France’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that aims to give single women and lesbian couples legal access to in vitro fertilization, egg freezing and fertility medication. The assisted reproduction measures are part of a broader bioethics bill voted by the National Assembly, the lower house, where French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has a majority. The bill passed 359-114. It must still go to the Senate for debate.

Crop ban after French chemical plant fire

Artist Daniel Monnier spent a couple of decades away before returning to complete his vision.

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire has stated that crypto-to-crypto trades will be tax-exempt, according to a report by Bloomberg. Instead, France will only tax cryptocurrency gains when they are converted into “traditional” currencies. “We believe that the moment the gains are converted into traditional money is the right time to assess tax,” Le Maire …

A mobile home for approximately 3,000 books.

France's health ministry says preventative measures helped to curb damage from the heat.

The city of Dunkirk in northern France launched a revamped bus system last year with a twist – it’s completely free.

French Steam users have the right to resell games, a Paris court has ruled in a case brought by a consumer group. The years-long case isn’t fully settled because Valve can yet appeal, and why would they not? This is still a big decision. The official line so far has been that games bought in a downloadable form, without a physical form like a disc backing them, cannot be resold.

As Anne Hidalgo declares war on the car, drivers rage at the disruptions, but supporters credit her with preparing Paris for a hotter future.

Most people might not be really that informed about how bees help humans and the environment. Bees are one of the insects that assist the pollination process. Pollination is how insects such as bees and butterflies transfer pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma which leads to fertilization resulting to the production of a new seed.

Joint private-law enforcement efforts shuts down two-year-old Retadup malware operation for good.

Activists say stinking sludge is linked to nitrates in fertilisers from intensive farming

Heartwarming stories on the Internet are a rare commodity, but that's exactly what we have today, courtesy of a few French police officers. Reported on by French outlet BFMTV (translated via ResetEra), Paris police recovered some stolen video game consoles, and apparently couldn't locate the original owners. Thus, the systems were set to be destroyed, until Paris police decided rather than destroy them, they would donate them.

At the Angoulême International Comics Festival, there was a sense that the best days for comic books may be yet to come — in the French-speaking world, at least.

However France has gone a step further and set the high bar in the effort to save the bees. Given the importance of pollinators to nature and the survival of the biosphere, this could not happen too soon! Studies have reported that the neonicotinoid pesticides attack the central nervous system of insects, leading to loss of memory and homing skills, in addition to reduced fertility.

French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron.

Health agency advises no more than two glasses a day to cut down alcohol-related disease risk

French medical and drug experts say homeopathic medicines should no longer be paid for by the country’s health system because there is no evidence they work. The conclusion in a joint report from the prestigious Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Pharmacy comes as the country’s centrist government considers halting the reimbursement of alternative health treatments.

Internet Archive perplexed and annoyed over idiotic demands

Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devastated the Parisian landmark, a searing loss for the city and for France.