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An aerial view shows the deserted Eiffel tower in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 1, 2020.

Despite ‘green wave,’ France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial progress, researcher says

Elections

Though France is seeing a surge in environmentalist activism, particularly in Sunday’s municipal elections, anti-racism and anti-colonial movements should not be separated from the work, says Malcom Ferdinand, a researcher at the French National Scientific Research Center in Paris. 

Dr. Maud Braun-Reys, left, a dental surgeon in Obernai, France, posted an image on Facebook of herself naked in her office along with her father, Dr. Daniel Reys, also a dentist, to protest the lack of PPE.

French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear

Coronavirus Art
Delegates seated in the European Parliament

How the EU will vote and why it matters

Elections
A man sits on a couch in his living room.

‘Maybe we need more God in prisons’ to curb radicalization, says one former extremist

Global Politics
Police in riot gear lift a red tape to enter a crime scene

Only a few terrorist groups achieve their goals, study finds

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France considers big tax hike on key ingredient in Nutella

Health & Medicine

France is wild about Nutella, the hazelnut-flavored chocolate sauce that’s perfect at any meal. But to make it requires palm oil, and French legislators have an eye on palm oil with a new tax. It’s just the latest in the fat tax movement by governments around the world.

“French Elvis” Johnny Hallyday is still Le Roi

Arts, Culture & Media

The French pop star, Johnny Hallyday, is a “national treasure” and still making music.

French Senator Proposes ‘Nutella Tax’

Global Politics

In France, there is a proposed amendment to put a 300 percent tax on palm oil, which is deemed unhealthy. The amendment has been nicknamed the “Nutella tax” because the chocolate-hazelnut spread contains no less than 20 percent palm oil.

Britain Deports Terror Suspects Wanted in the U.S.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, ruled today that Britain can legally deport five suspects wanted in the United States on charges of terrorism. The ruling came despite an argument from European attorneys that prison conditions in the U.S. are inhumane for terror suspects and convicts. The decision relates to suspects indicted […]

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