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A 20-meter-long inflatable attraction in the amusement park "Wonderland Waterpark" in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France, blows away, killing a 35-year-old man and severely injuring his 3-year-old daughter.
2023-07-30

France's Ministry of Agriculture confirms an outbreak of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 (bird flu) at a duck farm in Bénesse-Maremne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
2020-12-8

France reports 523 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, which includes 292 people that died in hospitals and another 231 people who died in nursing homes. This is the highest number of daily fatalities since the first wave in April, as President Emmanuel Macron prepares to announce new restrictions tomorrow.
2020-10-27

A gunman opens fire on a mosque in Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, wounding two before being detained. The perpetrator is an 84-year-old man who ran for the National Front in the 2015 regional elections.
2019-10-28

Representatives from 17 world governments and various U.S. technology companies meet in Paris to support a set of anti-terrorism guidelines called the "Christchurch Call to Action" drafted by the governments of France and New Zealand. The White House expressed support for the "overall goals reflected" in this pledge, but refused to back it, citing freedom of speech concerns.
2019-05-15

Dozens of migrants who were refused entry to France go on hunger strike at the border crossing in the Italian town of Ventimiglia.
2015-06-13

An estimated 150,000 people rally against gay marriage in Paris, France, with 100 people arrested.
2013-05-26

The French Senate adopts article 1 of Bill 344, which legalizes same-sex marriage, in a 179–157 vote.
2013-04-9

France braces itself for another day of strikes against proposed cuts to pensions that the Senate will consider later this week.
2010-10-20

French strikes intensify ahead of Wednesday's Senate vote on pension reform, with a thousand petrol stations running out of fuel, rail strikes intensifying and truck drivers performing go-slows on highways.
2010-10-18