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By Sudip Kar-GuptaPARIS (Reuters) - The death toll in France from the coronavirus has risen by 242 to 22,856, the health ministry said on Sunday, as the government prepares to see how it might ease a national lockdown that has been in place since mid-March.While the number of deaths from…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The government has requisitioned all stocks of masks French police say they have seized 140,000 face masks destined for sale on the black market.Officers say they caught a businessman unloading the masks from a lorry into a house in St Denis, north of Paris.Last month,…

Saint-Tropez is known for being a playground for the rich and famous. Boris Stroujko / Shutterstock Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez is a gated neighborhood in Saint-Tropez where numerous billionaires — among them Bernard Arnault, the third-richest person in the world — own villas.On April 13, local newspaper Var-Martin reported that…

Image copyright Julia Keil Photographer Julia Keil decided to turn the camera on herself, making a series of self-portraits inspired by paintings, the cinema or other photographs.Having been in London for a couple of months, Keil arrived back in Paris just as it was going into lockdown to combat the…

PARIS (Reuters) - France's registered death toll from coronavirus infections neared 19,000 on Friday, but most data provided further indications that the spread of the disease was slowing after a one-month-old national lockdown, officials said.During a press conference Jerome Salomon, head of the public health authority, said the number of…

Image copyright Thai-Binh Phan-Van Image caption The grounds of Résidence Saint-Julien remain open to residents, as long as they keep away from each other Care homes have become a vulnerable front in the fight against coronavirus - and in France they account for a third of the 17,000 fatalities linked…

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. Picture taken with a drone April 1, 2020. — Reuters picPARIS, April 16 ― The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a…

Manchester City's German international winger Leroy Sane, 24, is moving closer to a £70m move to Bayern Munich. (Mirror)Premier League clubs will meet on Friday to discuss whether the season can be completed by 30 June. If put to a vote, 14 of the 20 clubs would need to agree.…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The company will face a fine of €1m ($1.1m) per item if it fails to limit its operations in France Amazon has been ordered to limit its deliveries in France to essential goods only, amid claims it is failing to protect its workers from…

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