French police investigate spate of cryptocurrency millionaire kidnappings

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 11:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Victims have had fingers chopped off by attackers in crimewave targeting online influencers and entrepreneurs

French police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurre…

French PM considering referendum on budget plans

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 10:35 UTC

“The question is serious enough, with far-reaching consequences for the country’s future, that it should be put directly to the people," Bayrou tells Journal du Dimanche.

Clair Obscur: How a passion project became 2025's most talked-about game

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 03:35 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The makers of a video game that even impressed the French president tell the unusual tale of its development.

Blood on the floor in Dordogne: Crimson stain can be seen outside French holiday home where Brit mother-of-four was stabbed to death

found 2025 › May › 03 (Sat) @ 20:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Jean-François Guerrier, 74, was one of the last people to see mother-of-four Karen Carter, 65, after spending the evening with her at a wine-tasting.

Is France's Emmanuel Macron trying to influence who gets picked as the next pope?

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 19:02 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last weekend, leading the press in Italy to speculate whether he is attempting to…

Is France's Emmanuel Macron trying to influence who will be picked as the next pope?

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 12:11 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last weekend, leading the press in Italy to speculate whether he is attempting to…

Clashes between police and May Day demonstrators in Paris

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

French police and May Day demonstrators violently clashed in Paris on Thursday as more than 100,000 people gathered.

Hong Kong ex-lawmaker describes ‘Kafka-esque’ prison experience

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Claudia Mo says she read more than 300 books and brushed up on her French while in prison.

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken scaloppine with mushrooms and marsala | A kitchen in Rome

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 05:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

A melt-in-the-mouth dish of fried tenderised chicken in a mushroom and sweet wine sauce

The term escalope is borrowed from the old French escalope, meaning “shell or carapace”, which is likely to be b…

British woman, 65, found 'beaten to death' in French village

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 20:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

A friend found the 65-year-old woman lying near her vehicle with five deep wounds caused by a blunt object at her home in the village of Tremolat.