French App Jow Makes Meal Prep and Shopping Easier  

Could this French app help you not only shop better, but also cook and eat healthier? The beginning of the school year changes lots of things, including the easy style of summer cooking. Kids are back in school and parents are back to focusing on...

French air traffic controllers call off strike - sparing disruption for thousands of travellers

4 October 2025, 13:09 | Updated: 4 October 2025, 16:25 French air traffic controllers have called off their upcoming strikes, sparing travellers across Europe from disruption. The SNCTA (syndicat majoritaire des controleurs aeriens) union said it...

French air traffic controllers cancel three-day strike

French air traffic controllers have called off a three-day strike that threatened to disrupt European skies next week, a top union said on Saturday. The main union in the sector, the SNCTA, announced the suspension of its "strike notice for...

Vivienne Westwood brings beauty from chaos and dying sunflowers in Paris

PARIS – Light streamed through the stained glass of the Institut de France onto a surreal stage: a lone cellist playing a melancholy air, next to an upside-down umbrella and a rotating tableau of dying sunflowers. It was a theatrical overture for...

Franck Amsallem: A Jazz Life From New York To Paris

Franck Amsallem is a Paris-based pianist, singer, and composer educated in the United States. His debut recording, Out A Day (OMD, 1992) with Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart was recently reissued and remastered (streaming only), and his most recent...

From sun to steel: Swiss company tests green recycling for watch industry

LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS (Switzerland), Oct 4 — A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking city, aimed at melting down and recycling the key industry’s steel offcuts by using green energy. The Jura mountains form...

Ukrainian-French Partnership: Raybird UAV to Be Equipped with Artificial Intelligence

Ukrainian-born aviation production holding Skyeton and French next-generation defense prime Harmattan AI have announced a strategic partnership. The aim is to develop unmanned aerial systems for the French market and other countries worldwide. As...

Expenses-scandal Paris mayor tries to drag down everyone else with her

It’s been a torrid time to be a French politician. If you’re not one in a line of ousted prime ministers or being locked up for criminal conspiracy, you could now even be publicly exposed by your own mayor. In what has been dubbed “the war of the...

Kyiv seeks international support after Russia launched large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy sector

A session of the ministry. Photo: Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy Ukraine's Ministry of Energy has convened an urgent G7+ coordination meeting to request international assistance after a large-scale Russian attack on the country's energy...

“114-Foot Sails Against the Tide”: Giant Rotors on Ore Carrier Promise to Slash Fuel Use and Redraw the Future of Global Shipping

IN A NUTSHELL 🚢 The installation of giant rotor sails on the Grand Pioneer aims to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. 💡 Rotor sails utilize the Magnus effect to generate thrust, offering up to 12% fuel savings annually. 🌍 This sustainable...

France, Tanzania partner on ecological farming

MOROGORO: THE government of France has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with Tanzania in advancing ecological agriculture. This sustainable approach conserves soil and the environment while enhancing food production and strengthening food...

Guyana, France strengthen bilateral ties

–with formal opening of French Embassy in Georgetown, plans to increase co-operation in many areas including defence, energy PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Friday, welcomed French Senator Cédric Perrin, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign...

Energy ministers and decision-makers take part in high-level IEA roundtable on strengthening energy infrastructure resilience

The IEA convened a high-level roundtable at its Paris headquarters on strengthening energy infrastructure resilience and international cooperation in the face of extreme weather events, cyberattacks, and other shocks and strains. Ministers and...

The Opening Gala of the Paris Opera's 2025/26 Dance Season

Dance as movement and a metaphor for freedom, dance as a language and an expression of beauty: while the few dance lessons that Gabrielle Chanel took with Isadora Duncan and then Caryathis confirmed her predisposition for precise movements, her...

Filming location leaks for Drag Race Down Under vs the World

The crop of Australian queens returning to Drag Race Down Under will fly to Europe to film the upcoming inaugural season of Down Under vs the World. Australian streaming service Stan and World of Wonder confirmed the new all-star spinoff back in...

France resumes HPAI vaccination program

France has begun a limited highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccination program for the third successive year. This is set to run from October 1 of this year to September 30, 2026, according to the agriculture ministry. Since October of...

Interview: California grape growers facing toughest season in 30 years, says industry leader

FRESNO, United States, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- California grape growers are facing their most challenging season in three decades, with many producers leaving fruit unharvested or abandoning their vineyards due to a significant decline in demand and...

French companies worry about the effects of a 'major global upheaval' created by Trump's tariffs

On the production line of the Pochet group factory in Hodeng-au-Bosc (northwestern France), March 28, 2025. LOU BENOIST / AFP For the past six months, Alexandre Saubot, the president of France Industrie (the main lobby that represents industrial...

World News | India-France 21st Army-to-Army Staff Talks to Enhance Defence Cooperation Conclude

Paris [France], October 4 (ANI): India and France concluded the 21st Army-to-Army Staff talks in Paris, where the discussions focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation, as well as enhancing defence and military cooperation between the two...

Don’t be misled by this drop in French industrial production

A misleading decline Manufacturing output in France fell by 0.7% month-on-month in August, according to the latest data from Insee. While this drop may raise concerns, it should be viewed in context. July’s figures were revised upward, from an...