#French police fatally shoot man suspected of beheading teen

#French police fatally shoot man suspected of beheading teen

“#French police fatally shoot man suspected of beheading teen” French police shot dead a 32-year-old man suspected of decapitating and partially eating a 13-year-old boy — whose head was found in a bucket, a prosecutor said Monday. Authorities made the grisly discovery Sunday in an apartment in the southern France town of Tarascon that was…

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#Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

#Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

“#Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors” PARIS — A French Holocaust survivor has denounced anti-vaccination protesters comparing themselves to Jews who were persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II. French officials and anti-racism groups joined the 94-year-old in expressing indignation. As more than 100,000 people marched around France against government vaccine rules on…

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#French rush to get vaccinated after president’s warning

#French rush to get vaccinated after president’s warning

“#French rush to get vaccinated after president’s warning” PARIS — More than 1 million people in France made vaccine appointments in less than a day, according to figures released Tuesday, after the president cranked up pressure on everyone to get vaccinated to save the summer vacation season and the French economy. Some bristled at President…

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# France and Singapore pilot cross-border CBDC transactions

# France and Singapore pilot cross-border CBDC transactions

“# France and Singapore pilot cross-border CBDC transactions ” Financial authorities in France and Singapore are actively exploring the cross-border applications of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs. In a joint announcement on Thursday, the Bank of France and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that they successfully completed a whole cross-border payment and settlement…

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