IMF Cuts France 2026 Growth Forecast to 0.7%
France is under pressure to reduce a budget deficit that stood at 5.1 percent of GDP last year — well above the three-percent limit set for members of the eurozone.
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Teen Killed On Way To School, French Village In Shock
The teen was found gravely wounded on Wednesday morning in a street in Fere-en-Tardenois in northeastern France, the local prosecutor’s office said.
French Minister Pledges Tight Security at Rally for Killed Activist
Quentin Deranque, 23, died from head injuries after being attacked by at least six people on the sidelines of a protest against a politician from the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party in the southeastern city of Lyon last week.
Eat Less Meat, France Arges, for Sake of Health, Climate
The French government issued a long-awaited report Wednesday urging people to limit meat consumption for their health and also to fight climate change — and not everyone in the country of “steak-frites” is thrilled.
France Exonerates Women Convicted Over Abortions Before Legalisation
France decriminalised the voluntary termination of a pregnancy with the 1975 Veil Law, named after women’s rights champion and health minister Simone Veil, who championed legalising abortion.
French Court Jails Doctor for Life for Poisoning 30 Patients, Killing 12
Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics in the eastern city of Besancon, when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017. Twelve could not be resuscitated.
France Detains Seven Over New Cryptocurrency Kidnapping
The man, aged 20 according to Swiss media reports, was freed on Sunday in the southeastern city of Valence in a special operation by French gendarmes, said the source, asking not to be named.
French Surgeon Sentenced to 20 Years for Abusing Children
Le Scouarnec, one of the most prolific convicted sex predators in France’s history, was already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces.
Writer Kamel Daoud sued in France over prizewinning book
The novel, banned in Algeria, tells the story of a young woman who loses her voice when an Islamist cuts her throat as she witnesses her family being massacred during the war.
Jean-Marie Le Pen Afariki Dunia Afariki Dunia Akiwa Na 96
Le Pen, ambaye alikuwa chini ya uangalizi mkali wa matibabu nyumbani kwake, alifariki dunia adhuhuri (1100 GMT) Jumanne “akiwa amezungukwa na wapendwa wake”, familia ilisema katika taarifa.
