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By Fayçal Benhassain | March 31, 2021 | 5:16pm EDT Nurses tend to a woman infected with COVID-19 in an intensive care unit of a hospital in Saint-Denis, Paris, on Monday. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images) Paris (CNSNews.com) – With medical professionals warning of an impending health “disaster,” French President Emmanuel Macron took to the airwaves on Wednesday to announce new measures aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus, including a national nighttime curfew, travel ban between different regions, three-week school closure, and a ...

The French government on Wednesday lambasted as "despicable" the drowning death of a 14-year-old girl whose beaten body was found in the Seine river after she was bullied at school and online over "compromising photos" shared by her classmates. A boy and a girl, both 15, who attended the same school as the victim in Argenteuil on the outskirts of Paris were arrested Tuesday and brought before a judge with a view to being charged with murder,...

Will Smith says he might step into politics one day CNN 3/2/2021 By Shirin Ali, CNN © Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Right now, Will Smith is focused on his latest project, "Amend: The Fight for America." Actor Will Smith teased the idea of running for political office one day during an interview on "Pod Save America." On the episode released Monday, Smith joined hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor to promote his new Netflix docuseries "Amend: The Fight for America," but he also discussed his personal interest in politics. The podcast is hosted b...

A televised debate on Thursday between France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Marine Le Pen, the leader of the right-wing National Rally party (formerly the National Front), promised to be lively. But what was unexpected were the ideas shared by a pair that is supposedly at odds politically. Sociologist Ugo Palheta discusses the shift in French political rhetoric – and a widening economic chasm between the majority and the “elites” –...

AstraZeneca's murky data caused worldwide confusion, but don’t rule the shot out yet  Feb 11, 2021, 09:57 PM facebook email A medical staffer vaccinates a colleague with the AstraZeneca vaccine at the South Ile-de-France Hospital Group in Melun, France on February 8, 2021. Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine could be anywhere from 22% to 90% effective, depending on the parameters. Doses might be more effective given 12 weeks apart. Experts say inconsistency in AstraZeneca's trials and data might be undermining trust in the shots...