Norway’s road federation revealed on Tuesday that the number of electric vehicles on its roads was now larger than the number of petrol cars. Though […]
Month: September 2024
France’s budgetary situation is ‘very serious’, new PM Barnier says
France has a “very serious” budgetary deficit, Prime Minister Michael Barnier said, weeks after France was placed on a formal procedure for violating European Union budgetary […]
Bayern, Mbappé and Liverpool shine as new UCL ‘league phase’ kicks off
European football’s most coveted competition debuted its new format on Tuesday, foregoing its classic ‘group stage’ games for a giant league compromised of all 36 […]
European Commission president unveils who will get key economic portfolios
After weeks of negotiations, European Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen has unveiled her top team – giving key economic portfolios to France, Italy and […]
Amazon CEO hopes to rekindle startup spirit by ending remote work
In a long memo sent to Amazon staff on Monday, CEO Andy Jassy told the tech giant’s corporate employees that they would no longer be […]
‘I am a rapist,’ says Frenchman accused of inviting scores of men to rape his drugged wife
Dominique Pelicot, the 71-year-old Frenchman accused of drugging and raping his then-wife Gisèle and recruiting dozens of other men online to come to their home […]
Boeing annouonces hiring freeze and sweeping cost cuts as strike continues
Boeing announced a hiring freeze and costcutting measures amid a crippling strike at its assmbly plants that has brought production of its best-selling jets, including […]
The other D-Day: France’s forgotten colonial troops and the Provence landings
It’s one of the untold stories of World War II: how France whitewashed its colonial troops during the liberation from Nazi rule. On August 15, […]
London Olympics chief Coe, international cycling head Lappartient in race for IOC presidency
The head of the 2012 London Olympics, Briton Sebastian Coe, and the chief of international cycling, Frenchman David Lappartient, are among the names being mentioned […]
French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers stands trial for terrorism-related offences
French jihadist Peter Cherif, who was in regular contact with the brothers who carried out the 2015 attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, went on […]