Sources: ABC news
The French Senate approves amendments to the country's rape law to include a consent-based definition, clarifying that consent must be freely given and cannot be implied by silence or lack of resistance. 2025-10-29
The damaged 19th-century Crown of Empress Eugénie is recovered on a street near the Louvre in Paris, France, following its burglary yesterday. 2025-10-20
French President Emmanuel Macron tells Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Morrison had broken the trust between the two countries and that it was up to Canberra to repair those ties with "tangible actions". France had criticized its allies after Australia opted for nuclear-powered submarines to be built with U.S. and British technology instead of a $A90 billion French diesel-electric submarine program. Macron also urged Australia to stop mining coal. 2021-10-28
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro creates a new government ministry, the Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade. 2019-08-14
Iraq sentences three French militants to death for their involvement in ISIS. 2019-05-26
French police arrest ten members of the far-right group Action des Forces Operationnelles (Operational Forces Action) across the nation, questioning them on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack against Muslims. 2018-06-23
The pro-autonomy coalition party Pè a Corsica obtains 45% of the votes in the first round of the Corsican Assembly elections preceding the replacement of the departments of Haute Corse and Corse-du-Sud and the region of Corsica, France, with a single territorial collectivity. Two "miscellaneous right" parties and La République En Marche! also achieve the 7% election threshold to reach the second round. 2017-12-3
Clashes take place at an anti-gay marriage protest in Paris, France. 2012-11-18
Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades the ratings of France's three biggest banks, Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Société Générale. 2011-12-9
French research in "Analytical Chemistry" suggests that the heavy eye make-up of Cleopatra could be medically useful. 2010-01-8