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easyJet Cancels Around 100 France Flights as Cabin Crew Strike Over Last-Minute Roster Changes
More than half of easyJet France's roughly 900 cabin crew struck over unstable schedules on the August 15 weekend, forci...
Attal Wants Referendum on Under-15 Social Media Ban After Court Censure
Gabriel Attal is urging Macron to put the censured under-15 social media ban to a referendum, arguing it is the fastest ...
French Co-ownerships Add Summer Comfort to Renovation Plans, but Long Timelines Delay Relief
After multiple heatwaves, French co-owners are prioritising cooling and shading, but AGM cycles, three-year renovation t...
French Summer Budgets Drop €287, Pushing Holidaymakers From Restaurants to Picnics
A Cofidis survey puts the average French summer holiday budget at €1,748, down €287 on 2025. Families are swapping resta...
France’s New Pension-Work Rules From January 2027: Early Retirees Lose Euro-for-Euro
From 1 January 2027, working after retirement in France will be less rewarding: before the legal retirement age, €1 earn...
Ageing-Population Equities: APICIL AM Sees a Defensive Growth Rebound After Years of Lag
The silver economy is projected to nearly double to $5.5tn by 2033, yet MSCI World Health Care has returned 8.5% a year ...
Rhine Drought Leaves Eastern French Service Stations Short of Petrol
Water at Kaub has fallen to 130cm, forcing barges to cut fuel cargoes by 80% and leaving up to half of Haut-Rhin and Bel...
Anthropic's IPO Valuation Hinges on $190–200 Billion 2028 Revenue Forecast
Wall Street is pricing the AI firm's potential mega-IPO on projected 2028 revenue of $190–200bn, far above the $47bn run...
Nu Holdings Tops $1 Billion Quarterly Profit as Mexico Expansion Accelerates
Nu Holdings posted record net income of $1.06 billion, up 49%, with return on equity at 33% and revenue 9% above consens...
Democrats Lock South Carolina in as First 2028 Primary State
The DNC has ratified an opening order of South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia, with ...
Nvidia Considers $3 Billion Stake in SoftBank's SB Energy for OpenAI Data Center
Talks point to a split investment at signing and at SB Energy's possible IPO, underscoring how AI data centers are resha...
Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 Returns to Munich After Suspected Runway Contact
The Hanoi-bound 787 circled more than two hours to burn fuel, then landed safely; passengers evacuated via slides. Munic...
Spanish F-18 Pilot Downs Drone in Romanian Airspace Under NATO Mission
Romania's defence ministry said a Spanish F-18 from a NATO air-policing mission shot down a drone that entered from Mold...
Trump's 2024 Grocery Photo Op Becomes a 2026 Midterm Inflation Problem
Two years after Trump used supermarket staples as a campaign prop, food prices are still rising. Republican voters in sw...
Ukraine Says It Hit Russian Rocket Centre Linked to Starlink-Style Network
Kyiv claimed long-range strikes on a Russian airfield and the Progress rocket and space centre, saying the Samara plant ...
Zonebourse Launches Thematic List of Financial Data Infrastructure Stocks
The French financial data platform has grouped listed companies that supply market data, ratings and trading infrastruct...
Wall Street Ends Lower as Weak Retail Sales and Chip Selloff Weigh
US stocks fell Friday as chip names slid, July retail sales unexpectedly dropped 0.6%, and Strait of Hormuz shipping dis...
French Prosecutors Open Probe Into Tax Authority Hack Exposing 700,000 Records
Paris's cybercrime unit is investigating a late-June intrusion that extracted sensitive tax and household data from the ...
Indonesia Hit by Two Powerful Earthquakes in One Day; Dozens Dead on Flores
A magnitude 7.7 quake near Flores and a 6.9 tremor in Sumatra struck hours apart, triggering a brief tsunami warning and...
Paris Court Narrows Corporate Control Test in Vivendi Minority Shareholder Case
The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that Vincent Bolloré does not control Vivendi despite a near-30% stake and deep mana...
Ten Spectacular, Crowd-Free Islands Worth the Journey
From Socotra to Little Corn Island, Les Echos has catalogued ten low-density island escapes, with what makes each distin...
France's New 'Bornistes' Bring a Human Face to Highway EV Charging
TotalEnergies and APRR are staffing busy motorway chargers with trained seasonal workers to help novice EV drivers and s...
EasyJet Cancels Around 100 France Flights as Cabin Crew Strike Over Unstable Rosters
Cabin crew unions say nearly 80% of operational staff joined the walkout, grounding more than half of EasyJet's schedule...
Trump Says He Will Declare Strait of Hormuz U.S. Territory; Iran Vows to Keep Blockade
The president's remark at a New York rally drew a sharp Iranian rebuke as the strategic oil chokepoint stays shut and U....
Bercy Confirms Two Tax-Data Breaches Affecting Up to 878,000 People
The DGFiP says stolen names, addresses and tax-reference income for 678,000 accounts make identity fraud easier, with a ...
French Court Clears Defense and End-of-Life Laws, Sends Child Social Media Rules Back
The Constitutional Council has cleared major parts of the French government's agenda, including a doubled military budge...
How Lena Situations Built a Multi-Million-Euro Business From a Teenage Blog
The French influencer went from Met Gala first to owner of a fashion brand, publishing house and podcast studio. Her pla...
Retired Steelworkers Guard the Memory of Uckange's Last Blast Furnace
More than thirty years after the final cast at the Lorfonte works, a small group of former steelworkers is preserving th...
France's 2027 Budget Reopens the Pension Indexation Fight
Bercy is again weighing a freeze or partial de-indexation of pensions, while one public-sector consultant says a multi-y...
France's IGF and Igas Propose €4.2bn in Family Policy Cuts
A government spending review published in July proposes changes to housing aid, family allowances and tax breaks that co...
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