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France deploys 45,000 police after riots over teen’s death

Officers ride a vehicle during riots following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Lille, France, on 30th June, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters France’s interior minister said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive as he sent 45,000 police onto the streets following three nights of riots since an officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working class suburb of Paris. The violence, in which buildings and vehicles have been torched […]

Updated: French riots spread in third night of unrest over police shooting

Protesters clash with police, following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, on 30th June, 2023.

Updated: 12:10pm (AEST)Nanterre, France Reuters France saw unrest spread to major cities in a third night of riots on Thursday as President Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop. Forty thousand police officers were deployed across […]

After Paris suburb unrest, Macron deplores ‘inexcusable’ police killing of teenager

A structure, burnt during clashes between youths and police, is seen in a street the day after the death of a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, on 28th June, 2023

Paris, FranceReuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris “inexcusable” in rare criticism of law-enforcement hours after the incident triggered unrest. A police officer is being investigated for voluntary homicide for shooting the youth, who was of North African origin. Prosecutors […]

At least 37 hurt in Paris blast; sniffer dogs pick up scent under rubble

French police secure the area as firefighters work after several buildings on fire following a gas explosion in the fifth arrondissement of Paris, France, on 21st June, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters A blast ripped through a street near Paris’ historic Latin Quarter on Wednesday and rescuers were searching for two missing people feared buried under the rubble of a building that partially collapsed in the explosion. The explosion tore through Rue Saint-Jacques, which runs from the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral to the Sorbonne University, […]

After rough start, UN plastic treaty talks end with mandate for first draft

Plastics and other waste blocks the flow of water from nearby canals that are connected to the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 6th March, 2023.

Reuters After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November of what could become the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of next year. Country delegations, NGOs and industry representatives gathered in Paris this week for the second round of […]

Time machine: Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages

A crane lifts a part of the new roof of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, on Thursday, 25th May, 2023, near Angers, western France.

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Plaine, FranceAP If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for the modern-day carpenters using medieval-era skills. Working with hand axes […]

Plastic-spewing artwork unveiled for Paris talks against waste

People stand next to artist Benjamin Von Wong's art installation unveiled by the Greenpeace International, ahead of a four-day summit of the United Nations Environment Programme on reducing plastic pollution, in Paris, France, on 27th May, 2023.

Paris, FranceReuters Lobbyists Greenpeace unveiled an artwork in Paris on Saturday in the shape of a machine churning out bottles in front of an oil derrick to coincide with talks on eliminating plastic waste. Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong said his five-metre-high work by the River Seine showed the link between fossil fuels and plastic […]

French police clash with black-clad anarchists during May Day rallies

Demonstrators throw tear gas as they clash with police during the traditional May Day labour march, a day of mobilisation against the French pension reform law and for social justice, in Nantes, France, on 1st May, 2023

Paris, FranceReuters French police clashed with hundreds of black-clad anarchists in Paris and other cities during union-led protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s increase in the retirement age, as workers staged Labour Day rallies across Europe. Demonstrators pelted Paris police with Molotov cocktails and fireworks, torched building materials and smashed up bus stops. Protesters marching peacefully […]

France’s Macron signs contested pension law as unions plan more protests

Protesters gather in front of the Paris City Hall after the Constitutional Council approved most of the French government's pension reform, in Paris, France, on 14th April, 2023.

Paris, France Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday signed into law a deeply unpopular bill to raise the state pension age, infuriating unions that called for months of mass protests to continue. The proclamation of the law in the government’s official journal came hours after France’s Constitutional Council had approved the main pension-age increase […]

Poland expects broad coalition to call for Olympics ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes

Vilnius, LithuaniaReuters Poland believes it will be possible to build a coalition of some 40 countries, including the US, Britain and Canada, by 10th February supporting the call to block Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics, a Polish minister said on Thursday. The Baltic nations and Poland earlier Thursday called on international sports […]

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