linked to the omicron variant, which government experts predict will be dominant in… Continue reading
Dec 21 In the frigid Alps, local volunteers offer migrants warm hearts and comfort By John Leicester, Associated Press As Europe erects ever more fearsome barriers against migration, volunteers along the Italy-France border are working to keep migrants from being killed or maimed by cold and mountain mishaps as they cross the high Alps. Continue reading
Dec 05 Violence as French far-right TV pundit holds campaign rally By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press As his supporters cheered and waved French flags in a northern suburb of the capital, thousands of others took to the streets of Paris to denounce his xenophobic platform. Continue reading
Nov 30 Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon By Sylvie Corbet, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron presided over an elaborate ceremony Tuesday at the domed Pantheon monument in Paris to immortalize Baker alongside other French luminaries. Continue reading
Nov 30 French far-right pundit enters race for presidency By John Leicester, Associated Press A far-right former TV pundit with multiple hate-speech convictions has officially entered the race for France’s presidency. Continue reading
Nov 29 French honors for U.S. born Josephine Baker prompts criticism over racism By Arno Pedram, Associated Press A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France's Pantheon. That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, and the honor will take place Tuesday. But critics in France say that by focusing on an American-born figure,… Continue reading