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French minister Marlene Schiappa comes under fire for appearing on the cover page of Playboy

Marlene Schiappa, a French minister, has sparked outrage after appearing on the cover of the adult magazine Playboy

France becomes the latest country to ban the Chinese social media app TikTok on phones of govt officials over security risks

France has banned the Chinses video sharing app TikTok on the professional phones of civil servants

France rocked by nationwide protest over pension reforms after govt plans to raise the minimum retirement age to 64 from 62

President Macron used his emergency decree to push through a rise in the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.

France: Garbage piles up all over Paris after sanitation workers join pension age strike, refuse to collect waste

On Wednesday, 1.7 million people, according to the hard-left Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) trade union federation, while 480,000, according to the interior ministry, took to the streets nationwide against the govt's decision to raise retirement age.

France: Engineer loses one of his testicles after being hit by a cop during protests

After finding him in a vulnerable position, one cop in riot gear charged at Ivan and planted a blow on his groin.

Iran threatens French magazine Charlie Hebdo with Salman Rushdie-like fate for publishing cartoons on Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Charlie Hebdo recently published a raft of critical cartoons mocking Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

French authorities notify ‘safe spaces’ to keep cars from being set ablaze on NYE, here is how the arson ‘tradition’ started

For decades, on New Year's Eve, while the residents stay inside their homes, hooligans take to the roads in France and set hundreds of cars on fire. There have been recurrent incidents of car burning in France over the years, and it has taken the shape of an annual event.

France: Violence grips Paris ahead of Christmas, here is what happened

A 69-year-old white supremacist named William M shot three activists dead, outside a Kurdish community centre on December 23.

FIFA World Cup: Angry fans create a riot-like situation in France as they lose to Argentina 4-2

In one of the most exciting matches of all times, Argentina defeated France to win the World Cup after 36 years.

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