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French police fire tear gas as thousands protest against virus rules
Some of the protests began in the morning in Paris as the annual military parade for the traditional Bastille Day parade, watched by President Emmanuel Macron,...
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Macron worries about 'racialised' French society
Movements against racism over the last year such as Black Lives Matter, which resonated in France after arriving from the US, have led to fears among some critics that the country is importing American racial and identity politics sometimes labelled as "woke culture."
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France to legalise IVF for lesbians after two-year debate
The reform will bring France in line with several European countries, including Belgium and Spain, currently two of the top destinations for French lesbian couples and single women looking for help to conceive.
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Macron and Le Pen face new test in French regional vote
The first-round results marked a boost for the traditional right-wing The Republicans as well as the Socialist Party, who have been squeezed after the centrist Macron surged into power in 2017 with his brand-new Republic on the Move party.
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Macron plays down EU refusal on Putin talks
Analysts said Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel had been impressed by the results of a summit between US President Joseph Biden and Putin in Geneva on June 16, and did not want the EU to be sidelined on Russia policy.
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South Africa set to host vaccine tech transfer hub
President Ramaphosa said French President Emmanuel Macron and World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus would join him at a media briefing to announce the initiative.
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Macron honours France's last surviving WWII heroes
The military ceremony was held at Mount Valerien, the hilltop fortress west of Paris where German forces executed more than 1,000 captured fighters and hostages.
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Man who slapped Macron risks jail at court hearing
The man, named as Damien T., has been in custody since the incident on Tuesday and is expected to be convicted of assaulting a public figure when he appears before a magistrate in the southern town of Valence.
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French President Macron slapped during crowd stop
Images on social media and broadcast on the BFM news channel showed the French leader approach a barrier to greet voters, where a long-haired man in a green T-shirt took hold of his elbow and then slapped him.
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France genocide acknowledgement a 'big step' says Kagame
Emmanuel Macron, during a historic visit to the east African nation this week, recognised France's role in the killing of 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans and said only the survivors could grant 'the gift of forgiveness'.
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President Ramaphosa on Digital Vibes: Give me time as SIU concludes its report
During French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the Union Buildings, President Cyril Ramaphosa was asked by the media about the Digital Vibes tender scandal that allegedly involves Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
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Pandemic takes centre stage in Macron's South Africa trip
Emmanuel Macron and Cyril Ramaphosa will hold talks and then head to the University of Pretoria to launch a programme to support African vaccine production, a project backed by the European Union, United States and World Bank.
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Macron recognises France's 'responsibility' in Rwanda genocide
Emmanuel Macron is the first French leader since 2010 to visit the East African nation, which has long accused France of complicity in the killing of some 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans.
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Macron visit could boost French-speaking in Rwanda
Macron's trip, the first by a French leader since 2010, follows a quarter-century of diplomatic tension between the two countries over France's role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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Macron wants Belarus opposition to join G7 summit: presidency sources
The proposal comes amid outrage in Europe over Belarus's diversion of a Ryanair flight on Sunday and arrest of a dissident journalist on board.
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France hits 20 million milestone in Covid vaccination drive
President Emmanuel Macron announced the milestone in a tweet that said "20 million" with a green checkmark, a number that represents around 30% of the population.
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Macron's climate referendum stalls as Senate waters down bill
The initiative to state in the constitution that France 'guarantees environmental protection and biological diversity, and combats climate change' originated in a citizen's body set up by Macron last year.
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Macron says 'mobilisation' key to Notre-Dame rebuild target
Visiting Notre-Dame two years to the day after the world watched transfixed in horror as flames ravaged the cathedral, Macron said 'immense' restoration work had already been accomplished since the blaze.
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Macron admits France murdered Algerian independence figure
Macron met four of the grandchildren of Ali Boumendjel and admitted 'in the name of France' that the lawyer had been detained, tortured and killed in Algiers on 23 March 1957, his office said Tuesday.
