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PM Modi conferred with France's highest award, 'Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour'

In a historic moment, French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (local time). Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Modi conferred with France's highest award Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the first Indian Prime Minister to have been conferred with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest civilian and military honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron on July 13, 2023.

The Hindu

'Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour': PM Modi conferred with France's highest honour

PARIS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, the highest honour of France, by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday.

The Times of India

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France’s Macron visits victims of Alps knife attack in hospital

President visits seriously wounded children as investigators seek to unravel Syrian suspect’s motive.

Al Jazeera

French court hands down jail terms to attackers of first lady's relative

A French court on Monday sentenced two men to jail after convicting them on charges of beating up the great-nephew of France's first lady Brigitte Macron last month outside her family's chocolate shop.

Radio France Internationale

Macron marks 1,000 year anniversary of iconic Mont-Saint-Michel

France’s iconic abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel is celebrating 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone in 923, with President Emmanuel Macron marking the occasion in Normandy on the eve of the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Radio France Internationale

French court sentences two men who attacked Brigitte Macron's relative to jail

A French court on Monday sentenced two men to jail after convicting them on charges of beating up the great-nephew of French first lady Brigitte Macron last month outside her family's chocolate shop.One of the accused was sentenced at the court in the northern city of Amiens to 12 months…

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Three men accused of attacking Brigitte Macron relative appear in court

Accused among eight arrested after Jean-Baptiste Trogneux was beaten up outside family’s chocolate shop

The Guardian - UK

France at risk of 'décivilisation', Macron tells cabinet meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron told ministers at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the country is seeing a trend towards "décivilisation", government sources said. Macron's remarks followed the deaths of a nurse and three policemen in the past week as well as a fatal shooting in Marseille.

France 24

Three to face trial in France over assault of Brigitte Macron's relative

Three men are to be tried for allegedly beating up the great-nephew of French first lady Brigitte Macron outside the family's chocolate shop in northern France. A 16-year-old is also facing prosecution.

Radio France Internationale

King Charles III Coronation fashion: best looks from the day

Pomp, politicians and powder blue was the order of service, as thousands gathered in their finery to celebrate the new King Charles

Evening Standard

Protesters shout down Macron on visit to the Netherlands

Anger against an unpopular pension reform in France followed President Emmanuel Macron to the Netherlands where protesters interrupted a speech he was giving on Tuesday at the start of a two-day state visit.

Reuters

British King's Visit to France Canceled amid Mass Protests

Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday amid slowed train traffic, rows of trucks blocking access to Marseille's commercial port and debris still littering the Paris streets following the previous day's mass demonstrations. Over 450 protesters were arrested in Paris and beyond…

Asharq Al-Awsat

School uniforms are meant to foster a sense of belonging and raise achievement – but it's not clear that they do

In France, MPs have recently considered whether to reintroduce compulsory school uniform, with first lady Brigitte Macron adding her support to the idea. “It erases differences, it saves time,” she said. These perceptions of the benefits of uniform are widely held – but do they hold up?

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Radio France Internationale

French MPs reject far right's proposal to reintroduce school uniforms

France’s lower assembly has rejected a bill brought by the far-right National Rally to bring back a form of uniform in French schools, despite the backing of first lady and former teacher Brigitte Macron.

Radio France Internationale

French education minister presents plan to tackle drastic school level slump

France's National Education Ministry this week announced new measures to get school childrens' basic French and maths skills up to scratch, including two extra hours of reading and writing, and daily dictation exercises.

Reuters

France's First Lady in favour of mandatory school uniforms - Le Parisien

President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte on Thursday weighed into the politically charged debate in France on whether to introduce compulsory school uniforms just ahead of a debate in parliament on the issue pushed by the far-right.

Evening Standard

King Charles ‘set to make first state visit to Paris in March’

Details of visit by the King and the Queen Consort have been reported in France

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The Independent UK

Brigitte Macron hits out at gender-neutral French grammar system

Ms Macron described the push for a more gender-inclusive iteration of the French language a ‘cultural position’

Radio France Internationale

Macron hosts international conference to meet urgent needs of Ukraine

France will on Tuesday host an international solidarity conference for Ukraine that is intended to respond to the urgent needs of the country as it endures a difficult winter.

Radio France Internationale

Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska bound for Paris on fundraising mission

The wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Olena Zelenska, will arrive in Paris Monday for her first trip to France since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

Evening Standard

World Cup 2022: Have you noticed it too? We see the world through the lens of our youth

Stop, rewind — this isn’t how I pictured it at all. For one thing, the France kit is wrong, it’s meant to be a lighter shade of blue. As for the Dutch, where’s Dennis Bergkamp? Retired? I thought this was the World Cup.

WEKU

Celebs and dignitaries meet at the White House for Biden's state dinner

Foreign and domestic government officials and A-list stars partook in President Biden's black tie event Thursday night, in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Daily Mirror

Pregnant Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend enjoy glamorous White House dinner

President Biden rolled out the red carpet for French President Emmanuel Macron with fancy cheeses and imported over 200 lobsters

The Independent UK

Tent, tables ready for White House state dinner for France

The tent is ready and the tables are set for the big state dinner at the White House

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