The bill still needs a majority from the lower-house National Assembly to become law. France's right-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols including the Muslim headscarf in ...

France adopts restrictions on PFAS chemicals. Credit: HJBC/Shutterstick. The French Parliament has given the green light to a new bill that will outlaw the manufacture, import, and sale of items ...

The French Senate has adopted a bill to ban religious clothing in sport, and it now heads to the national assembly. Critics say it targets French Muslims specifically.

France is the second EU country to take matters into its own hands with PFAS. In 2020, Denmark banned PFAS in paper and ...

The bill, which proposes banning clothing and symbols displaying religious affiliation in all sports disciplines in France, will be debated in the French Senate this week. Amnesty International ...

The sports hijab bans in France are yet another measure underpinned by Islamophobia and a patriarchal attempt to control what Muslim women wear. This bill must be rejected” “Laïcité”, or “secularism”, ...

"How is it possible to marry someone who is not legally resident in France?" Demilly asked senators in his bid for the bill's approval. "Is it conceivable to read the articles of the Civil Code in ...

The bill, which proposes banning clothing and symbols displaying religious affiliation in all sports disciplines in France, will be debated in the French Senate this week. Amnesty International ...

It was 37 years before rain got involved again, and over the years, it became known as Bill France Weather, as even the most dire of forecasts fizzled by race day. This phenomenon covered both ...

In France, fresh protests have erupted against the controversial security bill that restricts filming of police and posting images to social media regarding police brutality. Tens of thousands of ...