The Trump administration’s waiver of environmental laws to speed up border barrier construction in Texas’s Big Bend National Park has sparked an outcry from local residents and authorities.
A powerful earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, prompting residents to evacuate buildings in neighbouring Guatemala and El Salvador – and triggering an alert from the US Tsunami Warning System. There were no immediate reports of damage…
Authorities in the Paris region recorded “1,565 more deaths than expected” over a one-week period in June as the country grappled with a protracted heatwave that broke all-time temperature records, France’s public health agency said in a report released on…
China said on Friday it strongly disapproves of the United Kingdom’s decision to nationalise British Steel and urged fair treatment for Chinese firms operating in the UK.
The Grand Mosque of Paris, built in 1926 in the Latin Quarter as a tribute to Muslim soldiers who died for France during World War I, marks its 100th anniversary this year. French historian Benjamin Stora traces its little-known role…
Swiss rider Mauro Schmid edged Colombian Harold Tejada in a two-way sprint to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 205km ride from Dole in the Jura to Belfort in the Vosges. Briton Tom Pidcock finished third to…
🏆⚽”I don’t think there’s been a tournament quite like this.” David Webber tells #F24Debate this “celebrity-driven” #FIFAWorldCup has “repackaged football as a luxury product”, driving up ticket demand and prices ➡️
France’s main gambling sector regulator said on Friday it had instructed the country’s internet service providers to block access to the Polymarket website, one of a number of online prediction markets that allow people to bet on the outcome of future…
🇺🇸 🗣️ 🗳️ In an address to the nation on Thursday, #US President Donald #Trump renewed his accusation that the 2020 presidential #elections saw #interference from foreign actors – claims which have previously been debunked. In particular, Trump singled out…
Germany will take part in a French nuclear exercise later this year, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday after key defence talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at an air base near Cologne. Merz said the two countries would also continue to…