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A French surgeon is on trial accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly children

12:55am February 24, 2025

The trial comes as French activists are pushing to lift taboos that surround sexual abuse. The most prominent case was that of Gisèle Pélicot, who was raped by her now ex-husband and dozens of others.

French woman who refused sex with husband not to blame for divorce, rights court says

4:31pm January 24, 2025

Europe's top human rights court ruled the woman's right to respect for private and family life had been violated when French courts found her solely at fault for her divorce because she withheld sex.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96

10:10am January 07, 2025

Le Pen was convicted numerous times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence. But the nativist ideas that propelled his popularity remain ascendant in today's France and beyond.

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Dozens of men are found guilty in mass rape case of French woman drugged by her husband

4:22am December 19, 2024

A French court found dozens of men guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot, whose then-husband repeatedly drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. Her ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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France's highest court upholds corruption conviction of ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy

1:45am December 19, 2024

Sarkozy, 69, faces a year in prison, but is expected to ask to be detained at home with an electronic bracelet — as is the case for any sentence of two years or less.

France rushes help to Mayotte, where hundreds are feared dead from Cyclone Chido

4:56am December 16, 2024

France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.

Trump receives a Paris welcome full of presidential pomp from France's Macron

5:09am December 07, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's first term.

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France's toppled government adds to the European Union's bigger political problems

5:29pm December 05, 2024

The political instability in France — and simultaneously in Germany, where the governing coalition collapsed a month ago — could have wide-ranging consequences.

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French lawmakers oust the prime minister after just 91 days, toppling the government

2:31pm December 04, 2024

France's government has been toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament, for the first time sine 1962. Prime Minister Michel Barnier served the shortest time in the post in France's modern history.

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In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

11:05am November 16, 2024

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

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