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Arctic Route Open 10 Months a Year as China Cuts Europe Transit to 20 Days
Melting sea ice has turned the Arctic corridor into a 10-month shipping season. A Chinese vessel reached Europe in 20 da...
French Tax Site Breach: How Stolen Fiscal Data Could Fuel Targeted Scams
France's DGFiP has confirmed that hackers accessed taxpayer data after impersonating an authorised user. If names, addre...
Received a Traffic Fine You Didn't Commit? Here's How to Contest It in France
A surprise French fine often stems from a plate-cloning 'doublette' or a roadside transcription error. Don't pay: file a...
BNP Paribas and Free Mobile Ordered to Repay €16,964 in SIM-Swap Fraud Case
Paris court finds bank and mobile operator liable after an 82-year-old customer's number was hijacked and fraudulent tra...
France Weighs Below-Inflation Pension Rises for Affluent Retirees
Bercy is reviving a politically explosive idea for 2027: smaller pension indexation for better-off retirees, while shiel...
Air India Orders Full Pilot Drug Screening After A320 Plunges 300 Feet, Injuring 24
A Phuket–New Delhi Airbus A320 lost 300 feet during departure, and two tests reportedly found cannabis in the captain's ...
Cooler July Inflation Gives Fed Room to Hold Rates in September
Lower-than-expected CPI and PPI readings have shifted market bets from a September hike to no change, but the August 26 ...
When Les Echos Warned France Could Not Build Marinas for Every Boat
A 1976 Les Echos report traced the surge in French pleasure boating and a dry-stack storage idea for small boats as bert...
A Bloody 1870 Battle Lives On as a Weekend Reenactment Near Metz
The annual Gravelotte reenactment returns near Metz on 15–16 August, keeping alive a Franco-Prussian War battle whose me...
Mark Walter Sells Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner After Less Than a Year
Billionaire investor Mark Walter bought the Lakers from the Buss family in 2025 for about $10 billion; his quick exit is...
French Mega-Universities Chase Shanghai Ranking Points Through Star Researchers
A Fields Medal for mathematician Hong Wang is boosting the institutions behind France's merged Paris-Saclay group as the...
Trump Orders Navy to Abandon Electromagnetic Catapults and Return to Steam on Carriers
The president's directive reverses a core Ford-class technology, potentially costing billions and unsettling France's ne...
Innate Pharma's Overnight €30m Capital Raise Sends Shares Down 18%
The French biotech priced a €30m equity raise at €1.70 per share, a 15% discount, to fund its IPH4502 ADC programme; inv...
Behind the Fences of Sologne: How France's Wealthy Turned Forests into Private Hunting Reserves
In the Sologne, 90% of the forest is now private and criss-crossed by more than 3,000 km of fencing, enabling VIP hunts ...
France Extends C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit to End-2028
Eligible battery, wind, solar and heat-pump supply-chain investments can receive up to 35% tax relief, with approval req...
France's C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit Extension Enters Force
The three-year extension of France's C3IV green industry tax credit is now in force, targeting €8bn in additional indust...
Vosges Bell Museum Recovers Four Stolen Bronze Bells, Two Smashed
Thieves took around 800 kg of bronze bells from the Robécourt foundry museum overnight on 4-5 August. All four were reco...
Jellyfish and a Solar Eclipse Test France's Power Grid
Jellyfish halted or curtailed five EDF reactors at Gravelines, while a solar eclipse threatened to shave 1.8 GW from sol...
Google's Pixel 11 Line Takes Aim at Samsung's Fold Lead and Apple's AirTag Price
Google's August 12 hardware push adds a Pro-branded foldable, a 34.99 euro Pixel Tag and a health-focused Pixel Watch 5,...
Ukraine Claims Nvidia Jetson Orin Chips Found in Russia's New S-71 Cruise Missiles
Kyiv's military intelligence says Nvidia Jetson Orin modules and other Western components were found in Russian S-71 mis...
Drought Fire Bans Leave French Pyrotechnic Firms Counting a Lost Summer
Prefects across France have cancelled August 15 fireworks over fire risk, hitting summer-dependent pyrotechnic businesse...
Auto Stocks Are Cheap: What the Renault, Stellantis, Tesla and BYD Valuation Gap Really Shows
European carmakers are trading at steep discounts while Tesla and GM rally. An eToro analyst explains why EV, battery an...
Solar Eclipse Draws Tourists and a €350m Boost to Spain and France
Spain puts the economic lift at almost €350m as Iberia adds special flights and Biarritz fills up; certified eclipse gla...
Thrown-Away Lottery Ticket Still Pays Out: British Woman to Receive €14 Million
A 46-year-old British lottery player will receive about €14 million after her winning ticket was mistakenly declared wor...
Why the US Midterms Are Not Decided Despite Trump's Deep Unpopularity
The White House is on track for a historic midterm loss, but Democratic infighting and unreliable primary polls leave co...
Former Pfizer R&D Chief Mikael Dolsten Joins Quantumcell Board
The ex-Pfizer research head joins the Danish biotech as the $12 million upfront payment for Alzecure's Alzheimer platfor...
Air India to Drug-Test Every Pilot After Captain Tests Positive for Marijuana
The carrier goes beyond the required 10% annual random testing, extending checks to Air India Express pilots after an A3...
Wall Street futures edge higher as oil drops before July PPI and Fed clues
U.S. stock futures nudged up Thursday while Brent crude fell 1.9%. Investors await July producer prices and Fed speakers...
Prosus Closes at €38.00 After 1.7% Daily Decline, Down 28% Since January
Shares of consumer internet group Prosus fell to €38.00 on 13 August; the stock has lost 28.13% in 2026 despite a €94.29...
Cobalt, Lithium, Tin and Rare Earths: The Strategic Metals Behind Modern Industry
Automotive, aerospace, renewables, electronics and defence share a deepening dependence on cobalt, lithium, tin and rare...
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