CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC CAN CAUSE A SURGE IN OCEAN POLLUTION

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• Plastic pollution threatens marine life immensely
• Dozens of masks and gloves have found their way into the Mediterranean  

Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic can lead to ocean pollution. I...

FRENCH SCHOOLS SHUT AS 70 COVID-19 CASES RECORDED ONE WEEK AFTER REOPENING

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• The government of France has ordered shut down of majority of the schools, especially those located in northern France

• 40,000 preschools and primary schools were reopened last week, with all the classes capped at 15 students

After imposing a ...

FRANCE REPORTS FIRST DEATH OF A CHILD FROM KAWASAKI-LIKE DISEASE

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• According to the public health agency of France, the country has reported total 125 cases of this inflammatory disease and all patients age between 1 and 14

• New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo reported 3 deaths due to this disease and stated that more th...

CORONAVIRUS: THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS REOPEN AFTER FRANCE LIFTS LOCKDOWN

After spending eight weeks in Europe’s strictest lockdown, France came back to life as people got out in numbers. Thousands of schools across the France were reopened as government decided to lift the lockdown despite fears of second wave of coronavirus.
On Tuesday, total number of d...

AFTER 55 DAYS OF QUARANTINE, FRANCE WILL EASE LOCDOWN FROM MAY 11

After spending 55 days of quarantine in probably strictest of the lockdown in Europe, the country of France will start deconfinement from today. France will see gradual reopening of economy while the precautionary measures will still be in place.
Deconfinement which starts from Monday, May...

PARIS WILL CONTINUE ANTI-POLLUTION AND ANTI-CONGESTION MEASURES AFTER LOCKDOWN

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• Mayor of the Paris Anne Hidalgo stated that increased pollution can worsen the current health crisis

• The Paris government is encouraging the use of bike lanes and buses in order to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists

• Mayor H...

PARIS: DOCTORS SAY THEY HAD A COVID-19 PATIENT IN DECEMBER

While the world still believes the first of coronavirus or COVID-19 was reported in the month of December in Wuhan, a city in China, French doctors claim that they also had a coronavirus patient in December.
Few of the doctors in a Paris hospital state they have found evidence that one pat...

FRANCE: LOWEST NUMBER OF DAILY COVID-19 DEATHS SINCE MARCH

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• At present, France has 131,287 confirmed cases of coronavirus while 24,895 people have lost their lives

• Health Minister Oliver Veran stated that the government should extend it’s state of emergency as the country is not completely out of threat y...

IN AN ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT HOSPITALS, FRANCE WILL SELL SOME ANTIQUE FURNITURE

As the globe keeps suffering from coronavirus pandemic, various countries are going out of the way to support their battle against this crisis. The country of France has been among worst affected from this COVID-19 crisis and now in an attempt to support hard-pressed hospitals, France has decided...

PARIS MAYOR WANTS LESS CARS ON ROAD AFTER LOCKDOWN

After the announcement made by Prime Minister of France, regarding the measures which will be taken after the lockdown ends, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo also wants to implement certain measures that will keep pollution away from the city. As per plans made by the Mayor, the city will focus on...

LYON: THE CITY PREPARES ITSELF FOR DECONFINEMENT

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• France is looking at May 11 for the reconfirming

• Prime Minister Edouard Philippe stated that if the circulation of virus continues, the deconfinement won’t take place

• The region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes has witnessed a decline in ...

PARIS: ‘ISIS TERRORIST’ ARRESTED FOR CRUSHING POLICE OFFICERS WITH HIS CAR

The city of Paris has constantly been under the threat of terrorism past few years. It was year 2015, when Paris was shocked with multiple bombings, few week back an Islamic terrorist was raging violence across the city streets by attacking people with his knife.
A terrorist belonging to i...

PARIS: MAN ARMED WITH KNIFE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE

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• French police patrolling on bicycles were threatened by a man of Afghan origin

• Previously, a Sudanese man had wreaked havoc by stabbing numerous people , which resulted in to killing of two people in France’s southeast region

A man of A...

NICE: TOUR DE FRANCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED

France’s most awaited sporting event Tour de France has finally been added to the list of sporting events which are postponed by global coronavirus pandemic. There was a hope in the sport lovers since weeks about Tour de France would happen on time. 
According to various newspap...

FRANCE POLICE TURN BACK PRIVATE JET CARRYING VACATIONERS

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• Embraer Legacy 500 arrived in Marseille with 10 passengers

• 10 passengers belong to different nationalities, while 3 of them are French

Plans of spending time on French Riviera made by a group of rich people, in an attempt to escape coronaviru...

FRANCE ORDERS GOOGLE TO PAY NEWS FIRMS FOR THE CONTENT

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• France’s competition authority announced this after complaint from unions representing press publishers in France

• Google has accepted the decision and will comply with verdict given by the French authority

On Thursday, French competitio...

AMID USA-CHINA CONFLICT, FRANCE COMPLETELY STANDS BY WHO

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• U.S. President Donald Trump has accused the WHO of being biased towards China

• French President Emmanuel Macron expresses full support towards the WHO

In recent times lot of questions have been raised over ability and credibility of World Heal...

PARIS IMPOSES BAN ON DAYTIME OUTDOOR EXERCISE

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• Death toll in France goes beyond 10,000

• Previous regulations allowed exercise and jogging within km from the home

France is among worst affected countries from coronavirus outbreak. With over 10,000 deaths by coronavirus, France is fourth in ...

CORONAVIRUS: FRANCE RECORDS HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEATHS IN A SINGLE DAY

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• France see a rise of 10 percent in the death tolls by coronavirus

• Around 27 percent deaths out of the total are recorded from nursing homes

• The number of cases treated in I.C.U goes up by 1.3 percent only

With total 98,010 ca...

ROMANS-SUR-ISERE ATTACK: FRENCH POLICE SUSPECT TERRORIST MOTIVE BEHIND IT

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• Sudanese refugee killed two people and injured five after attacking them with a knife

• French police have launched a terror probe after the incident

• President of France, Emmanuel Macron have assured proper investigation on the attack.