The European Court of Human Rights issued a fresh rebuke to the Kremlin on Tuesday, ruling that Russia’s continued ban on LGBT rallies is discriminatory and represents a violation of human rights. Continue reading →
{FD} French Polynesian president acknowledges nuclear test lies
French Polynesian President Edouard Fritch has acknowled that the leaders of the French collectivity of islands in the South Pacific lied to the population for three decades over the dangers of nuclear testing. Continue reading →
{FD} Trudeau: Canadian intelligence has heard Khashoggi tapes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday became the first Western leader to acknowledge his country had received the recordings of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Continue reading →
{FD} Women’s role in WWI underplayed at Armistice weekend
Buried in French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on the sacrifice of “young men” in World War I Sunday was a reference to the “three million widows” the fallen soldiers left behind. Continue reading →
{FD} Macron praises WWI general who later collaborated with Nazis
French President Emmanuel Macron waded onto controversial ground Wednesday by praising a World War I general who subsequently collaborated with the Nazis in World War II. Continue reading →
{FD} Hitler in war, Merkel in peace: A train car for history
Adolf Hitler went in wartime for revenge. Continue reading →
{FD} French open judicial probe into beating by Macron aide
French authorities opened a judicial investigation Sunday into the shocking beating of a protester in May by one of President Emmanuel Macron’s top security aides. Continue reading →
{FD} 2 suspects in France charged for planning IS-inspired attack
France’s interior ministry says that two terrorism suspects are facing preliminary charges over preparations for an unspecified attack in the name of the Islamic State group. Continue reading →
{FD} Dead gunman demanded release of 2015 Paris attacks suspect
The gunman who seized hostages inside a supermarket Friday and killed three people in southern France demanded the release of the only surviving member of the Islamic State cell that attacked Paris in November 2015, the French interior minister said. Continue reading →
{FD} Gastronomic world awaits unveiling of prestigious food guide
The world of high gastronomy is braced for the unveiling of its most closely guarded secret — the year’s list of French restaurants making it onto the prestigious Michelin Red Guide for 2018. Continue reading →
{FD} French hurricane rescues raise anger, racial questions
Some black and mixed-race residents of the hurricane-devastated French territory of St. Martin have expressed anger at a perception that white tourists were given priority during the evacuation of the island that France acquired during colonial times. Continue reading →
{FD} France defends its handling of island hurricane preparations
The French government is defending its handling of the hurricane crisis in the French Caribbean islands of St. Martin and St. Barts, after being criticized by opponents for not preparing enough beforehand and by locals who felt abandoned by authorities… Continue reading →
