France

Europe marks 40th anniversary of first Ariane rocket launch

  by Juliette Collen  PARIS, France (AFP) -- The first Ariane space rocket lifted off over the forests of French…

Reuters reporters strike in France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Journalists working for the Reuters news agency in France went on strike on Tuesday, six months…

Three French flood rescuers killed in helicopter crash

MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- Three emergency workers were killed in a helicopter crash near Marseille while on a rescue mission…

Two killed by floods in southern France

NICE, France (AFP) -- Two people were killed on Sunday by floods in the French Riviera, which has been hit…

Deadly rainstorms sweep northern Italy, southern France

VENICE, Italy (AFP) -- Torrential rains across northern Italy and southern France killed three people at the weekend, sweeping away…

Car, truck swept away in French bridge collapse

  TOULOUSE, France (AFP) -- A suspension bridge over the Tarn river in southwest France collapsed on Monday, sweeping away…

Heavy snow leaves one dead, 300,000 homes without power in France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Heavy snowfall across a large swath of southeast France has left one person dead and cut…

Strong French earthquake injures four

LYON, France (AFP) -- An unusually strong earthquake hit southeastern France on Monday, injuring four people, one of them seriously,…

French bishops approve payouts for sex abuse victims by priests

  by Karine Perret Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) -- French bishops on Saturday approved a program of payouts…

Xi, Macron unite on climate after US withdraws from Paris pact

  by Jérôme RIVET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron…

33 hurt as Paris-London bus overturns in France

LILLE, France (AFP) -- Thirty-three people were injured on Sunday, at least four seriously, when a Paris-London bus with passengers…

Photos taken a century apart show stark Mont Blanc glacier melt

by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- In 1919 a pioneering aviator took iconic photos of the…

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