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Niger junta bans French aid group amid tensions with France
Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from working in the country amid tensions with FranceWorld - ABC News - November 13 -
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Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency
Israel passes two laws which Western governments fear could have devastating consequences for civilians in the Gaza Strip.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Israel’s Parliament Passes Bills Banning UNRWA, Agency That Aids Palestinians
Most of the provisions of the laws, which could threaten UNRWA’s work by barring its operations in the country, will not take effect for three months.World - The New York Times - October 29 -
US calls on Israel to tackle ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza
Failure to help improve the situation on the ground could be met by restrictions on US military aid. Middle East live: latest updates Israel is not addressing the “catastrophic humanitarian ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills dozens, officials there say
An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said.Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Israel's potential ban on Palestinian aid agency UNRWA raises concerns
UNRWA "really plays an irreplaceable role right now in Gaza, where they are on the front lines getting humanitarian assistance to the people that need it," U.S. State Department spokesperson ...Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
French star Paul Pogba terminates contract with Juventus after doping ban reduced to 18 months
The Italian giants have officially announced the termination of the contractSports - CBS Sports - November 15 -
Olympique Lyon face provisional relegation to Ligue 2, transfer ban following sanctions from French regulator
Lyon's debt load is a problem for the club's owner, American businessman John TextorSports - CBS Sports - November 15 -
Middle East crisis live: US concerned by ‘horrifying’ Israeli airstrike that killed at least 93 civilians, including 20 children, in Gaza
US spokesperson says officials are asking Israel what happened, expressing ‘deep concern’ over loss of civilian lives. Al Jazeera has spoken with the director-general of the Gaza government’s media ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Israeli airstrike kills 90 in Gaza, officials say, as aid fears grow after UNRWA ban
An Israel airstrike killed at least 90 people in the Gaza city of Beit Lahia, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, as the Knesset voted to ban UNRWA.Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
Israel's move to ban a UN agency raises alarm about aid to Gaza even as the implications are unclear
Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the ...World - ABC News - October 29 -
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Barnier touches nerve with plan to trim French pensions
Prime minister’s money-saving proposal hits opposition, despite calls for more intergenerational fairnessWorld - Financial Times - November 6 -
A French village honors a U.S. soldier killed in WWII
Gerri Eisenhauer's father, Private William Walters, died in World War II just a few months before she was born – killed in action in France, according to a brief telegram. Eisenhauer believed she ...Top stories - CBS News - November 10 -
Barça official: French team bid €250m for Yamal
Barcelona official Enric Masip has suggested Paris Saint-Germain were the club that bid €250 million for teenage forward Lamine Yamal last summer.Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago -
French tech proves hot ticket for festival operators
Weezevent’s systems have been in demand with the resurgence of live entertainmentWorld - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
The struggle to get humanitarian aid into Gaza
For months, hungry Gazans have tried to rob food aid trucks, but now armed criminal gangs are looting whole convoys. Over the weekend, more than 100 aid trucks were attacked. Elizabeth Palmer ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Should smartphones be banned in schools?
Research has shown a link between social media apps and eating disorders, depression and anxiety among young peopleWorld - Financial Times - November 12 -
Polymarket says the whale betting heavily on Trump is a French individual
The mystery bettor making large trades on former President Donald Trump to win the election on a cryptocurrency site is a French national who is doing so based on personal belief, the site ...Business - MarketWatch - October 24 -
The French engineer chasing Ferrari’s first championship since 2008
Frédéric Vasseur has led the F1 team’s resurgence, reinvigorating fans and sponsorsBusiness - Financial Times - October 25 -
Blackout hits French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe as striking workers shut down power
Workers on strike have shut down power across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and left its more than 370,000 inhabitants without electricityWorld - ABC News - October 25 -
A prematurely born baby snatched from a French maternity is doing well
A Belgian prosecutor says a prematurely born baby boy found in an Amsterdam hotel room after being abducted by his parents from a French maternity ward is doing wellWorld - ABC News - October 26 -
Luxury, defence and construction companies hit by French tax hike
Chief executives warn that Michel Barnier’s plan will reverse Emmanuel Macron’s business-friendly reformsBusiness - Financial Times - October 27 -
Actor Gérard Depardieu will not appear in French court for sexual assault trial
A criminal court in Paris has postponed French actor Gérard Depardieu’s trial on charges of sexually assaulting two women on a film set because of concerns about his health, shifting the start of ...Entertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Translators association honors English-language editions of Italian prose and French poetry
The English-language translators of an Italian collection of short stories and a French book of poetry have won awards from the American Literary Translators AssociationEntertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Whales ‘relentlessly pestered’: tourism boom sparks new rules in French Polynesia
Caps on the number of boats allowed to approach whales among measures to be introduced while experts say restrictions don’t go far enough. Lisette Muratore swam with humpback whales for the first ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
‘You’re always scared’: hit French film’s star on his fight for residency
Abou Sangaré may have won an award at Cannes, but he says all he wants is to be allowed work as a mechanic. Irregular migration and stymied deportation orders have long loomed over French politics, ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Fitness App Strava Reveals Biden, Trump Locations, a French Newspaper Says
Le Monde says the secret movements of many world leaders are easily tracked through an app many of their bodyguards use.Business - Inc. - October 29 -
French pupil’s father on trial for spreading lies that led to teacher’s Islamist beheading
Eight charged in connection with murder of Samuel Paty in Paris suburbs in 2020. It was a killing that started with a lie. In October 2020, an Islamist terrorist tracked down and decapitated ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
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Police raid French football league and CVC in corruption investigation
Prosecutors examining allegations of wrongdoing linked to deal that created broadcasting rights subsidiaryBusiness - Financial Times - November 5 -
French and Dutch investigators raid Netflix offices in probe of suspected financial wrongdoing
Judicial officials say prosecutors and police investigators who specialize in fighting major fraud and corruption have raided Netflix offices in France and the NetherlandsWorld - ABC News - November 5
