nordqvist wins evian play off for second major title

Nordqvist wins Evian play-off for second major title

EVIAN, France: Sweden's Anna Nordqvist overcame glandular fever and terrible weather to claim her second major title with a play-off win over American Brittany Altomare at the Evian Championship on Sunday (Sep 17).
belgium shatter aussie davis cup dream face france in final

Belgium shatter Aussie Davis Cup dream, face France in final

PARIS: Australia's hopes of reaching a first Davis Cup final in 14 years were shattered on Sunday (Sep 17) when Belgium fought back from an overnight deficit to win their semi-final 3-2 and set-up a title showdown with neighbours France.
frances hurricane hit st martin on guard for health threats

France's hurricane-hit St Martin on guard for health threats

POINTE-A-PITRE: The French-Dutch island of St Martin, where white sands and turquoise waters once drew foreign visitors in droves, is now attracting a different kind of population: rats and mosquitoes.
ge announces 30000 operating hours for ha gas turbines

GE announces 30,000 operating hours for HA gas turbines

GE announced that its fleet of HA gas turbines has achieved 30,000 combined operating hours and net efficiency of nearly 64 per cent just over a year after the first combined-cycle power plant equipped with GE’s HA turbine in France's Bouchain came into operation.
us film director finds his roots in viet nam

US film director finds his roots in Việt Nam

Stephane Gauger characterises himself as a Vietnamese-American with European influences: his mother is Vietnamese, he grew up in America and he has spent time in Europe visiting extended family in France. For him, making films in Việt Nam a chance to discover his roots.
vietnam attends top resa tourism fair in france

Vietnam attends Top Resa tourism fair in France

Vietnam will attend the International French Travel Market Top Resa on September 26-29, reports Vietnam Investment Review.
frances deauville american film fest opens with twin peaks laura dern

France’s Deauville American film fest opens with Twin Peaks’ Laura Dern

The 43rd edition of France’s Deauville American Film Festival opened in the Normandy seaside resort with a tribute to American actress Laura Dern.
belgium seal world cup place france held by luxembourg

Belgium seal World Cup place, France held by Luxembourg

PARIS: Romelu Lukaku's goal allowed Belgium to become the first European nation to clinch qualification for the 2018 World Cup on Sunday (Sep 3) as much-fancied France were held to an embarrassing goalless draw by Luxembourg.
mbappe wraps up big france win as ronaldo bags hat trick

Mbappe wraps up big France win as Ronaldo bags hat-trick

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe scored the final goal as France cruised to a 4-0 win over 10-man Netherlands in a key 2018 World Cup qualifier on Thursday (Aug 31), while Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick propelled Portugal to victory elsewhere.
france gets first dog macron adopts labrador mix nemo

France gets First Dog: Macron adopts labrador mix Nemo

In keeping with time-honoured French presidential tradition, Emmanuel Macron has given the country a First Dog.
france faces worst wine harvest since 1945

France faces worst wine harvest since 1945

PARIS: France faces its poorest wine harvest since 1945 after an unusually mild March and frosty April, experts said on Friday (Aug 25), although a hot summer promises to deliver top vintages.
frances total to buy maersk oil for us 745 billion

France's Total to buy Maersk Oil for US$7.45 billion

PARIS: French oil giant Total said Monday that it would buy Maersk Oil, a unit of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, for US$7.45 billion (€6.35 billion).
tainted eggs scandal spreads to britain france

Tainted eggs scandal spreads to Britain, France

BRUSSELS: Britain and France said on Monday (Aug 7) that some insecticide-tainted eggs may have entered the country, as millions of chickens faced being culled in the Netherlands in a growing European contamination scandal.
lhomme de rio 12 monkeys to be screened in hanoi this week

“L’homme de Rio” & "12 Monkeys" to be screened in Hanoi this week

Two well-known movies from France and the USA will be introduced to Hanoian audience in the first week of August.
air france launches investigation into boarding pass mishap

Air France launches investigation into boarding pass mishap

COPENHAGEN: Air France on Thursday (Jul 27) said it was investigating how a passenger was put on the wrong plane, travelling with a boarding pass bearing the same name as another passenger on that flight.