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Psychiatric patient shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ runs down French pedestrians. Second incident of weekend.

YoopyaDec 22, 2014July 6, 20230

A driver shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great) deliberately ran down pedestrians in the French town of Dijon on Sunday, a day after a man

French bank, Twitter team up for money transfers via tweets

YoopyaOct 13, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – One of France’s largest banks is teaming up with social network Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) this week to allow its customers to transfer money

UK retailer’s France in decline comment was pure cliché, PM says

YoopyaOct 7, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls rebuked the head of a major British retailer on Monday for saying his country was in decline, dismissing

High risk Ebola could reach France and UK by end-October, scientists calculate

YoopyaOct 6, 2014July 15, 20230

Scientists have used Ebola disease spread patterns and airline traffic data to predict a 75 percent chance the virus could be imported to France by

Air France Sticks To Low-Cost Plan Despite Strike

YoopyaSep 24, 2014July 29, 20230

PARIS (AP) — Air France-KLM says it isn’t ready to abandon a plan to transfer activities to a low-cost carrier, contradicting a government minister’s claim.

France says it launches first air strikes in Iraq

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 16, 20230

PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Friday its jets had launched strikes inside Iraq for the first time since the country promised to join military

IMF chief Lagarde under investigation in France

YoopyaAug 27, 2014June 15, 20230

PARIS (AP) — Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was put under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that

French government resigns after leftists call for U-turn

YoopyaAug 25, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande asked his prime minister on Monday to form a new government, looking to impose his will on the cabinet

French economy minister says austerity measures sapping growth

YoopyaAug 23, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Austerity measures being pursued by France and elsewhere in the euro zone are quashing growth, French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg was quoted saying

6 climbers die on France’s Mont Blanc

YoopyaAug 13, 2014July 29, 20230

PARIS (AP) — Six French climbers died in a fall on France’s Mont Blanc after a night of snow and wind on Western Europe’s tallest