France Contains Wildfire But Heat Wave Set to Intensify August 8, 2025 By Joe Wertz Firefighters made progress tackling France’s biggest wildfires in more than seven decades, with light rain providing a chance to control...
Firefighters Battle France’s 1st Major Forest Blaze of 2023 April 18, 2023 PARIS (AP) — France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change,...
French Police Probe Multiple Cuts of Major Internet Cables October 24, 2022 By John Leicester LE PECQ, France (AP) — French police said Friday they’re investigating multiple cuts to fiber-optic cables in France’s second-largest city....
Man Detained in Police Probe of Raging Wildfires in France July 20, 2022 By Bob Edme and John Leicester LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — French investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in...
Drought Ravages Some French Crops, Key Regions Uncertain – Expert May 19, 2022 By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS —Extremely dry weather has caused severe damage to grain crops in some parts of France and substantial rain will...
Vintners Despair After French Wildfire Ravaged Grapevines September 3, 2021 By Daniel Cole LE CANNET-DES-MAURES, France (AP) — After a wildfire blazed through a once-picturesque nature reserve near the French Riviera, winemakers who...
“It’s Terrible”: After Frosts, Champagne Vineyards Hit by Fungus July 28, 2021 PARIS — About 20% to 25% of the Champagne vineyard has been damaged by mildew fungus due to heavy rainfall...
Insurer AXA Halts Ransomware Crime Reimbursement in France May 10, 2021 By Frank Bajak BOSTON (AP) — In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber-insurance...
France Clamps Down on Use of Weedkiller Glyphosate in Farming October 9, 2020 PARIS — France’s health and environment agency announced restrictions on weedkiller glyphosate in farming, but stopped short of a full...
Floods in France, Italy Swept Bodies Out of Cemeteries October 7, 2020 By Daniel Cole BREIL-SUR-ROYA, France — The grim job of searching for flood victims in Alpine villages and on the nearby French and...