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https://youtu.be/31cVXjHNqo4 by Fabienne Faur Agence France Presse BORDEAUX, France (AFP) — A 72-year-old Frenchman floating across the Atlantic in a custom-made barrel says he is in high spirits as he approaches the end of his journey, after nearly 100 days alone at sea enjoying “magnificent sunrises and sunsets.” “The days are going by too fast,” Jean-Jacques Savin told AFP by satellite phone this week. “I’m not bored at all.” The former French paratrooper and avid […]
BORDEAUX, France (AFP) — 71-year-old Frenchman set sail across the Atlantic on Wednesday in a barrel-shaped orange capsule, hoping to reach the Caribbean within three months thanks to ocean currents alone. “The weather is great — I’ve got a swell of one meter and I’m moving at two or three kilometers an hour,” Jean-Jacques Savin told AFP by telephone after setting off from El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands. “For the time being my capsule […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French oil company Total said Thursday underlying profits gushed higher in the second quarter thanks to a recovery in the price of oil, with the company also benefitting from increased output. The firm’s measure of adjusted profits that excludes exceptional items climbed 14 percent from the same period last year to $2.5 billion ($2.1 billion euros). That beat the consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by financial data firm Factset, who were […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia is committed to stabilizing the global oil market, the energy ministry of the world’s biggest oil exporter said on Tuesday, as prices fell below $48 a barrel. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC countries last year pledged to reduce output by around 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) as part of a concerted effort to curb a global oil glut. Saudi Arabia “is committed and […]
