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France

France issues more than 700 fines under new street harassment law

French authorities have issued over 700 fines since a street harassment law came into effect last year.

07/08/2019

France

Watch: Farmers create natural straw intend to break plastic's back

Just a half acre provides 1 million drinking straws that are biodegradable, reusable, resist the cold and heat, as well as being dishwasher-friendly.

07/08/2019

Italy

Italian Senate backs train link with France, widening coalition rift

Italian Senate backs Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link, widening coalition rift

07/08/2019

France

‘Say things in French!’: Minister reignites debate over language

France's culture minister wants people in France to "say things in French".

05/08/2019

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French inventor Franky Zapata succeeds to cross the English Channel

Looking like a superhero, 40-year-old Franky Zapata completed the 35-kilometer journey in 22 minutes, setting off from the French coastal town of Sangatte to land in Saint Margaret's Bay in Britain.

04/08/2019

United Kingdom

UK Border Force find 60 guns in car arriving in Dover from Calais

Britain's National Crime Agency said the find is believed to be "the largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a UK port."

04/08/2019

France

Watch: Frenchman successfully crosses Channel on 'hoverboard'

"The last five, six kilometres were pure pleasure, to see the [British] coast approaching like this," Franky Zapata said after landing.

04/08/2019

France

Amazon will pass on digital tax to French businesses using its service

US online retailer Amazon said it will pass on the cost of France's new digital tax to its French customers, three weeks after the levy was passed.

02/08/2019

Haiti

Euroviews. The UK has abandoned Haiti. The push for a “Global Britain” is an opportunity to make amends ǀ View

2020 will mark a decade since the earthquake that devastated the country’s infrastructure and set Haiti back a generation. Lest we forget, this earthquake was catastrophic. More people died in five minutes than during five years of conflict in Syria.

31/07/2019

France

France hits back over Trump's 'moronic' comments on French wine

The genie is out of the bottle as the French Farming Minister hits out at Donald Trump, calling his assertions regarding French wine 'moronic'.

30/07/2019

France

People demand #JusticeforSteve after French festival-goer's body found

After the body of a man who went missing during a police operation at France's Fete de la Musique last month was found on Tuesday, people took to social media to demand answers.

30/07/2019

France

Watch: Balloons fill the skies but fail to pop world record

The count, which reached 456, tied with the previous record set by the festival.

30/07/2019

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Balloon extravaganza in France misses out on world record

It failed to break the world record, but the "Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons" festival sent as many balloons in the air as the last time it was held, organisers said on Monday (July 29)

30/07/2019

France

French NGO files lawsuit over lead contamination from Notre-Dame fire

"The relevant authorities, including the diocese... neglected to assist residents, visitors and workers, allowing them to be exposed to the toxic fallout," the NGO said in its lawsuit.

29/07/2019

Spain

Footage of a bull with horns on fire causes uproar

Several French NGOs called out the old Spanish tradition of setting a bull's horns on fire after footage of a bull with his horns on fire went viral on social media.

29/07/2019

Sport

Egan Bernal becomes first Colombian to win the Tour de France

Team INEOS' Egan Bernal became the 2019 Tour de France champion on Sunday. He is the first Colombian to hold the title.

28/07/2019

France

Vintage Trump as US president threatens to tax French wines

Donald Trump has threatened to target French wine after Paris imposed a tax on US technology giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon.

27/07/2019

France

Watch: Enormous thigh bone of a dinosaur found in southwest France

This femur is two metres long, bigger than the average human male!

26/07/2019

France

'May the force be with vous’: France unveils space weapons plan

France wants to develop laser weapons to protect its satellites, the country's defence minister said as she outlined a new space strategy.

26/07/2019

France

Commander of submarine that was missing for 50 years remembered fondly

51 years since it's disappearance, French submarine La Minerve was found on Monday. Pierre Simon, a former French Navy marine, remembers what the submarine's commander was like.

26/07/2019