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People stand as Storm Ciaran brings high winds and heavy rain along the south coast of England, in Brighton, England, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023
AP / Kin Cheung
2023-11-02, Wtop
PARIS (AP) — Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe,...
French police officers from the forensic service work in front of the Gambetta high school in Arras, northeastern France
AP / Ludovic Marin
2023-10-13, The Los Angeles Times
A man armed with a knife killed a teacher and wounded another teacher and a security guard Friday at a high school in northern France, an attack being investigated as...
Meteorite stone rock
Creative Commons
2023-04-12, New York Post
A treasure hunt truly out of this world. A meteorite that appeared as a “fireball” flying over Maine crashed down over the weekend and whoever finds the space rock could...
Inside The Games: The Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay will feature some 30 UNESCO World Heritage sites with the opening ceremony on 26 July - for the time in the history of the modern Olympics history - taking place within a UNESCO site. After the Olympic flame was lit in...
The Daily Mail: An apartment dweller desperately wants to buy an electric vehicle but faces an apparently insurmountable obstacle common to many in his living situation. RobertTill, who lives in a strata-managed set of Brisbane units, has nowhere to charge an electric...
Public Technologies: ) Climate change is driving the need for new approaches to mapping floodplains and understanding flooding risks Climate change is causing an increasing number of dangerous and expensive floods across the U.S. - and actions on climate resilience are lagging far...
The Sun: RISHI Sunak last night hit back at Emmanuel Macron for attacking his Rwanda deportation plan the day it became law. The FrenchPresident sparked a major diplomatic spat yesterday after blasting the flagship immigration scheme as a “betrayal” of European...
Public Technologies: ) PRESS RELEASE GET 24/17 25 April 2024 For release at 7.30CET Getlink : revenue of €391 million for the first quarter of 2024 reflecting the expected normalisation of ElecLink's contribution First quarter 2024 The Group's consolidated revenue for the first...
The Daily Mail: Migrants preparing to cross the the English Channel are being told by people traffickers to call the French coast guard who will 'escort' them across — and not to worry about the Rwanda plan. It comes after five more migrants died trying to get to Britain this...
The Daily Mail: A migrant small boat where five people were crushed to death was overrun by 50 penniless men from sub-Saharan Africa who rushed the dinghy as it was due to set off across the English Channel, prosecutors have said, The group of young men came out of the dunes...
The Spectator: Breakfast is my preferred meal, in case you’re interested. I broke my fast this week with my walking laser-light of a friend, William Shawcross, at Fischer’s in Marylebone, which serves an egg rosti to rival that of Café Sacher in Vienna. Fischer’s consists of...
The Times/The Sunday Times: They call the Dordogne the region of 1,001 châteaux. These are not Loire Valley châteaux, though. More like fortified farmhouses. They make great places to stay, either as a hotel guest or by renting the whole thing. Many date from the Hundred Years’ War when...
Huffington Post: Julia Hartley-Brewer and Ben Habib. Ben Habib, the deputy leader of Reform UK, has suggested there are circumstances when people crossing the English Channel in small boats should be left to drown. In comments on TalkTV that shocked presenter Julia...
AOL: Three men have been arrested in connection with a Channel boat crossing that led to the deaths of five people, including a young girl. The three have been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally. The suspects –...
The Daily Mail: An Iranian man who claimed asylum in Greece first before crossing the Channel in a small boat and settling in Britain says the threat of deportations to Rwanda will not stop migrants from coming here. Nima Moradi insisted the government's 'stop the boats' plan...
The Daily Mail: This photo shows migrants on the boat that capsized in the Channel punching the air and waving just minutes after the tragedy that left five dead including a girl. The massively overcrowded small boat with 112 people on board briefly ran aground off the...
New York Post: British police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men over the deaths of five migrants including a child who died attempting to cross the Channel from France the day before. The deaths occurred when a small overcrowded boat carrying 112 people set out...