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Mixed reactions to death of French far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen

In this edition: France marks 10 years since the series of attacks that shook the country in January 2015. We also speak to Professor Paul Smith about Nicolas…

Libertines’ Pete Doherty lands unlikely job at French university despite never completing his degree

HE dropped out of uni 26 years ago and became the raucous face of Noughties music in the UK. But Libertines frontman Pete Doherty is now going back…

Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French territory off Africa

the French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in…

Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French territory off Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — the French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that were…

Friends who turned tiddlywinks into a competitive sport mark 70 years of club

They established competitive rules, wrote a thesis ‘the Science Of Tiddlywinks’ and coined new terminology. Source link

Family set to bury French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen

Far-right firebrand and co-founder of France’s anti-immigration National Front  movement Jean-Marie Le Pen is to be buried Saturday at a strictly family-only funeral after his death earlier this…

French sales: No longer à la mode?

France’s winter sales kick off this Wednesday, but is excitement for these bargain periods a thing of the past? In this edition of Entre Nous, we discuss why…

How French far right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen’s love life was as stormy as political career & drove ex-wife to Playboy

AS a Holocaust denier and founder of France’s far-right National Front, he was one of politics’ most controversial figures. Yesterday, Jean-Marie Le Pen, seen by some as the…

France manhunt: cameras record brutal ambush as “drug boss” freed and guards shot dead | BBC News

Hundreds of police officers in France are hunting for an armed gang who ambushed a prison van on a busy road near Rouen in Normandy , shooting dead…

Jean-Marie Le Pen was divisive and difficult – but he changed the shape of French politics | World News

Jean-Marie Le Pen was variously loved and loathed – but he changed the shape of modern French politics. His youth was shaped by war and he then lived…