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March 30, 2021

Oscars plan UK, France venues for nominees over pandemic travel fears

Next month’s pandemic-affected Oscars ceremony will include venues in the United Kingdom and France for international nominees unable to travel to Los Angeles, sources familiar with the plan told AFP Tuesday. While Oscars presenters will remain at the previously announced…
March 30, 2021

Central Mali deaths: What we know

A United Nations report released on Tuesday said a French air strike in central Mali in January killed 19 civilians, prompting a strong denial from France. The report comes after residents of the village of Bounti said a strike had…
March 30, 2021

French strike in Mali killed 19 civilians in January: UN

A French air strike killed 19 civilians in Mali in January, a UN report said on Tuesday, prompting a strong denial from France. The French air force struck near the remote village of Bounti on January 3, in circumstances that…
March 30, 2021

Germany fights UK exclusion from EU research projects

Germany and other EU members are opposing a move by the European Commission to block Britain and Israel from quantum and space projects on security grounds, diplomats said Tuesday. The European Commission is currently setting up guidelines for EU research…
March 30, 2021

Tunisia jails ‘conman’ rapper Swagg Man

Tunisian-French rapper Swagg Man, known for the Louis Vuitton logos tattooed on his head, has been sentenced to five years in jail for fraud and money laundering, the judiciary said Tuesday. Born in the French Mediterranean town of Nice, the…
March 30, 2021

France denies UN findings it killed civilians in Mali air strike

Th French defence ministry denied the findings Tuesday of a UN investigation into an air strike in central Mali in January, which concluded that French aircraft had killed 19 civilians. In a statement, the ministry said it “maintains with consistency…
March 30, 2021

Prosecutors call for Ikea France to be fined for spying on staff

Prosecutors on Tuesday asked for the French branch of Ikea to be fined two million euros ($2.35 million) for allegedly spying on hundreds of its employees, at a trial involving several former senior executives. The prosecutors also called for a…
March 30, 2021

France’s Le Pen assails ‘catastrophic’ EU vaccination drive

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Tuesday criticised the EU’s “catastrophic” Covid vaccination efforts, saying the slow rollout would be a decisive factor for voters as she takes on Emmanuel Macron for a presidential run just 12 months away….
March 30, 2021

October date set for Benzema’s trial in sex tape case

Real Madrid star Karim Benzema’s trial for “complicity in attempted blackmail” over a sex tape involving former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena will be held in October, a court official told AFP on Tuesday. Benzema will be tried in Versailles from…

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