Tag: France
France to tighten border with Spain amid migrant crisis
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on X that he had "given instructions to immediately step up controls at the Spanish border" on Thursday night.
Like a war zone’: France evacuates 20,000 due to wildfires
Authorities said they had evacuated 12,000 residents and tourists from campsites, holiday lets and homes on Wednesday, then a further 8,800 from camp sites on Thursday. About 15 emergency reception centers have been opened.
France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave: authorities
France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, health authorities said on Wednesday, describing the excess mortality among people aged 15 and older as "unprecedented".
French scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave
With few air conditioners on sale elsewhere for less than 1,200 euros ($1,400), police were called to at least two stores as huge crowds descended on Lidl supermarkets trying to get their hands on basic models on sale for as low as 179 euros.
France records around 1,000 excess deaths in heatwave
The agency said, areas under red alert for heat had been particularly badly affected, and 85 percent of the deaths had been those aged 65 and over.
Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat
France's national temperature indicator -- an average of daytime and nighttime temperatures across 30 stations -- reached 29.8C on Tuesday, the hottest since measurements began in 1947.
Some France schools closed for day of searing heat
France is experiencing its second heatwave this year after an unusually hot spell in May that shattered records across half the country.
Mother charged after two babies found dead in French family’s freezer
After the family raised the alarm, police discovered a second body in the same freezer, wrapped in a bag.
France tightens infant formula rules after toxin scare
The infant formula industry has been rocked in recent weeks by several firms recalling batches that could be contaminated with cereulide, which can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea.
France to open consulate in Greenland in February
France will open a consulate in Greenland on February 6, the foreign minister said Wednesday, calling the move a "political signal" over the strategic Danish territory, which US President Donald Trump has vowed to seize.
