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Google launched a verification platform dubbed 'CrossCheck' at the French Development Agency's headquarters in Paris on Tuesday, aimed at combatting fake news. The partnership between First Draft and the Google News Lab will work in collaboration with 17 newsrooms, including Agence France-Presse (AFP), BuzzFeed News, France Televisions and Le Monde, among others. The CrossCheck launch comes as France prepares to hold presidential elections this summer.
Major disappointment for Marine Le Pen Sunday as her far right National Front did not win any of France's 18 regions. The result, however, is the best in the history of the far right party.
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
Lawyers representing civil parties and accused at the trial of the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas market attack that killed five people, arrive at the Paris criminal court, which is due to deliver its verdict against four men on trial in the case. IMAGES
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen tours the Paris International Agricultural Show, taking selfies and sampling the produce on display. A few cries of "Marine Présidente" ("Marine President") punctuated her visit. IMAGES
The EU should seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, its climate commissioner says, proposing a new interim target towards making the bloc carbon neutral in 2050. "Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should be a 90 percent emission cut" compared to 1990 levels, says commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, calling for a "fair transition" that will allow EU businesses to thrive. SOUNDBITE
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