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Guadeloupe hospital says emergency rooms are saturated

In Guadeloupe, emergency rooms are saturated with patients suffering from Covid-19.

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Travel-loving vegans need to check out this luxury holiday company

World Vegan Travel organises luxury group holidays across the world for vegans and the vegan-curious.

France

Arc de Triomphe to be covered in fabric in tribute to Bulgarian artist

France's Arc de Triomphe will be wrapped up in recyclable fabric and red rope in tribute to Bulgarian artist Christo.

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Meet the French health workers against compulsory COVID vaccination

French health workers who refuse mandatory vaccination will face a suspension without remuneration. Many are up in arms against the new rules.

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Tourists told to leave Martinique 'immediately' as COVID cases surge

France's overseas territory of Martinique enters a tougher lockdown for three weeks as COVID-19 infections surge in the Caribbean.

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French Olympic medallists celebrate victory in Paris

France's basketball, volleyball and handball players celebrate their Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals in Paris, surrounded by hundreds of fans. The Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo the president of Paris 2024 Tony Estanguet were also present to congratulate the medallists.

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Shrimply the best: Belgium once again victorious in prawn peeling competition

With 116 grams of peeled shrimps, Katty Vanmassenhove from Belgian is the champion of the 16th world championship of shrimp peeling in Leffrinckoucke.

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Iran's new president calls Macron in bid to revive nuclear talks

Hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi asked France to help secure Iran's “rights” in now-stalled talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

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'Mission impossible': French restaurants grapple with new COVID pass

Since Monday, a health pass is required to visit bars, restaurants, health centres and to use long-distance public transport across France.

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Local Australian lockdown ends while Delta variant circulates globally

Here are the latest COVID-19 developments from around the world.

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Suspect hands himself in after Catholic priest murdered in France

A man handed himself in after a priest was murdered on Monday in France's western region of Vendée. The suspect had been detained last year after admitting setting the Nantes Cathedral on fire.

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Protests against COVID health pass held across Europe

Protests against COVID health pass were held across Europe on Saturday 7 August.

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Protests against COVID health pass held across France

The demonstrations come just two days before the use of the health pass is extended to bars, restaurants and long-distance public transport.

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French move to require a COVID pass to access restaurants is approved

The health pass will be extended to restaurants, cafes and some modes of transport from August 9.

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England lifts quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers from France

The Department for Transport said in a statement that the change — effective from 05:00 CEST on Sunday, August 8 — is because "the proportion of Beta variant cases has fallen".

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'Catastrophic situation': French island Guadeloupe in COVID lockdown

"We are in a catastrophic situation, we have exceeded 3,000 cases per week," Guadeloupe health chief Valérie Denux told reporters.

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Beaches in Marseille are being cleaned up by volunteers and charities

As much as one tonne of rubbish is removed from the beaches in a day.

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Giant panda gives birth to twin cubs in France

The twins are their second and third cubs after the first panda ever born in France, Yuan Meng, in 2017.

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French firefighters are fighting forest fires with this balloon

Firefighters in Marseille are using a balloon equipped with a camera to monitor the landscape for signs of fire 24/7.

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French police brace for clashes during anti-vaccine pass protests

France will require the vaccine pass from August 9 in most places. Critics say that the measures are 'absurd' and an attack on liberty.