Tag: france
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France has entered the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic
Attal said the new wave was “faster” and had a “steeper slope” than all previous ones, adding that “the dynamics of the pandemic are extremely strong”.
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States have the primary responsibility to … protect the human rights of religious minorities
Today we honour and remember the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief. Across the world, we continue to witness a rise in hate speech, intolerance, and even physical violence and attacks on individuals, groups, and sites, purely because of their religious beliefs or significance. This violence often goes hand-in-hand with the…
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Artificial foie gras created in France
To produce artificial foie gras, the stem cells of a fertilized duck egg are placed in a test tube. A similar technology is used in the cultivation of artificial meat. The specialists managed to preserve the taste and texture of the delicacy, said a Bloomberg journalist who attended the private tasting.
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NextGenerationEU: European Commission disburses €5.1 billion in pre-financing to France
European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 Aug 2021 The European Commission has today disbursed €5.1 billion to France in pre-financing, equivalent to 13% of the country’s financial allocation under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
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Mass protests against compulsory vaccination in France
Thousands protested in France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to vaccinate health workers and make it mandatory to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas, Reuters and AFP reported.
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The New MIVILUDES Report: Bad Methodology, Unreliable Results
Privileging the saisines (i.e., reports by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”) may only lead to biased conclusions. by Massimo Introvigne The MIVILUDES, the French Inter-ministerial mission for monitoring and combating cultic deviances (dérives sectaires), which is now part of the Ministry of the Interior, published last week its report for the years 2018–2020. Like Diogenes wandering…
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Uighurs: forced sterilizations and mass detentions ‘certified’, according to Paris
Paris, March 10, 2021 (AFP) – – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday that the “forced sterilizations” and “massive detentions” of Uighurs in Chinese camps were “certified,” which Beijing denies. “Forced sterilizations, sexual abuse in camps, disappearances, mass detentions, forced labour, destruction of cultural heritage, starting with places of worship, the supervision of…
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FRANCE : A White Paper on the bill confirming respect for the principles of the Republic
Experts question the 1905 Law and make proposals HRWF/ Bitter Winter (11.01.2021) – While the bill Consolidating Respect for the Principles of the Republic (former bill on separatism) is currently being examined by a special committee of the French National Assembly, three renowned experts have just published a white paper entitled Laïcité, How to Preserve it. To…