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☆ France unrest: Riots spread, police officer charged with shooting teenager dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Benoit Van Overstraeten | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The shooting of the 17-year-old, identified as Nahel, took place in Nanterre, on the western outskirts of Paris. The teenager, who was too young to hold a full license in France, was driving illegally, a source familiar with the investigation said. The Nanterre prosecutor said he was known to police for previously failing to comply with a traffic stop order. The unrest has revived memories of riots in 2005 that convulsed France for three weeks and forced then-president Jacques Chirac to declare a state of emergency. Tuesday's killing was the third fatal shooting during traffic stops in France so far in 2023, down from a record 13 last year, a spokesperson for the national police said.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Gerald Darmanin, Macron, Darmanin, Elisabeth Borne, Pascal Prache, Nahel, Stephanie Lecocq, Jacques Chirac, Benoit Van Overstraeten, dominique Vidalon, John Stonestreet, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Government, . Police, REUTERS, Reuters, Prosecutors, Police, Thomson Locations: Paris, PARIS, France, North, Nanterre, Paris suburb, Republic, Lille, Toulouse, Amiens, Dijon, Clichy

☆ What’s behind the unrest in France?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Emma Bubola | Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

About 180 people were arrested and 170 officers were injured, France’s interior minister said. The unrest was in response to the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by a police officer in Nanterre, a suburb west of Paris, on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old boy, who has been identified only as Nahel M., while the teenager was driving. The prosecutor in Nanterre said Nahel was driving in a bus lane and, when officers tried to stop him, drove through a red light to get away. He was killed by a single shot that went through his left arm and chest, the prosecutor said.

Persons: Nahel Organizations: Mercedes Locations: Nanterre, Paris

☆ Unrest erupts for third day in France over police shooting of teen, thousands hold vigil
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Television images showed protests setting up road barricades and hurling projectiles at lines of police, who fired back with tear gas. Earlier, Macron held a crisis meeting with senior ministers over the shooting. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne afterwards dismissed calls from some political opponents for a state of emergency to be declared. "The response of the state must be extremely firm," Darmanin said, speaking from the northern town of Mons-en-Baroeul where several municipal buildings were set alight. The local prosecutor said the officer involved had been put under formal investigation for voluntary homicide.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Elisabeth Borne, Gerald Darmanin, Darmanin Organizations: Protesters, Interior Locations: Parisian, Nanterre, North, Paris, Mons, France

☆ Paris police shooting: why are there riots in France?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, June 29 (Reuters) - Riots have convulsed France after police shot dead a teenager of North African descent at a traffic stop in a Paris suburb. He was known to police for previous incidents in which he failed to comply with traffic stops, the local prosecutor Pascal Prache said. Tuesday's killing was the third fatal shooting during traffic stops in France so far in 2023, down from a record 13 last year. In 2005, violence erupted in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois and spread across France after two teenagers of African descent were electrocuted in a power substation as they hid from police. That unrest convulsed France for three weeks and forced then President Jacques Chirac to declare a state of emergency.

Persons: Moroccan, Pascal Prache, Nahel, Prache, Emmanuel Macron, Jacques Chirac, Richard Lough, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: WHO, Police, Paris . Police, Mercedes, Authorities, Thomson Locations: France, North, Paris, Algerian, Nanterre, United States, Clichy

☆ Nanterre, France: Police officer held after 17-year-old fatally shot near Paris during traffic stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Mylene Loubiere-Anderson Saskya Vandoorne Alex Stambaugh Oliver Briscoe Helen Regan | Mylene Loubiere-Anderson | Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —French authorities investigating the fatal police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop near Paris on Tuesday have detained one officer, as clashes broke out overnight between law enforcement personnel and youth angered over the death. The police officer is in custody on suspicion of “culpable homicide,” following the incident at around 8:18 a.m. local time on Tuesday in the suburb of Nanterre, according to a statement from the local prosecutor’s officer. Three people were in the car, a Mercedes AMG, at the time of the incident, it said. The death of the 17-year-old was pronounced at 9:15 a.m. local time “following at least one gunshot wound” and despite the intervention of emergency medics, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office said. Earlier, Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez told CNN affiliate BFMTV in an interview that the officer fired when the teenager refused to follow police instructions.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Mercedes, Gerald Darmanin, ”, Laurent Nunez, “, Zakaria Abdelkafi, Nunez, CNews Organizations: Paris CNN, French, Twitter, Paris Police, CNN, BFMTV, Firefighters, Getty Locations: Paris, Nanterre, AFP, Nanterre Tuesday

The interior ministry called for calm after at least 31 were arrested in overnight riots, mainly in the Paris suburb of Nanterre where the victim lived, with youths burning cars and shooting fireworks at police, who sprayed people with tear gas. "We have an adolescent that was killed, it is unexplainable and inexcusable," Macron told reporters in Marseille. Paris Saint-Germain footballer Kylian Mpabbe in a Tweet about the shooting said: "I'm hurting for my France." [1/5]A car, burnt during clashes between youths and police, is seen in a street the day after the death of a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, June 28, 2023. In the wake of the overnight unrest, the interior ministry said 2,000 police have been mobilised in the Paris region.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Mercedes, Germain, Kylian, Antony Paone Tuesday's, FRANK Macron's, Fatima, Layli Foroudi, Dominique Vidalon, Juliette Jabkhiro, Richard Lough, Conor Humphries Organizations: Prosecutors, Reuters, Mercedes AMG, Paris Saint, REUTERS, of Interior, Thomson Locations: Paris, PARIS, Nanterre, Marseille, France, Paris suburb

☆ Anger Flares in France After Police Shoot and Kill Teenage Driver
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Initial news reports, based on what were described as anonymous police sources, had suggested that the driver plowed into two officers with his car on Tuesday during the stop in Nanterre, west of the capital. But an unconfirmed video of the shooting that appeared later led to accusations that the police had acted too aggressively, and prosecutors in Nanterre have opened a manslaughter investigation. The video, believed to have been filmed by a witness, spread quickly on social networks and was picked up by the French news media. It shows two helmeted police officers on the left side of a yellow car that is stopped on the street. One of the officers leans onto the windshield and points what appears to be a firearm at the driver, and as the car starts moving away, a loud bang is audible.

Organizations: The New York Times Locations: France, Paris, Nanterre

☆ Police officer investigated after 17-year-old shot dead in Paris suburb
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Summary Sporadic clashes break out between youths and policeYouth shot dead after failing to stop car for policePolice officer in question being investigatedShooting took place in Paris suburb of NanterrePARIS, June 27 (Reuters) - A French police officer is being investigated for homicide after shooting dead a 17-year-old on Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after the youth failed to comply with an order to stop his car, the local prosecutor's office said. The officer fired at the boy, who subsequently died from his wounds, said the Nanterre prosecutor's office. Three people were killed by police shooting after refusing to comply with a traffic stop in 2021 and two in 2020. A Reuters tally of fatal shootings in 2021 and 2022 shows the majority of victims were Black or of Arabic origin. The driver was "known to the judicial services for having refused to comply with a traffic stop" on a previous occasion, it said.

Persons: Mercedes, Mornia Labssi, Laurent Nunez, BFM, Gerald Darmanin, Layli Foroudi, Juliette Jabkhiro, Dominique Vidalon, Sudip Kar, Conor Humphries, Alistair Bell, Sandra Maler Organizations: Police, Reuters, Mercedes AMG, National Police, Thomson Locations: Paris suburb, Nanterre PARIS, Paris, Nanterre, France

☆ Renault customers to lodge criminal complaint in France over faulty engines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) could face prosecution in France over faulty engines as a group of customers plans to lodge a criminal complaint against the carmaker next week, the group's lawyer said on Friday. The decision to file the complaint follows unsuccessful discussions between Renault and the plaintiffs over the faulty engines, he added. A Renault spokesperson said the company had been providing technical support and financial help to affected customers. "The Renault Group never stopped and continues reviewing demands that it is receiving," the spokesperson said. "Support demands that could not be addressed have all been carefully reviewed and an answer has been given," Renault said.

Persons: Christophe Leguevaques, Nissan, Renault, Nicolas Delame, Dominique Vidalon, Gilles Guillaume, Mark Potter Organizations: Renault, Reuters, Le Parisien, Renault Group, Nissan, Thomson Locations: France, Dacia, Nanterre, Europe

☆ Victor Wembanyama: How ‘Wembymania’ gripped France due to the most exciting draft prospect since LeBron James
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

There have been few players whose journey to the pinnacle of basketball have been as highly followed; in figures released by the NBA, Wembanyama is No. And I keep having to explain to them that having a sold-out, 15,000-people crowd for a regular French professional basketball game is not normal at all,” she said. His father was a high jumper, his mother was a former basketball player who is now a coach and his two siblings – older sister Eve and younger brother Oscar – are basketball players. And the French basketball system where he has been nurtured has helped develop his unique talent, says Krasnoff. “And it certainly has driven US interest in French basketball, at least as far as Wembanyama is concerned.

☆ S. Korea fines German automakers for colluding to curb emissions-cleaning technology
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/FilesSEOUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - South Korea's anti-trust regulator said on Thursday it would impose a combined fine of 42.3 billion won ($33.48 million) on three German automakers for colluding to curb emissions-cleaning technology for their diesel cars. Mercedes-Benz was fined 20.7 billion won, BMW 15.7 billion won and Audi 6 billion won, the regulator said, adding that Volkswagen was not fined because it did not earn revenue relevant to the issue. BMW, Volkswagen and Audi were not immediately available for comment outside business hours. Last year, Mercedes-Benz and its Korean unit were fined 20.2 billion won for false advertising tied to gas emissions of diesel passenger vehicles. The European Commission in 2021 fined Volkswagen and BMW a total of 875 million euros for colluding to curb the use of emissions-cleaning technology they had developed.

Paris, France CNN —A subsidiary of French construction firm Vinci was placed under formal investigation Wednesday over allegations of abusive working conditions on building sites in Qatar linked to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a spokeswoman with the Nanterre prosecutor’s office told CNN Thursday. “There are a lot more elements, so the judge decided there’s now enough for an investigation into Vinci,” Sherpa’s lawyer, Ingrid Metton, told CNN Thursday. “I am thrilled with this decision … it would have been very wrong for this World Cup to go ahead without pushing this investigation forward,” Metton added. Sherpa said it collected testimonies in 2014 about the working conditions on some of the construction sites linked to the World Cup and operated by Vinci’s Qatari subsidiary. Qatar will host the World Cup from November 20 until December 18.

☆ Vinci unit to face French judge on Nov. 9 over labour conditions in Qatar
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

That complaint was dismissed in January 2018 but the same year Sherpa lodged a fresh complaint against the company with new witness statements on alleged abuses. Vinci said in a statement on Monday that it was "extremely regrettable" that despite the proceedings having started seven years ago, its subsidiary should face charges just before the start of the Football World Cup in Qatar. "None of the projects awarded to QDVC has any connection with the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar. In fact these projects were entrusted to QDVC before the competition was awarded to Qatar and mainly relate to transport infrastructures," it said. "Vinci did not sign any contract with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, and has not built any stadium or hotel in Qatar," it added.

☆ Un prinţ saudit este anchetat pentru sclavie modernă. „Femeile erau la dispoziția lui zi și noapte și dormeau pe jos”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un membru al familiei regale saudite este vizat de o anchetă pentru trafic de persoane deschisă în 2019 de Parchetul din Nanterre, din apropiere de Paris. Şapte dintre angajatele prinţului saudit, majoritatea de origine filipineză, au depus plângere în octombrie 2019 pentru sclavie modernă, a confirmat parchetul, scrie digi24. Faptele datează de mai mulţi ani, din 2008, 2013 şi 2015, într-un apartament din Neuilly-sur-Seine, la periferia Parisului. Reclamantele au fost audiate în urmă cu câteva săptămâni, a spus o sursă apropiată de anchetă, precizând că prinţul nu a fost încă audiat de anchetatori deoarece nu este prezent pe teritoriul Franţei. Ancheta este derulată de comisariatul din Neuilly-sur-Seine şi de departamentul de luptă împotriva criminalităţii organizate în legătură cu imigraţia ilegală

Persons: saudite, prinţul Organizations: parchetul, Reclamantele, Agerpres Locations: Nanterre, Paris, Neuilly - sur - Seine, Parisului, Franţei, Arabia Saudită, Franţa

☆ Un prinţ saudit este anchetat pentru sclavie modernă; „Femeile erau la dispoziția lui zi și noapte și dormeau pe jos”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesUn prinţ saudit este anchetat pentru sclavie modernă; „Femeile erau la dispoziția lui zi și noapte și dormeau pe jos”Un membru al familiei regale saudite este vizat de o anchetă pentru trafic de persoane deschisă în 2019 de Parchetul din Nanterre, din apropiere de Paris. Şapte dintre angajatele prinţului saudit, majoritatea de origine filipineză, au depus plângere în octombrie 2019 pentru sclavie modernă, a confirmat parchetul. Faptele datează de mai mulţi ani, din 2008, 2013 şi 2015, într-un apartament din Neuilly-sur-Seine, la periferia Parisului. Reclamantele au fost audiate în urmă cu câteva săptămâni, a spus o sursă apropiată de anchetă, precizând că prinţul nu a fost încă audiat de anchetatori deoarece nu este prezent pe teritoriul Franţei. Ancheta este derulată de comisariatul din Neuilly-sur-Seine şi de departamentul de luptă împotriva criminalităţii organizate în legătură cu imigraţia ilegală.

Persons: saudite, prinţul Organizations: parchetul, Reclamantele, Agerpres Locations: saudit, Nanterre, Paris, Neuilly - sur - Seine, Parisului, Franţei, Arabia Saudită, Franţa

„Succesul ei a fost unul imediat. Pentru viitor, Jimmy Wales speră că Wikipedia va avea succes și în țările în curs de dezvoltare. Rămâne însă o anumită problemă de diversitate în domeniul surselor și a tematicilor abordate, existând și anumite „unghiuri moarte” legate de subiecte asociate unor țări în curs de dezvoltare. Cauza acestui fenomen constă în profilul contributorilor: cei mai mulți dintre ei sunt originari din Statele Unite și țările occidentale. „Wikipedia este totuși cel mai mare bun comun digital pe care ni l-a oferit internetul”, a adăugat el.

Persons: americanul Jimmy Wales, Jimmy Wales, Lionel Barbe Organizations: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Wikimedia France, Universitatea Oxford, Universitatea Locations: ., Universitatea Paris - Nanterre, Statele Unite

☆ Atac rasist în Franţa. Doi români sunt în stare gravă după ce au fost tăiaţi
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un bărbat cu probleme psihice a atacat cu sălbăticie un grup de de trei oameni, printre care se aflau şi doi români. Psihopatul a fost prins de poliţişti şi a mărturisit că a atacat pentru că i-a auzit vorbind în română. Francezii notează că este vorba despre un tânăr de 19 ani şi despre o femeie, a cărei identitate nu era cunoscută şi care era încă în terapie intensivă marţi, 15 decembrie. Reprezentanţii Parchetului din Nanterre, citaţi de portalul BFM Paris, au informat că este vorba despre o tentativă de crimă „din cauza rasei, etniei religie". Agresorul a fost arestat şi va fi judecat la Nanterre.

Persons: Psihopatul Locations: Franţa, Antony, Hauts - de - Seine, Parisului, Nanterre, Paris

Fosta aripă a echipei Stade Francais a urcat pe acoperișul unei clădiri dezafectate la începutul după-amiezii, înainte de a sări, a declarat o sursă din cadrul Poliției. Potrivit unei surse judiciare, un martor l-a văzut pe fostul jucător căzând de la 10 metri. O anchetă pentru stabilirea cauzelor morții a fost deschisă de parchetul din Nanterre (regiunea Paris). Dominici a fost de cinci ori campion național cu Stade Francais și a jucat semifinala Cupei Mondiale din 1999, împotriva Noii Zeelande. Dominici a înscris un eseu în acel meci, câștigat de francezi cu 43-31.

Persons: Dominici Organizations: Stade Francais, Cupei Mondiale Locations: Nanterre, Paris, Noii Zeelande, Franța, Australiei

☆ Emmanuel Macron Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2017-05-21 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Here is a look at the life of France’s President Emmanuel Macron. During his time as economy minister, he spearheaded the so-called “Macron Law,” which aimed to shake up the economy through labor reform. March 1, 2017 - While at an agricultural fair in Paris, Macron is hit by an egg, which cracks on his head. June 23, 2017 - Macron and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appear in a video together discussing climate change. In their phone call, Biden and Macron agree to meet in person at the end of next month in Europe.

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