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France’s left-wing parties on the verge of historic alliance 

In a joint statement on Wednesday, the far-left party La France Insoumise (LFI) and the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) said they had come to an agreement Photo: French far-left party leader and former candidate for the presidential election Jean-Luc Melenchon during a May Day demonstration in Paris.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Lewis Joly NOTE: Legislative elections in France are…

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France, allies announce military withdrawal from Mali

The 10-year- Mali deployment has been fraught with problems for France. And Mali. Of the 53 soldiers killed serving in its Barkhane mission in West Africa, 48 of them died in Mali. Photo: The Mali deployment has been fraught with problems for France [File: Jerome Delay/AP] 17 February 2022 | Staff | Al Jazeera France…

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French dictionary sparks linguistic quandary with non-binary ‘iel’ pronoun

Gendered languages like French are seen as a particular hurdle for advocates of nonbinary terms as all nouns are categorized as either masculine or feminine, unlike in English. Photo: A man carries a paperback French dictionary “Le Robert Mini”.   –   Copyright  Rebecca Blackwell / AP 17 November 2021 | Geert De Clercq | Reuters PARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters)…

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