Paris, July 4: French President Emmanuel Macron announced on social media platform X that the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is returning to its home port in Toulon from the Middle East. According to news agency Xinhua, the aircraft carrier was deployed to the region to prepare for a proposed multinational maritime security mission […]
Wildfires ripped through southern France on Thursday, scorching a combined area of 1,210 hectares of land as strong winds and tinder-dry conditions left by Europe’s recent heatwave fuelled rapidly spreading blazes.Hundreds of firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft and emergency vehicles, were deployed across the affected regions as authorities raced to contain the fires, Reuters reported.The […]
Russia on Monday strongly condemned France’s detention of a Russian-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean, describing the action as illegal and warning that Moscow would take steps to safeguard its shipping operations.Reacting to France’s seizure of the tanker Tagor, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia considered the move unlawful, according to Reuters.“We consider such […]
More than 400 people were arrested and seven police officers were injured across France after celebrations following Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League triumph descended into violence, authorities said on Sunday.According to the French interior ministry, 416 people were detained nationwide, including 283 in Paris, as clashes broke out between police and supporters after PSG’s victory in […]
Italy on red alert; Portugal records hottest May day ROME: Italy issued a red alert warning for the capital Rome on Thursday and Portugal and France reported their hottest days in May as Europe struggled with a heatwave that has smashed records across the continent.Britain and France have already reported their hottest-ever May days this […]
Western Europe reeled under an unseasonal heatwave on Tuesday as record-breaking temperatures swept across the continent.A “heat dome” carrying warm air from northern Africa and trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe pushed temperatures far above normal May averages, according to weather agencies. In France, at least seven people died directly or indirectly due […]
Air France and Airbus held guilty over deadly 2009 Atlantic flight disaster Air France and Airbus were found guilty of manslaughter by a Paris appeals court on Thursday over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a flight […]
British tourist Guy Evans (Image: GoFundMe) A British man has been left unable to walk and staring at huge medical bills after breaking his neck during a holiday in France, all because he travelled without insurance.Guy Evans, 30, suffered the life-changing injury while visiting his father’s holiday home in the Loire Valley with his brother […]
Candace Owens reacts after Brigitte Macron slap claims shock France again (Image via Getty) French President Emmanuel Macron is once again facing online rumors after a new book claimed his wife, Brigitte Macron, became angry over alleged messages he sent to Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani. The claims quickly spread online after conservative commentator Candace Owens […]
People walk past the British cruise ship Ambition, as French authorities ordered 1,700 passengers & crew to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, in Bordeaux, France French authorities on Wednesday eased restrictions on passengers aboard the British cruise ship Ambition after tests confirmed that a gastrointestinal virus, potentially norovirus and not hantavirus, […]
