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France will launch a EUR49 public transport ticket. Here’s everything you need to know.

France’s highest administrative court ruled Thursday that a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, was legal.

The start of the new school year marks the introduction of the “teachers’ pact” for French schools, a new scheme enabling teachers to take on additional better-paid assignments. But unions have denounced the measure, calling for unconditional pay rises.

Airport and public transport strikes could impact thousands of people travelling to the Rugby World Cup.

In partnership with Media City, Qatar. “I took two t-shirts, I compressed them into a brick, and it held. That’s how the idea of FabBRICK emerged!”

The French youngster, who spent months in intensive care, has also developed a passion for green issues.

French students won’t get past the door if they show up for school wearing long robes, President Emmanuel Macron made clear Friday, saying authorities would be “intractable” in enforcing a new rule when classes resume next week.

Kick-off is not far off.

A landslide in the French valley of Maurienne has brought traffic and train services to and from the Franco-Italian border to a standstill. Authorities say the shutdown could last until Thursday at the earliest.

France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools France’s Education Minister Gabriel Attal has announced pupils will be banned from wearing abayas,…

France’s powerful Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Sunday issued a stark warning over the danger of far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen winning the presidency in the next election, while burnishing his own ambition to succeed Emmanuel Macron in 2027.

The Water Convoy, which arrived in Paris on Saturday, brought together a thousand people on the Champ de Mars and then in a procession through Paris to denounce government plans to build mega water reservoirs used for agricultural irrigation.

A dig for the bodies of dozens of German occupation troops said to have been executed in central France by Resistance fighters in 1944 has failed to uncover any remains, authorities said Thursday.

A unique medical practice run by retired doctors has opened its doors in southern France.

French President Emmanuel Macron told his government Wednesday he was considering referendums to pass legislation and break the political deadlock caused by the country’s hung parliament, several sources told AFP.

The decarbonisation of our construction sites is long overdue. Building is fundamental to human life, yet the way we do it is stuck in the previous century, Eric Alstr?m writes.

As Peter heads back to Walford, will Cindy follow?

French prosecutors on Wednesday charged four people with involuntary manslaughter over the deaths of at least six migrants whose boat sank in the English Channel last weekend, a judicial source told AFP.

Paris prosecutors on Sunday took over the investigation into the deaths of at least six migrants whose boat sank trying to cross the Channel between France and England, as police hunted the traffickers responsible.

The fire broke out at around 6.30am local time (4.30am GMT) on Wednesday morning at the home in Wintzenheim, France.

Eleven people missing in France after fire in holiday home Eleven people are missing after a fire at a holiday cottage in eastern France. Nearly…

France 4-0 Morocco: Dominant France set up last-8 clash with Australia  France have cruised into the 2023 Women’s World Cup quarter-finals with a convincing 4-0…

Neymar wants out at PSG.

World Cup last-16: France vs Morocco – Match preview, live stream, kick-off time, prediction, team news, lineups France and Morrocco will battle it out for…

With just one year to go before Paris hosts the Olympic Games, one of the city’s airports suffered an unprecedented breakdown Thursday that led to a mountain of luggage piling up and delayed flights.