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A "Yellow Vest" protester waves a French flag in Villefranche-sur-Saone on Saturday, during a demonstration against high fuel prices.

French President Holds Firm On Clean-Energy Goals, Despite Protests

9:31pm November 27, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A grassroots movement in France, the mostly working-class "yellow vests," objects to new gasoline taxes. French President Emmanuel Macron says he sympathizes, but the tax will stand.

A gap now exists where two buildings collapsed on Monday morning in Marseille, France. A third building was damaged and also torn down.

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4 Bodies Found After Apartment Buildings Collapse In Marseille, France

3:44pm November 06, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

A woman who lived in one of the buildings said she stayed with her parents the night before the collapse because many of the doors in her building wouldn't close. "It could have been me," she said.

A firefighter helps a youngster reach safety in a flooded street during a rescue operation following heavy rains that saw rivers bursting their banks in Trèbes, near Carcassonne, in southern France.

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Flash Floods Turn Deadly In Southwest France's Aude Region

4:06pm October 15, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Three months' worth of rain fell in just a few hours, France's Interior Ministry says. One resident called it "the apocalypse."

Notorious French criminal Rédoine Faïd poses prior to an interview with a French TV channel in 2010.

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Fugitive Who Used Helicopter To Escape Caught In France

6:53pm October 03, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The repeat offender has fascinated the country, and is known there as the "jailbreak king." Rédoine Faïd was serving a 25-year-sentence for a botched armed robbery in 2010 that killed a policewoman.

The champagne grape harvest in northeastern France, like this one near Mailly-Champagne, started early this year due to lack of rain.

Champagne Makers Bubble Over A Bumper Crop Caused By European Drought

5:51am September 13, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

A record heat wave ruined crops across Europe this summer, but not all crops. Champagne growers are ecstatic over a bumper crop of grapes this year. Vintage 2018 is expected to be one of the best.

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A flotilla of more than a hundred trawlers in the Bay of Seine in November of last year.

French, British Boats Clash In English Channel Over Scallop Catches

6:25am August 29, 2018

by Scott Neuman

A breakdown in talks blamed partly on Brexit has led the British to resume fishing the lucrative seabed off Normandy throughout the year, while French boats are restricted for part of the year.

Nicolas Hulot, the French environmental minister, departs a weekly Cabinet meeting in Paris in February. "I don't want to give the illusion that my presence in government means we're answering these issues properly," Hulot said in resigning Tuesday.

French Environment Minister Quits In Live Interview: 'World Is Not Doing Enough'

4:02pm August 28, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

"I don't want to give the illusion that my presence in government means we're answering these issues properly," Nicolas Hulot said, criticizing President Emmanuel Macron's environmental policies.

A rook at Puy du Fou theme park in France uses a special box designed to receive trash and reward the bird with food.

French Theme Park Asks: Crows Can Pick Up Trash, Why Can't You?

3:19pm August 13, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A team of six trained birds — rooks, actually — is collecting paper and cigarette stubs at the Puy du Fou park in western France. They drop the trash into a container in exchange for food.

Demonstrators hold a banner reading "still feminist" in front the Eiffel Tower during a women's march earlier this year in Paris.

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France Bans Street Harassment, Approving Hefty Fines For Catcallers

1:25pm August 02, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The measure also expands protections for underage rape victims. The move, which has been months in the making, follows a recent video of a man hitting a woman on the street.

Didier Tass, behind the counter of his butcher shop, says he purchases meat from small farmers who raise cows and butcher them humanely and in small quantities.

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French Butchers Ask For Protection After Threats From Militant Vegans

11:49am July 18, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Butchers are an integral part of French life, and are known for carefully sourcing their meat. But now some are being targeted by extreme vegans who use vandalism to draw attention to their cause.

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