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A man was being questioned in the Haut-Rhin region of eastern France regarding a late August attack in Burgundy, after the head of an animal refuge went after two men slashing two of his ponies. Nicolas Demajean’s arm was slashed as he wrangled with one of the attackers and police produced a composite drawing based on his description. … [Read more...] about Police Probe 153 Cases of Horse Mutilations Across France

"I was ready to go to a ceremony. I had two of them, one the following day, it was pouring and I went to that. The reason it couldn't fly because it was raining about as hard as I've ever seen, and on top of that it was very, very foggy and the helicopter was unable to fly," he said. … [Read more...] about Trump referred to Marines buried at cemetery in France in crude and derogatory terms, a former senior official says

Mbappe took a test on Monday morning that returned positive, the FFF said, and was then isolated from the French national team. France is scheduled to play at home in Paris on Tuesday against Croatia in a UEFA Nations League match. … [Read more...] about Kylian Mbappe tests positive for Covid-19 while playing with France

“The grave and unforgivable sin committed by a French weekly in insulting the luminous and holy personality of (the) Prophet revealed, once more, the hostility and malicious grudge harboured by political and cultural organisations in the West against Islam and the Muslim community,” Khamenei said in an English-language statement, as reported by AFP. … [Read more...] about Iran’s Khamenei Decries ‘Unforgivable’ Muhammad Cartoons in France

As colonial officers prepared their reports for Paris, survivors - 34 of whom were later jailed on mutiny charges - spread word of a massacre at the military outpost in Thiaroye, telling people that French soldiers had opened fire on unarmed West Africans just after the 9:30 a.m. roll call. … [Read more...] about A family’s 76-year quest for truth and justice for West African soldiers who fought for France in WWII