In the referendum on independence in New Caledonia, the no vote won again with 96,5%, but over half the voters did not go to the polls, a 50% abstention rate compared to the 14% in the last referendums

The Établissement Français du Sang, the French Blood Transfusion Center, has issued a public appeal for blood donations ahead of May, a month when fewer people are available to donate blood due to the many holidays and long weekends

The National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, approved by 44 votes to 2 a bill banning discrimination based on hair, preventing employers from requiring their employees to iron afro and dreadlocks and braids

With four months to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, French authorities have raised the maximum alert level for the terrorist threat, deploying 4.000 more soldiers