France’s World Cup-winning defender Raphaël Varane announced his retirement from football at the age of 31 on Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on a hugely […]
Month: September 2024
French champagne makers aim to protect grape harvesters from abuse
Champagne vineyards are taking steps to better protect seasonal workers from abuse, hoping to restore the iconic bubbly’s damaged reputation after reports emerged last year […]
California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public on plastic recycling
In a first of its kind lawsuit, the US state of California has sued ExxonMobil for fraud over plastic recycling. The state’s attorney general accuses […]
‘Restore order’: France’s new Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau signals rightward shift
Staunch conservative Bruno Retailleau has quickly shown his hardliner credentials as France’s new interior minister by taking a tough stance on immigration, crime and defending […]
80 years on, French lake still polluted by World War II bombs
A French environmental group has found artillery shells dating back to World Wars I and II and even the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 in a lake in […]
French maternity care: A postcode lottery?
For several decades now, France has been struggling with doctors leaving rural areas and people there not being able to access medical care. Maternity wards […]
China announces new measures to boost its struggling economy
The governor of the People’s Bank of China, Pan Gongsheng, has announced new measures meant to boost the country’s ailing economy. China’s central bank is […]
Germany warns UniCredit against “hostile takeover” of Commerzbank
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against a “hostile takeover” of Commerzbank, after Italy’s UniCredit revealed it had significantly increased its stake in Germany’s second largest […]
France’s new govt convenes for first time and sets budget, migrant issues as top priorities
France’s right-leaning new government convened Monday for its first formal meeting during which Prime Minister Michel Barnier vowed to address budget and migrant issues as […]
Six new defendants take the stand in France’s Pelicot mass rape trial
The mass rape trial that has shaken France on Monday moved into its fourth week by hearing the cases against six new defendants. Among them […]