By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) -Chinese online fashion platform Shein is ramping up its fight in France, gambling that its first permanent shop, in a Paris department store, will help fend off fierce pushback from lawmakers against its low-cost model.

France is the latest country to change its criminal code to a consent-based definition of rape, but other developed countries still haven’t.

The French government will begin closed-door talks with lawmakers this week in a bid to salvage a budget from a bitter, slow-moving parliamentary debate that risks toppling Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.

France's National Film Board is doubling down on Asia as the region emerges as a vital creative force in a shifting global entertainment landscape.

Once they earned promotion to League A of the World Cup qualifying process, the Republic of Ireland knew they’d be up against it in the initial phase of their effort to qualify for the 2027 tournament in Brazil, but Tuesday afternoon’s draw proved relatively kind - they’re in a group with France, the Netherlands and Poland.

Senators voted 327-0 in favor of the bill, which states that "any non-consensual sexual act constitutes sexual assault."