France

While the punishment for rape when a victim is younger than 15 carries a heftier penalty under French law, prosecutors must prove that the sex was forced.

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France Moves To Make 15 Legal Age Of Consent For Sex

5:40pm March 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The decision to establish an age of consent in the country for the first time follows two cases involving men who had escaped rape charges despite intercourse with 11-year-old girls.

Djerbrani checks food donations from a French grocery store before driving it across town to a church, which will distribute it to poor families.

French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food

3:35pm February 25, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Two years ago, France introduced a law to force supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities and food banks. Skeptics called it unworkable at the time, but there are signs the effort is succeeding.

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Customs Agents Search A Bus Near Paris — And Discover A Stolen Degas Painting

3:41pm February 24, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The artwork was quietly spirited from a Marseille museum in 2009. The trail was cold until last week, when officers happened to check the luggage compartment of a bus.

French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen, wearing a red scarf, visits two rooms of the Louvre filled with 31 paintings recovered after World War II. She conducted the visit Monday with the museum's president, Jean-Luc Martinez.

France Returns Works Orphaned By Nazi Looting, Seeking Owners Or Heirs

3:16pm February 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Tens of thousands of artworks were recovered after World War II, and many are still in French possession. Now, the Louvre is stepping up efforts to return them to the heirs of their rightful owners.

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler and Spencer Stone in a scene from The 15:17 to Paris.

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Lawyer Says Film '15:17 To Paris' Would Prejudice Train Attack Jury

7:56am February 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Clint Eastwood film depicts three American tourists, played by themselves, who in 2015 subdued a Kalashnikov-wielding attacker aboard a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris.

Tanks parade past President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, during a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2017.

Trump Wants Pentagon To Stage Military Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue

3:06pm February 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The president has directed the Pentagon to look into a parade, possibly to take place on Veterans Day. He was apparently inspired by the Bastille Day parade he saw last summer during a trip to Paris.

Migrants carrying sticks march in the streets of Calais, northern France, on Thursday. French authorities say four migrants have been shot in the northern port city of Calais in a confrontation that police tried to stop.

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Brawl Between Afghan, Eritrean Migrants In France Leaves 4 Wounded

4:58am February 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Authorities say they tried to break up two separate brawls involving more than a hundred Eritrean and Afghan migrants at Calais, the French port that many hope to use to cross over to the U.K.

Demonstrators including French trade union leader Philippe Martinez, center, protest against President Emmanuel Macron's fast-tracked labor law reforms on Sept. 12 in Paris.

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Why French Unions Aren't Taking To The Streets Like They Used To

4:09pm February 01, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Hard-line unions once wielded tremendous power and made French presidents quake in their boots for decades. Here's how President Emmanuel Macron is defeating them.

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Fraud Officials Are Investigating Sales That Caused Nutella Riots in France

6:31pm January 30, 2018

by Asia Simone Burns

Drastic discounts on Nutella caused fights to break out in France last week. Investigators are now trying to determine if the sales broke trade laws.

A promotional sale on Nutella was more successful than planned: Customers came to blows trying to get jars of the sweet spread after a grocery chain cut prices by 70 percent.

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'This Is Not Normal': Nutella Riots Hit France After Stores Slash Prices

2:33pm January 26, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"At 8:15, there was already a waiting line of 200 people in front of the store," an employee at one Intermarché location said. Video of one scene was titled "Emeute" — a term for rebellion.