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French video streamer dies while going live online
RNZ
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August 22, 2025
By Geert De Clercq, Reuters French police are hoping an autopsy will help shed light on Raphael Graven, known online as "Jean Pormanove" or "JP", a 46-year-old man's death during a live-streamed event that a government minister said involved...
Ask the expert: Can retirees challenge France's new citizenship rules?
The Local - France
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August 22, 2025
A stricter application of citizenship rules has made it virtually impossible for people who retire to France to ever obtain French citizenship. Many of our readers feel this is unfair, but would a legal challenge be possible? We asked an...
More French unions join September strike call
The Local - France
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August 22, 2025
Unions representing workers in sectors from railways to pharmacies, taxi drivers to energy workers, have issued strike calls for September, joining the 'blockade France' movement. When the French government goes back to work in September, the...
Defence Minister Announces Engine Deal with France for India’s 5th-Gen Fighter Jet
Bharat Shakti
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August 22, 2025
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday announced that India will partner with French aerospace giant Safran to co-develop and manufacture next-generation fighter jet engines for the country’s fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft...
France detains manager who refused entry to Israelis visiting park
Sabah
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August 22, 2025
French police are questioning the manager of a southern France activity park after the facility denied entry to a group of 150 young Israeli tourists, amid rising global outrage over the country's ongoing genocide and blockade on Gaza, which led...
UK-France travel - 'There will be competition to the Eurostar by 2030'
The Local - France
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August 22, 2025
If you're a regular traveller on the Eurostar then you won't have failed to notice a slew of news articles about plans to expand the cross-Channel rail service, with promises of new trains, more competition and lower prices - but how likely are...
Attorney General’s Resignation Raises 2026 Governor Race Speculation
The Tundra Drums - Alaska
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August 22, 2025
Alaska’s Attorney General Treg Taylor announced his resignation effective August 29, notifying Department of Law employees in an all-staff email. The resignation positions Taylor to enter Alaska’s increasingly competitive 2026 gubernatorial race,...
EU, UK and Australian ministers condemn Israel’s approval of E1 settlement plan
EUToday
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August 22, 2025
11Foreign ministers from Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan and 24 European countries have issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s decision to advance construction in the “E1” area east of Jerusalem, calling the move “unacceptable” and in...
French left-wing LFI denies Le Monde journalists entry to political event
Brussels Signal
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August 22, 2025
The French left-wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) has refused accreditation for journalists Olivier Pérou and Sandrine Cassini from Le Monde for its annual summer camp. Pérou and Cassini, both of whom cover the French Left, were denied entry to...
Paris residents riled by post-Olympic tourism boom
CGTN
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August 22, 2025
02:52 A year has passed since the Paris Olympics and many local residents are complaining the city is now overrun with tourists. For countries like France, tourism plays a vital role in supporting its economy. In 2023 France was visited by 100...
EU3, Iran discuss Tehran's nuclear program — French Foreign Ministry
TASS
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August 22, 2025
PARIS, August 22. /TASS/. The foreign ministers of the EU3 countries (Great Britain, France and Germany), together with the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas, held a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to...
French adventure park boss detained over refusing to let in 150 Israeli children
The National News
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The manager of an adventure park in France has been taken into custody after refusing entry to 150 Israeli children, authorities said. The group of holidaymakers, aged eight to 16, had been holidaying in Spain before travelling to France, where...
French winemakers fear Trump tariffs will hit sales in US market
Yahoo Finance
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By Manuel Ausloos EPERNAY, France (Reuters) -French wine and spirits producers are bracing for a 15% tariff on their exports to the United States, a crucial market, even as the European Commission pledges to keep pressing for a preferential rate...
French leisure park manager detained over alleged religious discrimination against Israeli children
Associated Press
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August 22, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The manager of a leisure park in southern France has been detained for alleged religious discrimination after a group of Israeli children was refused access to the facility, a French prosecutor’s office said in a statement Friday. The...
Air France Reopens Redesigned Lounge at Boston Logan
Business Traveler
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August 22, 2025
Air France is doubling down on its lounge strategy in the United States, this time turning its attention to New England. On August 20, the carrier reopened the doors to its Boston Logan International Airport lounge, unveiling a completely...
EFCC’s wanted alert on Atiku’s son-in-law Bashir Haske politically-motivated, we won’t get involved: Interpol
Peoples Gazette
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August 22, 2025
The International Criminal Police Organisation, Interpol, has said it would not honour a wanted alert issued by Nigeria’s discredited anti-graft agency, EFCC, against Bashir Haske, a Lagos businessman and son-in-law to Nigerian opposition leader...
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Eredivisie giants 'open to negotiations' with Celtic over £5m sale of Netherlands international
GlasgowWorld
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August 22, 2025
The Hoops have been given a welcome boost in their pursuit of a Feyenoord star Celtic fans are growing increasingly frustrated by their club’s lack of urgency in the transfer market as the summer window enters its closing stages. Swedish...
150 Israeli children barred from zipline park sparks headlines across France
Ynet
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August 22, 2025
The children, ages 8 to 16, were at a summer camp in Spain and had booked the park through a Spanish travel agency. But the park manager allegedly blocked their entry, forcing them to travel by three buses to a different site. The original park...
Israeli tourists, including children, targeted in series of anti-Jewish incidents in France and the Netherlands
All Israel News
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August 22, 2025
A resort in southwestern France denied entry to a group of 150 Israeli children aged 8 to 16 despite a valid reservation, French media reported. The 52-year-old manager, whose name has not been released, allegedly justified his actions by citing...
International Exhibition for children opens in Ashgabat
Turkmenistan State News Agency: Turkmenistan Today
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August 21, 2025
Today, the International Exhibition “Kids Expo: All for Kids” opened at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. It has become a good tradition in our country to organize a specialized exhibition-fair before the new school year, which...