Lucie Aubourg
Contributor
French Pharmacies Begin Selling HIV/AIDS Home Testing Kits
The French government hopes that by making the test widely available, some 30,000 people currently living with undiagnosed HIV in the country will be able to access treatment.
A French Diplomat Sold Rubber Boats to Refugees — Then Got Fired
France's honorary consul in the Turkish town of Bodrum was secretly filmed last week inside the sporting goods store she owns saying she realized some people buying dinghies were "going to their deaths."
'God of Algeria' Spy Chief Axed as President Moves to Restructure Intel Services
General Mohamed Mediene had been running the country's intelligence service since November 1990, and was one of the last serving generals who fomented the coup to annul the January 1992 general election, which led to civil war.
Former Bitcoin Exchange CEO Charged With Embezzlement in Japan
Frenchman Mark Karpelès was arrested six weeks ago in connection with the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency.
French Police Officers Will Be DNA Tested to Investigate Gang Rape of Canadian Tourist
The testing will include officers and administrative staff from three different police units, and has been described as the largest internal operation of this kind in the history of French law enforcement.
Giant Prehistoric Viruses Could Be Awakened By Oil Drilling in Siberian Permafrost
The discovery of a 30,000-year-old virus buried 100 feet deep in Siberia has awakened fears that gas and oil drilling made easier by climate change could unleash a potentially deadly pathogen.
Artist Tells France to Leave Anti-Semitic Graffiti on His 'Queen’s Vagina' Sculpture
Vandals defaced a sculpture at the Palace of Versailles with anti-Semitic and royalist graffiti, but the artist behind the installation says he doesn't want it removed.