What's essential amid an epidemic? In France, pastry and wine. In the U.S., golf and guns
The coronavirus pandemic is defining for the globe what is "essential" and what things people really can't do without even though they might not need them for survival. Attempting to slow the spread of the virus, authorities in many places are determining what shops and ...
French court cancels fine on Google over right to be forgotten
Google won a battle over the right to be forgotten after France's top administrative court canceled a fine of €100,000 ($111,000) for failing to remove contentious search results globally. France's Council of State threw out the 2016 penalty, following guidance from the European Union's highest ...
Iran and France swap jailed engineer and academic in cases that complicated ties
Iran and France have agreed to swap a French academic held on security charges and an Iranian detained by Paris over alleged violations of U.S. sanctions against Tehran, Iranian state media reported on Friday. France has released Jalal Ruhollahnejad, an Iranian engineer wanted by U.S. ...
France on Thursday introduced the possibility of extending a two-week lockdown to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus as the interior minister blasted "idiots" who flout home confinement rules and put others at risk. President Emmanuel Macron has ordered French residents to stay ...
France bans short-selling for a month as coronavirus batters markets
French regulators have banned short-selling on the Paris bourse for a month, extending an initial one-day halt, in an effort to curb the impact of the coronavirus outbreak which has battered markets around the world. In an announcement late Tuesday, the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) ...
The Paris Marathon, originally scheduled to take place April 5 with 60,000 registered runners, has been postponed until Oct. 18 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, race organizers told AFP in a statement on Thursday. Last weekend's half-marathon in the French capital was also canceled over ...
The Louvre museum in Paris reopened to the public Wednesday after management took steps to allay staff fears over the coronavirus spread which had sparked a two-day work stoppage. In a statement, the world's most visited museum said that faced with the "legitimate concerns" of ...
At least 3,000 have died from coronavirus worldwide as outbreak spreads to 60 countries
Coronavirus cases surged in Italy, and France closed the world-famous Louvre Museum on Sunday as the deadly outbreak that began in China sent fear rising across Western Europe, threatening its tourism industry. The virus has spread to more than 60 countries, and at least 3,000 ...
Huawei to build first European 5G factory in France to soothe Western nerves
Huawei will build its first European manufacturing plant in France, the chairman said on Thursday, as the Chinese telecom giant seeks to ease worldwide concerns stoked by U.S. charges that Beijing could use its equipment for spying. Liang Hua said Huawei, the world's biggest producer ...
Teacher becomes second person to die of coronavirus in France
A second person suffering from the coronavirus died in France overnight as health officials tried to find out how the college teacher, who had not visited any country with a known outbreak, had caught the new disease. The 60-year-old man was already seriously ill when ...
No global digital tax by end of 2020 would mean chaos, France says
Failure to reach a global deal on where and how much to tax digital giants such as Google, Amazon or Facebook would result in many digital tax regimes emerging all over the world, France's finance minister said on Sunday. It would also likely trigger U.S. ...
