France News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:09:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png France News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 France working towards Uniting Libya as Macron meets Libyan Leaders on Peace Deal https://www.theinfostride.com/france-working-towards-uniting-libya-as-macron-meets-libyan-leaders-on-peace-deal/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:09:17 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173518 France will host talks on Tuesday between Fayez al-Serraj, head of Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli, and Khalifa Haftar, a powerful military commander in the divided country’s east who has so far rejected his authority. According to a statement, during the talks, President Emmanuel Macron aims to show France’s support for UN-backed efforts to stabilise [...]

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]]> Far right set to surge in French local elections https://www.theinfostride.com/far-right-set-to-surge-in-french-local-elections/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:02:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30307 French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. The first nationwide vote since Francois Hollande's 2012 election as president…

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]]> Thousands protest abortion in French capital Paris https://www.theinfostride.com/thousands-protest-abortion-in-french-capital-paris/ Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:17:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11794 Thousands of people protested abortion in France in a Paris rally Sunday on the eve of a parliamentary debate on a bill that would make terminations of pregnancy easier. Organisers, among them rightwing religious groups, anti-gay activists and associations…

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]]> Controversial French comic wins first round of tour battle https://www.theinfostride.com/controversial-french-comic-wins-first-round-of-tour-battle/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:29:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=9399 Dieudonne, the controversial French comic who has been branded an anti-Semitic "pedlar of hate" by the government, on Thursday won the first round of a legal battle to be allowed to start a nationwide tour. A judge in Nantes ordered local authorities…

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]]> Giant wave surfers flock to southwest France https://www.theinfostride.com/giant-wave-surfers-flock-to-southwest-france/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:22:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8909 Big wave surfers hit southwest France Tuesday as the Belharra monster waves crashed onto the Basque country's Atlantic coast, creating swells of up to 15 metres. The wave, one of Europe's highest, builds up over relatively shallow rocky coastal water…

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