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French authorities evacuated a makeshift camp housing hundreds of homeless people from the grounds of the Samu social in Paris on Thursday, highlighting the mounting pressure on the capital’s emergency accommodation system. The camp, located inside and in front of the Samu social facility in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, had been......
Thailand has significantly tightened its controls against drug trafficking since June, prompting the French Embassy in Bangkok to issue a warning after at least 11 French nationals were detained over cannabis discovered in their luggage. The diplomatic alert comes as Thai authorities step up airport inspections and apply financial penalties......
Vice Admiral Olivier Lebas, a former commander of France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, has died in a mountain accident at the age of 62. Lebas, who had retired from active service and joined Airbus as a defense adviser in 2023, died on Wednesday, August 12, following a fall in the mountains. His death has prompted tributes......
The private beach experience long associated with Saint-Tropez and the French Riviera is finding a new setting in Paris, where upscale venues along the Seine are turning summer relaxation into a premium experience. In the capital, sun loungers, cocktails and waterfront terraces are increasingly being marketed as an exclusive alternative to......
The first outlines of Zinedine Zidane's coaching team with France have been unveiled, giving a clearer picture of the new era at the helm of Les Bleus. The French Football Federation (FFF) officially announced the first appointments on Thursday, confirming several familiar names around the former France international. David Bettoni named......
Former Swedish model Ebba Karlsson is preparing legal action against the French state, accusing the justice system of a “denial of justice” over the handling of the French component of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Karlsson's decision follows the death of Daniel Siad, whom she had accused of rape and human trafficking.......
France could face economic losses of between €10 billion and €15 billion as an exceptional heatwave continues to affect the country, according to Environment Minister Monique Barbeau. Speaking during an emergency meeting focused on drought conditions, Barbeau said the estimate includes both direct and indirect costs linked to the......
French authorities have opened a murder investigation after the partially burned body of a woman was discovered Wednesday morning in a vineyard in Saint-Gilles, in the Gard department. The discovery was made by an agricultural worker who was carrying out his duties in the vineyard, approximately 20 kilometres from Nîmes. He alerted......
A campsite accommodating between 1,000 and 2,000 people was evacuated Wednesday afternoon in Camiers, in the Pas-de-Calais department, after several fires broke out in the coastal dunes. Firefighters confirmed that the flames were burning close to the campsite, prompting authorities and campsite management to move holidaymakers away from......
French customs officers have seized 241.7 kilograms of cocaine from the trailer of a truck stopped on the A10 motorway in the Loiret department, according to the Orléans prosecutor's office. The seizure was made on Saturday morning during a customs inspection a few kilometres north of Orléans. The scale of the discovery......
France's Bloctel telephone-marketing opt-out service has been hit by a data leak affecting approximately three million phone numbers, just weeks before the system is scheduled to close. The French Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF) confirmed the incident on Wednesday, while stressing that......
Guillaume Pley has launched several defamation complaints following a series of investigations and reports concerning his conduct and the editorial positioning of Legend, the YouTube podcast he founded. The French presenter and media entrepreneur has chosen to respond through the courts after becoming the subject of increasingly critical......
French astronaut Sophie Adenot is set to reach a major milestone on August 18, 2026, when she will leave the International Space Station (ISS) to conduct her first spacewalk. The mission will mark the first extravehicular activity ever performed by a French woman, adding a new chapter to France's growing presence in human spaceflight.......
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