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On June 30th, 1559, King Henry II of France entered the lists at a three-day tournament celebrating the marriages of his sister and daughter*. Henry was a familiar presence at tournaments, sporting the colors of his mistress over his heavy jousting armor, and he was a formidable, skilled opponent as…

(PARIS, France)— A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered the officers involved in the…

French Prime Minister Jean Castex and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo lay a wreath outside the Bataclan concert venue on Friday. Photo: Reuters The 2015 carnage saw 130 people killed when suicide bombers attacked the Stade de France stadium and the Bataclan concert hall ‘Five years later, the most difficult thing…

The main suspect in last week's deadly knife attack in a church in Nice has been transferred to a hospital in Paris for further treatment, an anonymous source has confirmed.The 21-year-old Tunisian man, who had recently arrived in France via Italy, was shot 14 times by police after the attack…

/ Sport Issued on: 31/10/2020 - 23:13 Frenchman Romain Ntamack scores a try against Ireland in the Six Nations Tournament on October 31 at the Stade de France outside Paris. © Anne-Christine Poujoulat, AFP England were crowned Six Nations Champions on Saturday after they beat Italy 34-5 in Rome and…

Try-scorers Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack won the battle of the half-backs as France’s 35-27 victory over Ireland in Paris handed England the Guinness Six Nations title. oulouse playmakers Dupont and Ntamack outshone Ireland counterparts Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton to assert their status as Europe’s top half-back pairing. Dupont…

Winning in Paris is difficult enough without making life hard for yourself, yet Ireland undermined their own Six Nations dreams with an error-strewn performance at the Stade de France. he home team’s win was not enough to secure them the Six Nations title, that was England’s to celebrate, but they…

The scenes in Paris resembled a regular lazy weekend morning — light traffic a sprinkling of people on the sidewalks. But this was a Friday.What would normally have been a bustling weekday marked the start of a nationwide four-week government imposed lockdown in France to fight a resurgent coronavirus threatening…

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Thousands of people rallied in Paris and other French cities on Sunday in a show of solidarity and defiance following the beheading of a teacher outside his school for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The killing of history teacher Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb Friday has sparked outrage…