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Australia will ban children under 16 from accessing nine social media platforms starting December 10, 2025, expanding the list to include Reddit and the livestreaming platform Kick, in addition to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, and YouTube, the country’s Online Safety Commissioner......
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, the two French nationals released from prison in Iran on Tuesday and now staying at the French embassy in Tehran, said they would not have endured their long detention without the strong support they received in France, according to the French ambassador. “They......
A retired member of the French Republican Guard, Patrick Nicolle, has lost his appeal against a fine for illegal parking, despite being hospitalized at the time and unable to move his vehicle. The Carcassonne Police Court rejected his request to overturn the €35 fine,......
A Swarovski jewelry store in the heart of Paris’s 6th arrondissement was robbed overnight, with losses estimated at around €200,000, according to police sources. The theft was discovered around 9:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, when an employee opened the shop......
A man was killed in a knife attack on Sunday afternoon in Neufchef, a small town in the Moselle department of northeastern France, according to local authorities. The incident occurred on a public street in this commune of about 2,600 residents, located roughly 15 kilometers west of Thionville. The......
French Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou has postponed her planned visit to New Caledonia due to urgent budgetary deadlines in Paris, the ministry announced Saturday. The trip, initially scheduled for early next week, was meant to address the ongoing institutional and political challenges on the......
French authorities have charged and jailed a 38-year-old woman in connection with the spectacular Louvre Museum heist in Paris, while another suspect has been released without charges. The stolen jewelry, valued at €88 million, remains missing. The woman, arrested last Wednesday in the Paris region......
A 20-year-old Afghan man has been formally charged and placed in pre-trial detention in Paris for participation in a terrorist criminal association and financing a terrorist enterprise, according to France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT). The suspect was arrested on......
The French Embassy in Morocco praised on Friday the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2797, which reaffirms the central role of Morocco’s autonomy plan in resolving the regional dispute over the Sahara. In a statement released after the vote, the French diplomatic mission......
A legal battle is brewing in France’s culinary world. The famous restaurant Les Grands Buffets of Narbonne has filed a lawsuit against Les Grands Buffets Lyonnais, which opened earlier this year in the historic Tour Rose building in Lyon. The dispute concerns the use of the name “Les Grands......
A violent incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the juvenile ward of the Gradignan detention center, near Bordeaux. Around 5 p.m., a young inmate returning from a hearing with the Youth Judicial Protection Service (PJJ) allegedly attacked several guards after refusing to return to his cell, according......
A 22-year-old man was shot dead late Thursday night while sitting in his car near a fast-food restaurant at the entrance of Alès, in the Gard region, police sources told AFP. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. in the restaurant’s parking lot and may be linked to a drug trafficking......
Paris — Despite mounting criticism and a growing public backlash, Chinese-founded fast fashion giant Shein will open its first permanent physical store in Paris’ BHV Marais department store on Wednesday, November 5, the Société des......
