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European 10,000m champ Amdouni blasts doping allegations
04-10-2019 08:58
European 10,000m champion Morhad Amdouni insisted on Thursday (Oct 3) that he is not involved in doping, slamming suspicions against him as an attempt to "dishonour" his name.
UK particle accelerator to reveal secrets of 2,000-year-old papyrus
04-10-2019 08:55
A leading science facility in the English countryside is helping in a bid to decipher Roman-era scrolls carbonised in the deadly eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
Final puffs for France's last tobacco factory
03-10-2019 10:20
Gerard Chanquoi looks sadly at the conveyor belts of France's sole remaining tobacco processing factory as they whirl for the last times ahead of its final closure, a victim of changed economic times and a different public health landscape.
Air France to offset daily CO2 emissions by next year
02-10-2019 09:33
French carrier Air France will offset the carbon dioxide emissions of its 500-odd daily internal flights by 2020 at a cost of millions of euros, the company's CEO has announced.
World leaders pay final tribute to France's Chirac
01-10-2019 12:05
Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Monday (Sep 30) paid their final respects to ex-president Jacques Chirac as France held a national day of mourning for the popular former head of state.
France's 2020 budget cuts taxes in bid to placate 'yellow vests'
27-09-2019 09:12
France's government unveiled a draft 2020 budget on Thursday (Sep 26) with more than €9 billion in tax cuts for households as it hopes to move on from on from roiling "yellow vest" protests while still cutting the deficit to within EU limits.
'France can't host everyone,' says Macron in new toughening of migration stance
25-09-2019 16:56
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday (Sep 25) said France "cannot host everyone", intensifying his tough rhetoric on immigration.
Black panther found roaming French rooftops
20-09-2019 09:45
A black panther found roaming the rooftops near the northern French city of Lille like a stray cat on Wednesday (Sep 18) evening was captured after being cornered inside a home, local authorities said.
French boy, 10, dies 8 years after supermarket burger poisoning
17-09-2019 09:04
A French boy aged 10, who fell gravely ill in 2011 after consuming a beef burger from supermarket discounter Lidl that was infected with E coli bacteria, has died of complications stemming from his poisoning, the family's lawyer said.
Hard Brexit threat looms over French fishing fleet
16-09-2019 08:00
The waters for French fishermen are being stirred up by uncertainty of what will happen if Britain leaves the EU without a deal on Oct 31 and their boats barred from British waters.
Google agrees €945 million tax settlement with France
13-09-2019 16:50
US internet giant Google has agreed a settlement totalling €945 million (US$1 billion) to end a tax dispute in France under an agreement announced in court on Thursday.
Paris braces for massive metro strike over pension reform
13-09-2019 16:34
Paris metro and other public transport workers were to walk off the job on Friday (Sep 13) for a huge one-day strike over President Emmanuel Macron's plan to overhaul France's retirement system.
Paris, 4 other French cities ban use of pesticides
13-09-2019 08:45
Paris and four other French cities on Thursday (Sep 12) banned the use of synthetic pesticides within their boundaries as an anti-chemicals movement that began in the countryside gains momentum.
France stages 'hard border' port drill for no-deal Brexit
13-09-2019 08:00
French officials launched on Thursday (Sep 12) their first "dress rehearsal"of new customs checks that will be imposed if Britain crashes out of the EU without an exit deal, a scenario that could severely crimp the flow of people and goods across the English Channel.
France ease past Andorra as Griezmann misses from spot again
11-09-2019 09:33
Another goal from Kingsley Coman set France on their way to a 3-0 victory over Andorra in their Euro 2020 qualifying clash at the Stade de France on Tuesday (Sep 10) as Antoine Griezmann missed a penalty for his country for the second game running.
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