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France Sells Submarines to Australia in One of the Biggest Defense Contracts in the World
The 12 advanced vessels, touted as the best of their kind in the world, cost $40 billion and are meant to keep up with regional powers like China.
Locals In Northern Mali Join Islamist Militants In Hating On French, UN Troops
Along with UN peacekeepers, there are thousands of French soldiers fighting Islamists in Africa — and now tensions are emerging with the local population.
China Gets French Wine in Exchange for Chemicals on First Run by 'New Silk Road' Train
According to one Chinese rail official, the new land route will form part of "an economic belt, along with the maritime route linking China to Europe."
French Special Forces Stage Mock Terror Attack So They Can Learn to Get Along
France's interior minister has told representatives from the country's three elite police units to bury the hatchet to better tackle the threat of terror attacks.
French Addiction Experts Urge Government to Make Overdose Antidote Widely Accessible
The French Federation for the Study of Addiction has unveiled recommendations to help reduce risks associated with regular substance use, including allowing more people to administer the anti-opioid drug naloxone.
Sugar Daddy Dating Sites Spared by France's New Prostitution Law — For Now
The sites act as intermediaries between sugar babies — usually young, female students looking for extra income — with sugar daddies, older men looking for "company."
French Government Dismisses Official's Call for Pot Decriminalization Debate
The remarks come just a week before the UN General Assembly is due to hold a special session on global drug policy, where international leaders are expected to discuss decriminalization.
'The World or Nothing': Meet MILI, the New Face of Student Protests in France
Members of the Independent Movement for Joint Struggle, known by its French acronym MILI, have been accused of disrupting protests and behaving like thugs in the course of advancing its political agenda.
'An Everest of Murderous Frenzy': Marseille Drug Gangs Are Using GPS to Kill Their Rivals
Police in Marseille have allegedly discovered the tracking devices affixed to the cars of several recent victims of the city's drug turf wars.
The French Government Is Telling Citizens That Spanking Kids Is Bad
Unlike in 50 other countries, physically punishing children is legal in France —but people are being advised that it's a bad idea anyway.
There's a French Far-Right Party in the Panama Papers Leak
The populist Front National has threatened to sue the press for libel after the leak revealed that people close to it had stashed money away in offshore tax havens.
France Introduces Armed Undercover Marshals — On Trains, not Planes
The introduction of plainclothes security guards is just one of the measures to increase rail security after recent terror attacks in Europe.