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Climate Change Turns Deadly: Europe’s Heatwave Exposes a Crisis
To Vima
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July 11, 2025
Climate change is no longer a distant threat — it is our present and our future. Ours, our children’s, and that of every generation to come. With each passing year, its impact grows more severe, more deadly, and more undeniable. A recent heatwave...
France’s water crisis hits daily life.
Euro Weekly News
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July 11, 2025
France’s shrinking reservoirs lay bare the scale of the water crisis, as drought conditions stretch into summer 2025. Credit: NADAS Photography from Pexels via Canva.com In the summer of 2025, France is not only hot, it’s thirsty. From the Loire...
Recycled Plastics Market Worth $149.25 Billion By 2032 - Exclusive Report By Marketsandmarketstm
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The report " Recycled Plastics Market by Source (Bottles, Fibers, Films, Foams), Process, Plastic Type (PET, PP, PVC, PS), Type, End Use (Packaging, Textiles, Building &...
Climate change pushed temperatures in latest European heatwa...
Modern Ghana
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Human-driven climate change intensified the most recent European heatwave by as much as 4C in several cities, raising temperatures to levels that posed serious health risks to thousands of people, scientists reported on Wednesday. This is likely...
French fighter jets practiced shooting down high-altitude balloons as the battle for near space heats up
Business Insider
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July 11, 2025
French fighter pilots shot down high-altitude balloons during a test amid renewed concerns over spy balloons and as France warns that the battle for near space is on. Sébastien Lecornu, France's defense minister, said last month that Rafale and...
Climate misinformation is ‘muddying waters’ and delaying urgent action, experts warn
Swissinfo
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July 11, 2025
The IPIE review of a decade of climate research concludes that fossil fuel companies along with coal producers have denied or distorted scientific facts and actively promoted misleading narratives regarding their environmental footprints....
Journalist says 4,000 fake AI news websites created to game Google algorithms
Press Gazette
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July 11, 2025
More than 4,000 fake news websites powered by generative AI have been set up to game Google Discover and search, according to award-winning French journalist Jean-Marc Manach. The sites are largely in French, but there are already at least 100 in...
France migrant return scheme numbers ‘not fixed’, says Home Secretary
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
French weekend weather forecast July 12 - 13: high temperatures and lots of storms
The Connexion
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July 11, 2025
Heatwave warnings will not come into force but highs of 35C are expected Storms will arrive across the south over the weekend, before covering most of France early next week s_oleg/Shutterstock Heatwave-level temperatures will be recorded across...
France’s migration breakaway
EurActiv
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July 11, 2025
Welcome to the Capitals, by Nicoletta Ionta and Eddy Wax. We welcome feedback and tips here. Sign up here. Donald Trump told NBC on Thursday that the EU and Canada would receive letters with their new tariff rates “today or tomorrow”. Overnight,...
France and U.K. Sign Key Deals on Migration, Nuclear Weapons
Foreign Policy
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July 10, 2025
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at France and Britain’s migration and nuclear weapons deals, U.S. tariff threats against Brazil, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Asia. Anglo-French Deals British Prime Minister...
Environmental impact of common pesticides seriously underestimated
EurekAlert!
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The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, suggesting current pesticide risk assessment criteria need updating. The research will be presented today [Friday 11 July]...
France and IUCN celebrate 20 years of partnership by signing new framework agreement
IUCN
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The celebration highlighted the achievements of this long-standing partnership, which has played a key role in integrating biodiversity conservation into global development efforts. The occasion also served as the backdrop for the signing of a new...
France, Nigeria Reaffirm Commitment to Deepening Bilateral Cooperation
Arise News
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July 10, 2025
Nigeria and France have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation across trade, security, education, and culture, as both countries continue to explore mutual opportunities built on decades of strong diplomatic relations. The issues...
French Open pushed back one week
Rediff
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ATP and WTA announce August resumption. IMAGE: French Tennis Federation did not specifically state that the tournament would have no fans. Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters The re-scheduled French Open has been pushed back a further week and the...
French acreage of ware potatoes to increase in 2025
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
According to the first estimates of the field study carried out by the National Union of French Potato Producers (UNPT) on behalf of CNIPT, "The French surface area intended for the production of ware potatoes - processing and fresh (excluding...
France–UK migration deal piles more pressure on EU asylum policy
The Parliament Magazine
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July 10, 2025
The English Channel, just 34 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, is at once a jam-packed shipping highway, a symbol of the UK’s cultural distance from its European cousins, and a flashpoint for migration concerns fuelling the political agenda...
French authorities wave on dozens of migrants to cross the English Channel
LondonlovesBusiness
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July 10, 2025
On Thursday morning HM Coastguard and Border Force vessels were sent out to escort migrants boats crossing the English Channel. The French authorities waved on the migrants allowing them to make the illegal and dangerous crossing. The Prime...
France, UK join forces in step toward European nuclear deterrent
Defense News
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July 10, 2025
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — France and the United Kingdom, Europe’s two nuclear-armed powers, have agreed to coordinate their atomic arsenals in response to major threats against the continent. The decision comes as part of a series of defense...
France asks FCAS partners to ‘rethink’ work share on fighter project
Defense News
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July 10, 2025
PARIS — France proposed to partners Germany and Spain to “rethink” the work share on the Future Combat Air System project in order to stick to a schedule that would see a future fighter enter into service from 2040 onwards, the country’s...