France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge

France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge

France says it has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics this summer, as organizers finalize security planning for the French capital’s first Games in a century while on heightened alert against potential attacks. The Interior Ministry said Friday that the … Read more

A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France’s lower house. Next stop the Senate

A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France’s lower house. Next stop the Senate

PARIS (AP) — A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the lower house of the French Parliament, making France one of the first countries worldwide to target the influx of low-cost, mass-produced garments predominantly from China. The fashion industry is among the world’s biggest producers of greenhouse … Read more

French lawmakers approve bill to make abortion constitutional right

French lawmakers approve bill to make abortion constitutional right

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights … Read more

Climate protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Louvre Museum in Paris

Climate protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Louvre Museum in Paris

PARIS (AP) — France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers are putting pressure on the government to respond to … Read more