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The rise of renewables is not without risk for investors

Given the urgent need to combat climate change and put an end to the exploitation of fossil fuels, it would appear renewable energies have a bright future. Having grown steadily for several years, they accounted for 19.1% of gross final energy consumption in France in 2020. Across the Channel, 43%…

The Conversation

Zanele Muholi and the coming out of Black queer South African communities

The first retrospective in France devoted to renowned South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi has opened in Paris. The exhibition brings together more than 200 works documenting the life of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual communities.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine war ‘over’ unless EU boosts military support, says top diplomat

Foreign affairs chief tells Munich security conference provision of ammunition has to be solved quickly

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Why a far-right gang once tried to steal the corpse of France's Marshal Pétain

Fifty years ago today, a group of admirers of French Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Pétain spirited his coffin from the island where he died in prison and tried to bury him alongside fellow World War I heroes in Verdun. They failed.

Radio France Internationale

Red wine on the brink? Not if I have anything to do with it

Consumption in France has dropped as people eat less meat, in a warning of how precious culinary traditions are linked

The Guardian - UK

Music with altitude: France’s Snowboxx festival

Not only is Avoriaz part of one of the world’s largest ski areas, it also hosts a banging week-long music festival, so you can ski in and boogie out

The Guardian - UK

Macron - France wants Russia's defeat, but not to 'crush' it

France wants Russia to be defeated in Ukraine but it does not want to "crush" it, President Emmanuel Macron told paper Le Journal du Dimanche.

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A stain on France: police brutality against football fans has become systemic

Paris police attacks on Liverpool fans at the Champions League final was yet another example of the hosts’ big game failures

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s promise to ‘stop the boats’ is destined to fail without asylum reform

A new humanitarian visa, giving a safe route to the UK, must be part of the answer to the refugee crisis, says a thinktank

The Guardian - UK

European unions slam government plans for minimum service levels during strikes

A joint statement from nine trade unions in France, Germany, Spain and Italy rejects claims the legislation would bring the UK into line with Europe.

The Independent UK

Wales prop targeted by French giants as threat of exodus looms

With the situation in Wales worsening Ospreys prop Tomas Francis is attracting interest from France

Wales Online

France's Les Republicains party sacks deputy leader

France's conservative right-wing Les Republicains party on Saturday sacked Aurelien Pradie as deputy party leader, after Pradie failed to join the party in backing President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age.

Reuters

Government’s anti-strike bill violates democratic norms, European trade unions warn

There are plans to ban all-out strikes in public services by imposing ‘minimum service levels’

The Independent UK

French teachers open up about integrating Ukrainian students into the school system

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last year, thousands of Ukrainian refugees have enrolled in the French school system. As they adapt to their new daily routine, their teachers look back at how the integration process went.

France 24

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Salon

"A Radiant Girl" meets the Holocaust

Sandrine Kiberlain spoke to Salon about her film set in 1940s occupied France, centered on an everyday teenager

InsideEVs

Could E-Bikes And Scooters Soon Require Registration In France?

A recently filed bill proposing the mandatory registration of electric bikes and scooters in France is causing a stir in the e-mobility market.

Football London

What Folarin Balogun has said about his Arsenal future ahead of USMNT decision

football.london takes a look back at what Folarin Balogun has said about his future at club and international level as the Arsenal loanee enjoys a standout season in France

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Court Sentences Four Far-Right Group Members in Plot against Macron

A French court on Friday found three members of a far-right group guilty of conspiring to prepare an act of terrorism against President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. The Paris criminal court handed the three men sentences ranging from three to four years in jail, with one to two years suspended…

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Kharkiv’s year of war: ‘A bomb can fall on your home any time – and your life is over’

Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv put up a fierce resistance when Moscow's forces launched their full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. Russian troops eventually withdrew back to their side of the border, 40 kilometres north of Ukraine's second largest city. But one year on, the people of Kharkiv are still…

France 24

The EU’s naivety about global competition is over: France’s secretary of state for Europe (Part 1)

Europe is becoming more aware of itself as an economic and trading power – that’s the message from France’s secretary of state for European affairs, Laurence Boone. She talks about the new tools the EU has given itself to take on unfair competition, especially from Chinese companies, but she also…

France 24

Grief, anger and pride: how war upended the lives of Ukraine’s citizen soldiers

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered seismic changes in the lives of most Ukrainians. Days before Moscow launched its attack, FRANCE 24’s Mehdi Chebil visited a training centre in Kharkiv where civilian reservists prepared for a war many still hoped to avoid. Twelve months later, he returned to the…

France 24

'Not the time for dialogue' with Russia's Putin, Macron says at Munich summit

French President Emmanuel Macron said Kyiv's Western allies were "ready for a prolonged conflict" in Ukraine as world leaders gathered at the Munich Security Conference on Friday to renew their vow to back Kyiv against Russian forces ahead of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion. Read our live blog to…

Birmingham Post

Spanish airline Volotea adds flights from Cardiff Airport for Rugby World Cup

The Spanish airline will be offering two direct flights ahead of Wales’ deciding matches against Australia and Georgia

The Independent UK

France's debate on contested pension bill to head to Senate

The lower house of France’s parliament is debating a contested pension bill aimed at raising the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64

Daily Mirror

"You drive me crazy!" Juventus boss Max Allegri snaps at reporters in furious rant

Italian giants Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Nantes on Thursday night and must win in France next week to secure their spot in the next round of the Europa League

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