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France puts four departments on a heatwave red alert for Tuesday

Extra vigilance ordered in Drôme, Ardèche, Rhône and Haute-Loire.

Travel News

French pharmacies are the latest TikTok travel trend

The hashtag #Frenchpharmacy has hit a staggering 130 million views on the video sharing website.

Destinations

Italy, Slovenia, Lithuania: Europe’s best under-the-radar destinations

‘Seriously underrated’: Travellers share the European cities they unexpectedly fell in love with.

France

This medical centre in France has 5,000 patients but no doctors

A medical centre in Eastern France was faced with a desperate situation when its last three doctors retired, leaving thousands of patients without adequate access to health care.

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Green News

Italy, France, Switzerland: Europe braces for another heatwave

Weather forecasters predict temperatures up to 42C in Italy, 40C in France and 37C in Switzerland.

Culture news

Iranian chess grandmaster Mitra Hejazipour on freedom without a hijab

Mitra Hejazipour: "Mehsa Amini's death was the beginning of the end of this regime. We know that during these years, many people have been killed and imprisoned by this regime, but this was a turning point for Iran."

Green News

Firefighting forces cut in 10 EU countries despite climate crisis

The threat of wildfires and flooding has never been greater in Europe - so why are countries cutting firefighters?

Climate

‘Winter storms’ in August destroy crops in northern France

‘We've never seen anything like it,’ says a French farmer who has lost half of his harvest due to weather extremes.

Green News

30,000 residents left without reliable water sources as drought hits

As Europe continues to experience recording breaking heatwaves, southern France has been hit by severe drought.

France

French police investigate Channel shipwreck that killed at least six

An overcrowded vessel attempting to cross from France to UK capsized this week, ending with the death of several Afghan exiles.

World News

English channel rescue operation underway after migrant boat capsizes

At least six are thought to have died in the incident, which comes as the estimated number of channel crossings in the last five years passes 100,000.

Business

Inflation slows down in France, UK economy grows by 0.2%

France's inflation dropped to 4.3% in July, the lowest level since February last year, while the UK economy has avoided stagnation, growing 0.2% between April and June.

Green News

Europe is cracking down on ‘direct action’ climate protests

Some countries are invoking legal powers often used against organised crime and extremist groups.

Design

Culture Re-View: Is the Louvre's famous pyramid an occult symbol?

On this day in 1793, the Louvre Museum opened in France. But what’s behind its infamous pyramid and does a darker symbol lurk?

Niger

Niger's coup leaders ask Russian mercenary group, Wagner, for help

Niger's military leaders have reportedly asked Russian mercenary group for help against a potential ECOWAS intervention.

World News

Plan agreed for military intervention in Niger as deadline approaches

Leaders of the bloc of West African states known as ECOWAS have agreed on a plan for military intervention in Niger unless coup leaders restore civilian rule by Sunday.

Niger

International pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger

International pressure mounted Thursday against leaders of the coup in Niger as the American secretary of state said the United States “stands very much” in support of West African leaders who have threatened to use force to restore the nation's democracy, and Senegal offered troops to help.

Tech News

French media agency AFP sues Twitter over news content remuneration

AFP took legal action to obtain an urgent injunction with a court in Paris.

France

French authorities probe Corsican nationalist group's terrorism claims

The FLNC says it carried out multiple attacks on the Mediterranean island, which has seen an uptick in nationalist-linked violence this year.

World News

Plane carrying 262 evacuees from Niger lands in Paris

Foreign nationals lined up outside an airport in Niger's capital on Wednesday morning to wait for a French military evacuation flight, while a regional bloc continued talks about its response to the military coup that took place last week.