Tag: France

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 07:20 UTC

  French inventor crosses the English Channel of a hover board in 20 minutes

  

  French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hover board he designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in just over 20 minutes.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 18:07 UTC

  Bolsonaro's haircut a coarse gesture from Brazil to France's FM

  

  Brazil's authorities maintained Friday President Jair Bolsonaro's haircut was not the reason for leaving France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in the lurch and argued it was all a matter of agenda.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  France leading the search for the next head of the IMF

  

  France is seen supporting Kristalina Georgieva to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund as the EU seeks to agree on a single candidate ahead of the lender's Sept 6 deadline, according to several European officials familiar with the deliberations.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  “Seabed Constructor” which discovered the ARA San Juan has located a French sub lost near Toulon in 1968

  

  A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said on Monday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who continue to seek answers to the naval disaster.

• Friday, July 5th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Falklands' shearers will compete with teams from 34 countries in France

  

  Sheep shearing experts flocked to a small town in the French countryside on Thursday for the opening of the annual world championship, a four-day event held for the first time on French soil.

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Europe “roasting” under a sweltering heat wave

  

  Europe was bracing itself for a sweltering Saturday as the heat wave continued across the continent. The Meteo-France weather service lifted its red warning but forecast a “very hot day” across a large central band of the country with the mercury expected to rise to 42 degrees Celsius in some parts.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Macron says government will retain its stake in Renault

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday there was no need for the government to lower its stake in Renault and that he wanted the Renault-Nissan alliance to work on strengthening its synergies.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Falklands' team to compete at the World Sheep Shearing championship in France

  

  On the road to the World Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Le Dorat, France from July 4 until July 7, the Falkland Islands' team is limbering up at prestigious UK agricultural shows.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  First electric scooter death in Paris; controversy over regulating the popular device

  

  A man died in Paris after his electric scooter collided with a truck, sources said on Tuesday, the first such fatality involving the increasingly popular devices in the French capital as concern grows over their safety.

• Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  Trump/Macron friendship oak planted in the White House garden has died

  

  The photo of Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron planting an oak tree in the garden of the White House symbolized the friendship shown by the two leaders.