A French climber attempted to break the world rope climbing record after scaling up to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Wednesday. Anouk Garnier scaled a free-hanging rope nearly 361 feet (110 meters) in 18 minutes – two minutes faster than expected. Garnier’s time beats the previous rope climbing world record … Read more
MUMBAI: France has seen a significant increase in international students, with over 412,000 students from around the world now studying in the country, revealed the latest report on student mobility for 2024. This marks a 3% increase in one year and a notable 17% increase over the past five years. According to Campus France, the … Read more
In October 2023, Seychelles and the European Union (EU) agreed to allow the EU Naval Force to transfer suspected drugs and weapons traffickers in Seychelles waters and on the high seas to Seychelles for prosecution. Similar accords allow EU navies to transfer piracy suspects to Seychelles for trial. Source: UNODC, Analysis of opiate stamps seized … Read more
Verdict will have ripple effect in Europe and beyond, likely setting precedent for how courts deal with climate cases. Europe’s top rights court has ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who argued that their government’s efforts to combat climate change were inadequate and put them at greater risk of death from … Read more
Cairo: Egypt, Jordan, and France have urged an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli siege and bombardment over the past six months. In a joint article on Monday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and French President Emmanuel Macron called for an immediate and unconditional implementation of UN … Read more
An elite French diver made an embarrassing faux pas this week at the opening ceremony for a prized Olympic venue in Paris ahead of the Summer Games. With a price tag of more than $160 million, the Olympic Aquatics Center is the only permanent sports facility built for the games. It will host swimming, water polo … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden, delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration’s effort to revive American manufacturing, during his visit in Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters, in West Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. July 6, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden is fighting to convince inflation-weary voters that the … Read more
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an interim order sought by the State Security Service (SSS) to detain Emmanuel Osase, a Nigerian suspected to be a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for 60 days. The judge Inyang Ekwo gave the order after counsel for the SSS, A.A. Ugee, … Read more
French investigators have found the remains of a toddler who went missing last year in an Alpine village in a case that shocked the nation, and are working to determine how he died. Two-and-a-half-year-old Emile Soleil vanished on 8 July 2023 while staying with his grandparents. Two neighbours last saw him walking alone on a … Read more
A CHILLING new theory has emerged after the remains of missing two-year-old Emile Soleil were found mysteriously close to his Alpine village. Walkers discovered the bones of the French tot on Saturday almost nine months after he vanished from his remote family home in a case that baffled police and shocked the nation. 10 The … Read more
