Trigger warning: Some readers may find the details of this report disturbing. Discretion is advised. At least four preschool children and two adults were injured in a knife attack which took place by a lake in the French Alps on Thursday (June 8).

France knife attack: Video shows terrifying moment when man stabbed a child multiple times

Four children and two adults were injured after they were stabbed with a knife by a man in the French town of Annecy on Thursday. The police acted swiftly and overpowered the accused.

France knife attack leaves 4 children in critical condition; injures 2 others

Some disturbing news reports of a devastating incident have emerged from France where a knife attack reportedly left several children injured on Thursday. According to reports, the stabbing incident occurred at Lakeside Park in Annecy, a town located in the French Alps. Four children and an adult have been injured in the unfortunate incident as details are still coming in.

Shocking news from France: Knife attack in Annecy injures five, including children

France has rejected a proposal by NATO to open a liaison office in Japan. As per media reports, French officials are of the view that NATO’s presence in the East Asian region will distract it from its prime region of focus.

France gives thumbs down to NATO’s plans of opening liaison office in Japan

In Pics | French unions protest against pension reform law

In Pics | France's last surviving D-Day commando attends anniversary celebrations alongside Macron

President Emmanuel Macron raising the retirement age in France has already sparked weeks of protests and strikes. While Macron says the reform is essential to plug a massive deficit, the French unions start their last bit of protests as workers across France stage protests to stop the French pension overhaul.

France: 400,000 to 600,000 expected to protest on June 6

Now France has witnessed months of unrest over the controversial pension reform Bill earlier this year but the French government was firm on its priority. Now it has moved one step further by publishing the first two of the 31 decrees of the unpopular pension reform law. The order that is expected to be implemented by September.

France implements unpopular pension reform, orders must be enacted by Septembers

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A United Nations committee began talks to come up with a landmark global plastics treaty in Paris, on Monday (May 29), which would ideally be aimed to end global plastic pollution.

Explained: Plastic recycling in focus as countries meet in Paris for treaty talks

French prime minister Elisabeth Borne is suing her biography publisher for outing her personal details. Is it okay to infringe the privacy of women politicians? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: French PM Elisabeth Borne sues autobiography publisher

Nearly 35,000 bottles of a carbonated soda drink that called itself champagne have been destroyed by the French border police, as per BBC. Following a customs inspection in October 2021, the "bright orange liquid" bottles were confiscated after the word "Couronne Fruit Champagne" was seen on their label.

France police destroy 35,000 ‘champagne’ bottles over naming violations

Five French security personnel have been handed a preliminary charge over their failure to respond to distress calls made by migrants in 2021, which led to the killing of at least 27 people.

France indicts five soldiers for failing to rescue 27 migrants killed in 2021 English Channel tragedy

France is banning short-haul domestic flights. Passengers cannot take planes for distances that can be travelled by trains in two and a half hour. How effective will this be? Is France choosing the planet over profits? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: France bans short-haul flights | Fight against climate change

Renowned Islamic scholar and former professor at Oxford University, Tariq Ramadan, was acquitted of rape and sexual coercion charges by a Geneva Criminal Court on Wednesday (May 24).

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan acquitted in Swiss rape trial

In the latest of several trials in Europe over migrant lorry deaths, France is set to try 19 men, allegedly accused of a people-smuggling plot that led to the killings of 39 Vietnamese migrants in the back of a lorry in the year 2019, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.

France orders trial of suspects over 2019 migrant lorry deaths

In a bid to cut carbon emissions, France has imposed a ban on short-haul flights, on routes where train alternatives can be taken, on Tuesday (May 23). The law came into effect two years after it was signed into law, in line with which flights will no longer work on routes which can be completed in two-and-a-half hours by train.

France bans short-haul flights where trains are available to cut carbon emissions

The head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), on Sunday (May 21) said governments worldwide should consider vaccinating birds against bird flu or avian influenza to stop it from becoming another pandemic.

Animal health body calls for vaccine for birds against avian flu amid pandemic concerns

Police in France's Avignon city are looking into several posters that depict French President Emmanuel Macron as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. As many as 30 posters were placed on about 120 billboards in Avignon city depicting Macron in a suit and moustache. The caricature posters bore digits "49.3" and greying hair. The numbers pertain to an article of the Constitution that was utilised to pass pension reform legislation in the National Assembly.

France: Macron depicted as Hitler on posters in France's Avignon, police initiate probe

Police in France's Avignon city are looking into several posters that depict French President Emmanuel Macron as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. As many as 30 posters were placed on about 120 billboards in Avignon city depicting Macron in a suit and moustache.

Posters depicting Macron as Hitler found on 120 billboards in France’s Avignon city, cops initiate probe

Southern Europe is all set to face another year of brutal summers and heatwaves, triggering fears that Europe might be on its way to facing water shortages of a level never seen in decades.

Southern Europe 'turning into desert', France, Italy and Spain to face brutal summer of drought

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on Wednesday (May 17) lost his appeal against a 2021 corruption sentence in a Paris court. However, instead of spending time in jail, the former president will serve his time at his home but will have to wear an electronic tag.

Explained | Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his many legal woes

Jean-Baptiste Trogneux, who is the great-nephew of French first lady Brigitte Macron, was attacked outside the family's famed Trogneux chocolate shop in northern of the country.

Brigitte Macron's relative beaten up at family chocolate shop by protesters

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling. The court maintained he should serve a one-year detention sentence at home with an electronic bracelet and banned him from public office for three years over his attempts to secure favours from a judge in a case uncovered by wiretapping.

French court upholds 3-year sentence of former President Sarkozy

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