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The Co-Opting of French Unrest to Spread Disinformation
In an echo of the US in 2016, accounts linked to Russia and right-wing conspiracy theorists are spreading misinformation on Twitter. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c0ad89fdecfaa197e6e9daf/master/pass/FB-groups-French-protests-1067377638.jpg
Mon dieu! French police pee against Qatari embassy (PHOTO)
Qatar won’t be happy to learn that a group of French cops decided to pee against the wall of its embassy in Paris during a break from their protest policing duties, as spotted by an RT reporter. The embarrassing moment was captured on Saturday as authorities in France’s capital were busy dealing with Yellow Vest […]
French Alps: Up to speed on the virgin snow
YOU ARE the kamikaze,” our ski instructor Fred proclaimed with a wry smile, “you like the speed!” He was right, we had only arrived in the snowy French village of Plan-Peisey three days before, but something in me had already clicked. Streaming down my first intermediate blue run, I could hear the crunch of the […]
French bank pays huge US fine for doing business in Cuba, Iran
Societe Generale has agreed to pay $ 1.34 billion to US federal and state authorities to settle a pending legal dispute over violations of US trade sanctions against Iran and other countries. One of France’s largest banks has also pledged to pay $ 95 million to resolve another dispute over violations of anti-money laundering regulations. […]
‘Go f*** yourself!’: Trump-bashing French TV host uses English to tell Donald ‘you’re not welcome’
The French don’t like speaking in foreign languages, but the host of a popular comedy show remembered his English lessons and pulled no punches in the telling US President Donald Trump that he wasn’t welcome in Paris. The ‘Quotidien’ (Daily) program aired on TMC channel ahead of Trump’s arrival to France for the Saturday’s 100th […]
French rights group files case against PSG over claims scouts 'limited number of black players'
French football club Paris Saint-Germain are facing a discrimination lawsuit over reports that scouts at the club carried out racial profiling and tried to limit the number of black players at the team’s academy. Investigative outlet Mediapart reported on Thursday that PSG scouts had subjected young players to racial profiling – which is illegal in […]
The Beachside French Cathedral With Nearby Kitesurfing and Nude Sunbathing
Since I’ve stumbled across a number of ancient chapels and churches in unexpected places over the years, it shouldn’t have come as such a shocker one summer in the south of France, next to the Mediterranean, near a narrow spit of land to the west of Palavas-les-Flots (a resort town just south of Montpellier). But […]
Ukrainian fugitive who faked own death found living lavishly in fancy French castle
A Ukrainian man who forged his own death certificate to avoid corruption charges has been arrested in France, where he was living in a Dijon castle decorated with Salvador Dali paintings and a garage of vintage Rolls Royces. The EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, announced the arrest in a statement released on Tuesday. Identifying the […]
War in Syria won’t end while the US remains there – Lavrov to French media
The illegal US presence in Syria is one of the reasons why war there cannot end, especially since Washington is apparently trying to create a quasi-state on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, the Russian foreign minister said. The pessimistic prediction about the future of Syria came from Sergey Lavrov in an interview he gave […]