French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAfter three in five weeks, France’s Muslims are feeling squeezed. President Emmanuel Macron has...
Guinea protests resume as French far-left leader declares support
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrench far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon on Wednesday declared his support for anti-government...
French minister resigns after lobster dinner scandal
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA senior French cabinet minister and close ally of President Emmanuel Macron resigned on Tuesday after reports accused him of extravagant state-funded...
Decade of dissent: how protest is shaking the UK and why it's likely to continue
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis is the age of dissent – and the last decade saw a large rise in protest events across the UK....
Born to revolt: Why the French go on strike
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFrance, it sometimes seems, is either in the throes of a major strike or facing the looming shadow of one. The current open-ended stoppages, which began...
Russian Greenpeace protests against depleted uranium cargo
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCampaigners hung a banner reading "Welcome to the dump yard" on a bridge over the railway leading...
French PM vows 'total' determination for pension reform despite huge protest
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHundreds of thousands of French staged a final national protest before Christmas against pension...
Guinea poised for referendum date despite protests
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt least 26 civilians and one gendarme have died in protests to date, according to an AFP tally. Guinea has seen major demonstrations against Conde's...
French moderate imam requests extra police protection amid death threats over support for Macron
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHassen Chalghoumi, imam of the Paris suburb of Drancy and a leading Muslim moderate, said he had...
Macron put to test in French municipal elections
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree years after President Emmanuel Macron swept to power promising a "revolution", have French voters definitively soured on him? The first round of...