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Far right leads first round of France’s parliamentary election in blow to Macron
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoMarine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led the first round of France’s parliamentary...
France's far right celebrates lead and seeks majority
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoFirst-round victory was sweet for Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party [REUTERS/Yves Herman]...
French voters head to polls in first round of snap parliamentary elections
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoPolls have opened for the first round of France’s snap parliamentary election, which could oust...
Françoise Hardy Dies at 80
WWD via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoFrench pop star and style icon Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80, her son Thomas Dutronc announced on Instagram. “Mom is gone,” wrote Dutronc...
Protesting farmers hurl eggs and clog streets with tractors as EU summit begins
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoProtesting farmers descended on the heart of the European Union on Thursday as leaders across the...
WRAPUP 3-French farmers' union call for end of blockades as anger spreads in Europe
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 5 months agoTwo of France's main farming unions on Thursday urged protesters who have staged hundreds of tractor blockades across the country to go back home, after the government announced measures to ...
French farmers block roads with tractors, press government for action
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoFarmers set bales of hay ablaze to partly block access to Toulouse airport in southwestern France on Tuesday and parked tractors across highways near Paris as they lobbied the government for ...
UPDATE 1-French farmers keep Paris roadblock threat as protests endure
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoFrench farmers maintained nationwide protests on Saturday and kept their threat of roadblocks around Paris, arguing government measures to quell the demonstrations did not go far enough to meet ...
UPDATE 4-France drops plan to decrease farmers' diesel discount but protests to continue
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoMONTASTRUC-DE-SALIES, France, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The French government dropped plans to gradually reduce state subsidies on agricultural diesel but that seems not enough for angry farmers surrounding ...
REFILE-French farmers block highways around Paris as protest reach capital
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 6 months agoFarmers blocked one of France's main motorways linking Paris with the northern city of Lille, the Benelux and Britain on Friday, causing kilometres of traffic jams, the first major traffic disruption ...