Record number of chikungunya cases in France, as US suspends French-made vaccine
Mainland France has seen an explosion of chikungunya outbreaks this summer and local officials are hunting down the…
Firefighters bring huge blaze in France under control
Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but still face a “complicated” struggle, but officials warned…
Fire at chlorine factory in southern France forces locals to stay indoors
PARIS (Reuters) -A fire broke out at a chlorine factory in southern France on Sunday, raising the risk…
French inmates struggle in overcrowded prisons as heatwave persists
Inmates at a prison in southwestern France are struggling to cope as a heatwave grips the region, with…
Big wildfire rages in southern France
(Reuters) -A wildfire in southern France’s Aude region near the Spanish border has scorched around 4,500 hectares (11,100…
Tunisian’s murder probed as hate crime amid concerns of France’s racist climate
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is meeting Tuesday with the Tunisian ambassador to France following the murder of…
Prisons targeted with arson, gunfire as France cracks down on drug crime
Cars have been set on fire near several prisons in France while one was targeted with automatic gunfire,…