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Italy and Belgium join France in rejecting hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 treatment

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020By Editor

Italy and Belgium have joined France in moving to ban the use of the controversial hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients as questions continue to mount over its safety. … Read More >Italy and Belgium join France in rejecting hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 treatment

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French industrialist calls for 5G MORATORIUM amid Covid-19, conspiracy theories & burning of masts

Posted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020By Editor

The CEO of French telecoms firm Bouygues has called on the government to postpone auctions for 5G frequencies, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and public mistrust of the technology. … Read More >French industrialist calls for 5G MORATORIUM amid Covid-19, conspiracy theories & burning of masts

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French care homes face manslaughter investigation: Victims’ lawyer tells RT details of ‘scandal amid epidemic’

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020By Editor

Relatives of elderly people who didn’t survive the Covid-19 epidemic in France’s care homes want management to be held accountable for what they say was inaction and a cover-up that saw their loved ones die, their lawyer told RT. … Read More >French care homes face manslaughter investigation: Victims’ lawyer tells RT details of ‘scandal amid epidemic’

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Paris burns for 4th night in a row as residents clash with riot police over motorcyclist’s death (VIDEOS)

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020By Editor

Paris riot police faced off against irate protestors in the suburb of Argenteuil amid a fourth night of violence following the death of 18-year-old Sabri Choubi in a motorbike accident at the weekend. … Read More >Paris burns for 4th night in a row as residents clash with riot police over motorcyclist’s death (VIDEOS)

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Macron loses absolute majority in parliament as frustrated MPs DEFECT to new left-leaning grouping

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020By Editor

Emmanuel Macron has lost his outright majority in France’s National Assembly as a group of defectors from his LREM party jumped ship to join a new left-wing grouping, in another indication of his floundering leadership. … Read More >Macron loses absolute majority in parliament as frustrated MPs DEFECT to new left-leaning grouping

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France & Germany suggest €500 BILLION fund to help Europe recover from Covid-19 epidemic

Posted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020By Editor

France and Germany have agreed on establishing a joint European recovery fund amounting to €500 billion (US$543 billion) that will be given out as grants to the economic sectors and regions most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic … Read More >France & Germany suggest €500 BILLION fund to help Europe recover from Covid-19 epidemic

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‘Desperate even before Covid-19’: Underequipped French nurses roast Macron at Paris hospital

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020By Editor

Emmanuel Macron took heat from staff at a leading Paris hospital that hammered him with grievances about low pay and faulty gear, forcing the president into admitting some past mistakes. … Read More >‘Desperate even before Covid-19’: Underequipped French nurses roast Macron at Paris hospital

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‘Current health crisis revealed ideological bankruptcy of our leaders’: Marine Le Pen slams govt as France eases quarantine

Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020By Editor

The head of the French right-wing opposition party National Rally, Marine Le Pen, has blasted the government for its “series of failures” as it began to relax the Covid-19 quarantine restrictions. … Read More >‘Current health crisis revealed ideological bankruptcy of our leaders’: Marine Le Pen slams govt as France eases quarantine

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First murder hornets, now tiger mosquitos? Over half of France warned of dengue & Zika-transmitting insects just as lockdown lifts

Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020By Editor

Almost 65 percent of France has been placed on red alert following another invasion by the aggressive tiger mosquito, a known carrier of dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus, right before the country emerges from lockdown. … Read More >First murder hornets, now tiger mosquitos? Over half of France warned of dengue & Zika-transmitting insects just as lockdown lifts

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Summer holidays CANCELED in France? Macron announces indefinite ‘limit’ on international travel due to Covid-19 pandemic

Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020By Editor

President Emmanuel Macron has told French citizens that international travel will be restricted over the summer, dashing the hopes of those who were planning holiday getaways abroad. … Read More >Summer holidays CANCELED in France? Macron announces indefinite ‘limit’ on international travel due to Covid-19 pandemic