Last Thursday, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) announced the French job market continued to struggle as unemployment rose to 10.8%, the country’s highest recorded unemployment rate since 1998. The 0.3% rise in the first quarter … Continue reading
The first same-sex couple to be married in France tied the knot on Wednesday in the southern city of Montpellier. Mayor of the city Hélène Mandroux, conducted the ceremony between the two men: Vincent Autin, 40 and partner Bruno Boileau, … Continue reading
France’s upper house voted yesterday to approve a bill to allow same-sex marriage to be legal following protests for and against the bill. The bill also makes it legal for gay couples to adopt children, and is scheduled to return … Continue reading
The Chadian army says they killed prominent militant Islamist Mokhtar Belmokhtar in Mali on Saturday. Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for an attack at an Algerian gas plant in January which led to the deaths of 37 hostages. In a statement read … Continue reading
The President of Chad Idriss Deby has confirmed that the senior Al-Qaeda commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed by French troops in Northern Mali. Abou Zeid is a senior commander in the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb who are … Continue reading
Yesterday, 1964 Summer Paralympic swimmer Trevor French died. News of his death was shared with Wikinews through the Australian Tax Office and Tony Naar of the Australian Paralympic Committee. French, who lived in Penrith, New South Wales, was one of … Continue reading
An avalanche in the French Alps has caused at least nine fatalities, French authorities have confirmed. At least another nine were also injured in the incident in the Mont Maudit, close to the commune of Chamonix in the south-east of … Continue reading
French news website Mediapart has published a document it says shows the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pledged French President Nicolas Sarkozy ’50 million (£42 million) to fund his 2007 election campaign. Sarkozy, who gained power in that election, is … Continue reading
On Sunday, in a re-match of the 2012 Australian Open championship final, Maria Sharapova knocked off top-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-4 to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix tournament in Stuttgart, Germany. The first set lasted only 30 minutes, and … Continue reading
Ahmed Ben Bella, the first president of Algeria, died on Wednesday. He was 95. Known for his struggle against French rule, Ben Bella led the nation from 1963 to 1965 having only learned Arabic during a prison sentence. He came … Continue reading
