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France asks retailers to alert customers to cases of ‘shrinkflation’

by THOMAS ADAMSON April 19, 2024April 19, 2024

Retailers are less excited about the new rules, saying they’ll be hard to implement and that the burden should be placed on manufacturers instead.

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France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication

by Amber Carter April 10, 2024April 10, 2024

A team of medical professionals would need to confirm that the patient has a grave and incurable illness, is suffering from intolerable and untreatable pain, and is seeking lethal medication of their own free will.

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Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity

by GEIR MOULSON and VANESSA GERA March 15, 2024March 15, 2024

The European Union’s plans to produce 1 million artillery rounds for Ukraine have fallen well short, while aid for Ukraine is being held up in the United States by political differences.

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France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right as the world marks International Women’s Day

by ANGELA CHARLTON March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

Friday’s ceremony in Paris, attended by around 1,000 people, was a key event on a day focused on advancing women’s rights globally.

Arts & Entertainment

Like Banksy, France’s mystery ‘Invader’ marks cities with art. He could surprise the Paris Olympics

by JOHN LEICESTER March 5, 2024

The millions of visitors who’ll flock to Paris for the Olympic Games will be crowding onto the turf of a mystery artist who calls himself ‘Invader.’

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Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not ‘ruled out’ in the future, French leader says

by SYLVIE CORBET February 26, 2024February 26, 2024

The issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.

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French ministry orders security forces around Paris after threats from farmers, soup hurling at ‘Mona Lisa’

by SYLVIE CORBET January 28, 2024January 28, 2024

Earlier Sunday, two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.

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More than 100,000 people march in Paris against soaring antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

by SYLVIE CORBET and BARBARA SURK November 12, 2023November 12, 2023

France has the largest Jewish population in Europe, but given its own World War II collaboration with the Nazis, antisemitic acts today open old scars.