Tag: France

A gay-friendly rugby club in France has taken the end of year calendar fundraising drive one step further and has posed naked for their 2020 edition. The Tou’Win club in Toulouse was created in 2006 as a gay-friendly club in an association that fights against homophobia in sport. In 2017, the Toulouse team was European

Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris to show their disapproval of proposed new legislation that will allow same-sex couples and single women the right to conceive children with medical help. The French bioethics law, which was fronted by President Emmanuel Macron, will essentially end discrimination over reproductive rights and enable lesbian couples and single women

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about trade, next-generation 5G mobile networks and global security, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement on Friday. Trump told Johnson during a call on Thursday that he looked forward to meeting him at the G7 economic summit in France later this month, the White House said. The United States is pressuring its allies, including Britain, to avoid using equipment from Chinese telecommunications...

Karamo Brown says Harry Styles was “taught” how to use Grindr when the Queer Eye cast bumped into him in Japan. The show’s culture expert appeared alongside the other members of the Fab Five – Bobby Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness – on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Wednesday (31 July). When asked by a fan about their newfound friendship with the former One Direction star, Bobby responded: “Harry was absolutely lovely, super sweet...

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has banned another rescue ship carrying forty migrants from entering Italian waters. The Alan Kurdi is run by German charity Sea-Eye and is heading towards Lampedusa. It is currently travelling towards the Italian island and will arrive in the afternoon of August 1. This rescue mission comes shortly after more than one-hundred migrants were allowed to disembark from a different boat in Sicily. But they were only able to do so after a new deal...

Italy said on Wednesday it would allow an Italian coastguard ship to finally disembark 116 migrants who were stranded for days in a Sicilian port, ending its latest standoff with the European Union over migration policy. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he had reached a deal with the EU for Germany, France, Portugal, Luxembourg and Ireland to take in the asylum seekers who were rescued at sea last week. The Bruno Gregoretti coastguard ship was given permission to dock but...

After the body of a man who went missing during a police operation at France's Fete de la Musique in June was found on Tuesday, people took to social media to demand answers. Steve Maia Caniço, 24, was last seen at a techno concert in Nantes, western France, for the famous nationwide festival, which sees bands and artists play for one day in outside spaces across the country. His disappearance quickly became a controversial topic as it coincided with the time...

French farming minister Didier Guillaume has thrown his boule into the mix in an international spat, saying on Tuesday that US president Donald Trump's threat to tax French wines was "completely moronic". Trump threatened last week to make the move in retaliation for France's proposal to levy a tax aimed at big U.S. technology companies - known in France as the 'GAFAs' (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple). "It's absurd, in terms of having a political and economic debate, to say that if...

A celebrity gala, hosted by Sir Elton John, has raised over $6 million to help HIV testing in Kenya. The money raised will go toward providing 400,000 self-test kits to young men in the country. The singer was taking a small break from his worldwide farewell tour, and he hosted the gala in Southern France. Funds were primarily raised through an auction, which saw items like a luxury Bentley and a signed piano along with a Gucci jacket used in the...

Team INEOS' Egan Bernal became the 2019 Tour de France champion on Sunday after the Colombian finished Saturday's penultimate stage in the yellow jersey. Saturday's stage was reduced by 71 kilometres to just 59.5, with the Cormet de Roselend removed from the route after a landslide had blocked the road. Vincenzo Nibali, the 2014 Tour winner, was in the day's breakaway and then launched a solo attack on the climb to the finish at Val Thorens to claim victory, 10 seconds...

French inventor Franky Zapata will attempt to cross the English Channel on his jet-powered flyboard on Thursday. Zapata became known as the 'flying soldier' when he showed off his invention before the world's media at France's Bastille Day military parade on July 14. He will set off from Sangatte on the north French coast on Thursday to fly to St Margaret's Bay near Dover. The flight is expected to take just 20 minutes. The feat is set to coincide with the 110th anniversary...

Last June, Paris, France designated a soccer field-sized section of its Bois de Vincennes park as an area for nudists and sunbathers looking to enjoy some clothes-free fun. It was a great idea, but now a bunch of clothed “perverts” are ruining the fun by leering, attacking women and touching themselves while ogling the nudists. Ugh. The two-acre stretch of land that permits nudity from April to October has warning signs saying that inappropriate behavior isn’t tolerated, but the signs aren’t...

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government on Wednesday sent to parliament draft legislation that would allow in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for lesbian couples and single women, honoring a long-standing campaign pledge but risking a backlash from conservative voters. The bioethics bill, which would also allow women to freeze their eggs for reasons other than medical to enhance their chances of having children, is the first major societal reform by centrist President Emmanuel Macron. It was delayed while anti-government “yellow...

Boris Johnson is set to become the UK's prime minister after outgoing leader Theresa May resigns later today. The 55-year-old former journalist is facing a challenging period as soon as he steps into the role with the looming Brexit deadline approaching at the end of October. So how has Europe's media reacted to the new appointment? BELGIUM De Morgen "The EU is not afraid of Johnson." De Tijd "Boris Johnson has 100 days to prepare for Brexit." L'Echo "The 100 days of Bojo before a hard Brexit." FRANCE Le Figaro "Boris...