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PARIS (Reuters) - A French far-right presidential contender, on the back foot over past support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Ukrainians with family links to France should be given visas, unlike those fleeing conflicts in Arab Muslim nations.

Protesting is a constitutional right. Gridlocking others is not

NICE, France (Reuters) - Protesters gathered in southern France on Wednesday for what they say will be a "freedom convoy" that will converge on Paris and Brussels to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions, inspired by protesters who have blocked a Canadian border crossing.

Share this article By Alexandre Minguez (Reuters) A young grey whale lost in the Mediterranean, thousands of miles away from its natural habitat in the Pacific ocean, is desperately seeking its way home, but biologists are worried it may not survive. Grey whales normally migrate along the U.S. west coast, but biologists think that with global warming opening northern routes, the whale became lost and swam into the Atlantic ocean via the Arctic. Named Wally by biologists, the whale is around two...

Lost in the Mediterranean, a starving grey whale must find his way home soon FILE PHOTO: Thierry Auga-Bascou, scientist and member of the French Biodiversity Agency, takes a skin sample of Wally, the 15 month old gray whale, swimming in the Mediterranean Sea past the coast of Argeles-Sur-Mer, France, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Minguez reuters_tickers This content was published on May 7, 2021 - 09:51 May 7, 2021 - 09:51 By Alexandre Minguez ARGELES-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - A young grey wh...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) - The mayor of the French city of Perpignan on Tuesday defied the government’s COVID-19 restrictions and reopened four of the city’s museums. “We cannot stay locked down all our lives,” the mayor, Louis Aliot, said inside Perpignan’s Rigaud museum, where, for the first time in months, members of the public were admiring artwork including a portrait of Marie Antoinette, the queen executed by guillotine in the French Revolution. Th...