UNESCO Must be a Voice for Women
Jerome Bon via Flickr The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, is heading to the polls to elect a new director-general over the course of this week. Many hopes...
French activists raise the stakes ahead of critical glyphosate review
Earlier this summer, it seemed that a scoop by Reuters had finally put to rest uncertainty still swirling in Europe around the question of whether glyphosate causes cancer. Yet even with more and more evidence ...
Amidst global concern, French election withstood the sort of interference that boosted Trump to office
On the eve of the French presidential election, as the media entered its 44-hour blackout on election coverage, a massive hack leaked 14.5 gigabytes of emails, as well as personal and business documents from th...
Paris enacts sticker scheme to keep higher pollution vehicles off of roads
After a number of spikes in air pollution, Paris has instituted a sticker scheme that went into effect last Monday, in which cars, buses, and trucks must display stickers showing relevant information about the ...
New French laws seek balance between tradition and modernity, sets limits for workers
A new set of laws took effect at the beginning of the year in France, meant to strike a balance between tradition and inexorable modernization. Some of these laws preserve the abilities of workers to disconnect...
French Parliament passes law against employment of ultra-thin skinny models
The French Parliamentarians have approved a law which makes employment of anorexic fashion models or encourage anorexia illegal, as a part of its efforts to crack down on glorification of ‘dangerously’ thin wom...
Hooded gunmen open fire on French police in Marseille
The French police cordoned off a housing estate in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille after hooded gunmen opened fire on a police car. The gunmen are said to have used Kalashnikov rifles in the attack whi...
19,000 French websites hacked since Paris terror attacks
France’s cyber-defense chief, Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, has announced that about 19,000 French websites have been hacked by cyber-terrorists since the Charlie Hebdo attacks left almost 20 people dead earlier la...
Paris attack: Police intensifies manhunt for two brothers suspects
After one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in France in over 40 years, the police have intensified their manhunt for two brothers suspected to have carried out the attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper after the ...