From Friday, people in France will only be allowed to leave home with a document justifying the reason, as the country returns to a nationwide lockdown until at least December 1. Bars, restaurants and shops selling non...
Deja vu: French press lambasts country’s return to lockdown
In the Press: France’s return to lockdown dominated the country’s press on Thursday, with newspaper editorials lambasting President Emmanuel Macron’s handling of the pandemic in the months after the...
US early voting surpasses 70 million, continuing historic pace
More than 70 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, more than half the total turnout of the 2016 election with one week to go until Election Day, according to a Tuesday tally from the U.S...
Macron imposes new national lockdown in France
Lockdown flashbacks: The online community reacts to “Confinement Season Two.” In other news, Charlie Hebdo strikes again with a new President Erdogan cartoon.
French economy braces for second lockdown
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown, to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Construction projects and factory activity will be allowed to continue, but restaurants and non...
All work, no play, but schools open: France returns to lockdown
FRANCE 24’s health editor Julia Sieger says the situation in France has spiralled out of control since the end of August, the country now having the highest number of cases in Europe.
Three stabbed to death in France ‘terror attack’ – BBC News
Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice, police say. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said there had been a “terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame...