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Frid45

Let us never forget the Pieds-Noirs, its Europeans who built Algeria. You should know that the French represented almost 50% to 60% of Pieds noirs. The rest were mostly Spaniards,

John Lichfield

john_lichfield

French Covid thread The stats are encouraging – cases down; deaths down; hospital patients down; intensive care slightly up – but the faster-moving variants are still moving fast. The govt

Jo Zefka

JZefka

1/Je vous réponds vite, puis je vous laisse tranquille. Je vous concède volontiers 2 points : - Il y a la loi et il y a les mœurs, et la

Liam Duffy

LiamSD12

When France talks about 'Separatisme' it's worth noting this is not their own invention or bogeyman, it is a recognition of an explicit strategy pursued by Islamist groups. Qaradawi, the

Elijah J. Magnier

ejmalrai

#Lebanon "for the 1st time can control its borders"? @MlongdenUK must have landed in Lebanon very fresh w/o doing him homework. Lebanon needs medicine & electricity not 100 armed vehicles

Nic Maclellan

MaclellanNic

Sixty one years ago, France conducted its first atmospheric nuclear test, codename Gerboise Bleue. This was the first of four tests held in the Sahara desert at #Reggane, Algeria. As

Natalie Holme Elsberg

NatalieElsberg

If Jeff Bezos’s Wealth were taxed at 90% he would still have ~$17BN left over.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/bezos-s-wealth-soars-to-171-6-billion-to-top-pre-divorce-record With $17BN you can buy every NBA franchise

Bronwen Jones

barefootbaristr

I know that others, including both @ColinYeo1 and @stand_for_all have had a crack at this, but it makes me so spittingly angry, I can't not. 1/https://twitter.com/AthertonNWales/status/1295655113495924736 1. We’ve had a

Ankur

AnkurMessi_

Picture Thread of Messi's Individual awards FULL HD PICTURESLikes and RTs appreciated All stats from @mvsrappFifa Young Player of the year2006 2007 2008 Ballon D'or - 6France Football Ballon

Katya Adler

BBCkatyaadler

Merkel speaking to Bundestag about #Brexit Insistent on not compromising the single market to get a deal. Says not sure whether clarity will emerge by tomorrow ie after this evening’s

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Today, in "predicted consequences of Brexit turn out to be right", our first entry is some shortages of fresh fruit and veg...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9132689/Supermarket-shelves-hit-Brexit-port-chaos-staff-shortag

Bryan MacDonald

27khv

But is Russia even in decline, relative to peer countries?Compare GDP (ppp) of G8 states now to year 2000:USA $20,8trn 102%UK $2,9trn 91%Japan $5,2trn 53 %France $2,9trn

Professor Fleming

alwaystheself

It is beyond sad to see French officials respond to violent extremism with violent extremism -- and to do so while situating themselves as culturally superior. Without a major intervention

Tom Forth

thomasforth

While the UK cuts foreign aid from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5%, France is increasing foreign aid from 0.44% to 0.7% of GNI, thus more than making up the difference.

Professor Simon Chadwick

Prof_Chadwick

China just announced that from tomorrow, CCTV will cease showing Premier League matches (seemingly in response to growing tensions between Beijing and London/Washington) Football clubs with Chinese sponsors &

Dr Valérie Masson-Delmotte

valmasdel

Vu hier soir au journal de 20h de @France2tv, un "publireportage" peu informatif @francetvinfo @sdjfranceinfotv sur les Français qui sont partis réveillonner à Dubaï pour échapper aux mesures de gestion

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