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Paris: France is currently reeling under a third heatwave of this summer season, with temperatures soaring to 38-41 degrees Celsius, weather officials said. The heatwave, which began on July 31 and mainly concerned the Mediterranean…

Paris: Firefighters and aircraft from several European Union (EU) countries are engaged to tackle a raging forest fire in France, the European Commission announced. Firefighters from Germany, Poland, Austria and Romania are to assist…

Paris: Heatwave continues to hit most parts of France this week, triggering a drought alert in the wake of the driest July in more than 60 years, a French daily reported. Wednesday will be the hottest day of the week with temperatures…

Paris: Five per cent of the 16-year olds, or about 35,000 individuals, in France are illiterate, a report revealed. On Friday, French daily Le Figaro quoted the report published by the French General Inspection of Education (IGEN) as…

Paris: A tourist plane crashed near the town of Les Adrets in southeast France, officials said. Five dead bodies, including a child, were discovered at the site of the crash on Saturday afternoon, French news channel BFMTV reported.…

Paris: France will offer a fourth Covid-19 vaccination shot to people over 60 years old who have already received their booster dose, a senior official said. "We will be able to continue to provide the second booster dose for people aged…

United Nations (New York): The 15-member UN Security Council has failed to adopt a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Two members (Russia and China) voted in favour of the text and 13 others abstained on Wednesday. The…

Paris:  France will deploy 500 soldiers in Romania within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) framework, French daily Le Figaro reported Saturday, citing General Thierry Burkhard, chief of staff of the French Armed Forces.…

New Delhi: Widening the scope for cooperation in health research, India and France have signed an MoU aimed at joint research and focus on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and inherited disorders, an official statement said on…

Berlin: France and Germany would support four projects on 5G applications for private networks with a total of 17.7 million euros ($20.1 million), the countries' Ministries of Economic Affairs has said. The aim is to "deliver innovative…