The incident took place on the morning of Sunday, August 23rd, in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx (Landes department, south-western France). The boy began by setting a mattress on fire… On Sunday, August 23rd at around 11:15 am, 14 firefighters went out to stop a fire in a flat
Like Google, Apple and Amazon previously, Facebook announced on Monday, August 24, a tax deal with the French government. This agreement involves a €106 million corporate tax adjustment for its subsidiary Facebook France over the period 2009-2018. For the year 2019, Facebook said it had
Maïté Barsacq has fulfilled the dream of a lifetime despite the constraints of this parachute jumping and the events she has endured in her life. It is common to say that one should not be afraid to take on sporting challenges. Maïté Barsacq, 82 years
Several French supermarket chains have started to test the booking of time slots for checkout, to save time in the queue. Let’s have a look. We all have memories of more or less pleasant experiences at the supermarket checkout. Often, the queue is endless and
After an exchange of insults on the social media, two men ended up settling their dispute in the streets of Narbonne (Aude department, southern France). One of them was seriously injured by machete blows. They insulted and threatened each other on social media It all
The gendarmes of the Vosges department (eastern France) have arrested six people following an investigation which lasted nearly a year. The suspects are being prosecuted for fraud and abuse of weakness. Their targets were elderly people to whom they promised miracle products at outrageous prices.
“Who should be vaccinated and how”? This is the question that the Covid-19 Vaccine Committee and the Scientific Committee of France have been debating since the race for an antiviral treatment began in July. While the preliminary research results are encouraging, experts in France are
The French Ministry of Agriculture calls for caution regarding seeds sent from China. They should not even be opened, as they could contain invasive species or diseases, reports the regional daily La Voix du Nord. Many countries are affected by mysterious shipments of seed packets.
The very mild weather last winter, the lack of human presence in the green spaces during the lockdown, and the high temperatures of the summer explain the current increase in the number of wasps. 2020 is the year of the coronavirus… but also of the
In an interview given to the magazine Paris Match, the President quotes a famous aviator to oppose the “zero risk doctrine” about Covid-19. If there is one message that the Head of State wanted to deliver through the interview he gave to Paris Match in