Amid public pressure to prosecute sexual abuse of children, France might set its age of consent for the first time. According to CBS News, the head of the country’s Justice Ministry announced that they would push to pass an age of consent of 15.
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The Little-Known Story of Madagascar’s Last Queen, Ranavalona III
A cabernet dress adorned with pearls, a collection of family photographs and an assortment of precious mementos associated with Madagascar’s last queen, Ranavalona III, are among the artifacts set to go under the hammer today in Kerry Taylor Auctions’ latest fashion-forward sale.
Google Fined $57 Million for Burying Privacy Terms Where Users Won’t Find Them
Google has been fined $56.8 million by privacy regulators in France, marking the country’s first use of the tough new privacy rules enacted in Europe last year. Specifically, the company is accused of violating provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by using, without proper consent, the private data of users to craft personalized ads; and by burying key privacy disclosures pages deep, amid oceans of text. Continue reading Google Fined $57 Million for Burying Privacy Terms Where Users Won’t Find Them
$56M Worth of Cocaine Found at French Coca-Cola Factory
In what was either cosmic irony or a case of criminals being a bit too on-the-nose, a stockpile of cocaine worth $56 million was found this week in France…in a Coca-Cola factory.
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At Least 73 Dead After Attacker Crashes Truck Through Parade in Nice, France
According to city officials, at least 73 people are dead in Nice, France, after a driver plowed a truck through a crowd during a Bastille Day parade, iTele reports. Authorities have characterized the incident as “an attack” and are urging people to stay indoors.
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Portugal Defeats France 1-0 To Win Euro 2016 Championship
Substitute Eder scored in extra-time to give Portugal a 1-0 win over hosts France in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday as they secured their first major international title despite losing captain and talisman Cristiano Ronaldo to injury.
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305-Million-Year-Old ‘Almost Spider’ Unlocks Arachnid History
A new fossil found in France is almost a spider, but not quite.
The arachnid, locked in iron carbonate for 305 million years, reveals the stepwise evolution of arachnids into spiders. Dubbed Idmonarachne brasieri after the Greek mythological figure Idmon, father
of Arachne, a weaver turned into a spider by a jealous goddess, the “almost spider” lacks only the spinnerets that spiders use to turn silk into webs.
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