French media said that a total of three people have been killed so far by the storm that hit southwestern France.
According to the news Reports, the French authorities have earlier evacuated about 600 people in eight regions located close to the (...)
France will cull a further 600,000 ducks as part of efforts to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus, the country's farming minister Stephane Le Foll said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
The latest cull will take place in the Landes region (...)
Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria stole the show in Paris Saint Germain's 3-0 win at Bordeaux Friday in an ideal warm-up for next week's Champions League clash with Barcelona.
PSG joined Monaco on 55 points at the top of Ligue 1 but remains second (...)
Despite missing more penalties in one shootout than it had done in 40 years of taking spot-kicks after extra time, Germany still managed to end its curse against Italy.
Thomas Mueller, Mesut Ozil and Bastian Schweinsteiger all missed in Saturday's (...)
Germany defeated old rivals Italy 6-5 in a penalty shootout at Euro 2016 with a winning spot kick from Jonas Hector after the game finished 1-1 following extra time on Saturday to reach the semi-finals.
According to Reuters, they will now face the (...)
Europe's titans clash Saturday when Germany and Italy meet in the plum Euro 2016 quarterfinal with huge stakes for both countries.
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is poised to make his first start in the Bordeaux match, while Italy's veteran (...)
Champion Spain lost for the first time in 15 matches at the European Championship Finals Tuesday when Croatia beat it 2-1 to win Group D at Euro 2016.
Ivan Perisic scored the winner with three minutes left after Croatia keeper Danijel Subasic had (...)
Belgium rediscovered its most blistering form to batter Group E rival Ireland 3-0 thanks to a brace from Romelu Lukaku and an Axel Witsel header Saturday.
The victory of the world's second-ranked team was in stark contrast to its limp defeat in (...)
Austria, which was undefeated in its 10 qualifying games, lost 2-0 to long-standing rival Hungary in the opening match of Euro 2016 Group F Tuesday.
The Hungarians, who only reached the finals through the playoffs, took the lead with a rare goal by (...)
Substitute Hal Robson-Kanu scored a joyously celebrated 81st-minute winner as Wales marked its major tournament return by edging Slovakia 2-1 in Saturday's Euro 2016 opener in Bordeaux.
Playing its first game at a major championship since the 1958 (...)
Facebook workers have often omitted conservative political stories from the website's "trending" list, the technology news site Gizmodo said on Monday in a report that sparked widespread comment on social media.
An unnamed former Facebook employee (...)
Bordeaux tried and failed to hire former France great Zinedine Zidane as its coach for next season, despite prolonged discussions, the club's president Jean-Louis Triaud said Wednesday.
Zidane, who played for the club from 1992-96, was widely touted (...)
AlQa'dah 12, 1433, Sep 28, 2012, SPA -- A runaway British schoolgirl and her 30-year-old maths teacher were picked up by police in the southern French city of Bordeaux on Friday, after a week-long manhunt which gripped U.K., media, Reuters cited (...)
AlQa'dah 4, 1432, Oct 2, 2011, SPA - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini Sunday expressed regret over the continuation of Israeli settlement construction in East Quds (Jerusalem), stressing that this move (...)
A suspected member of
Basque separatist group ETA was arrested in France on Saturday,
sources close to the investigation said, according to Reuters.
The 29-year-old man had turned up at a farm near Pau, in
southwestern France, with a bullet (...)
The UEFA Cup will be renamed the UEFA Europa League from next season in an effort to boost the competition that has lost much of its appeal, European soccer's governing body said Friday.
The event will not only have a new name but also a new (...)
European championship finals will feature 24 teams instead of 16 from 2016, senior UEFA committee member Franz Beckenbauer said on Thursday.
“It has been agreed, it will be announced at a news conference Friday,” German Beckenbauer told (...)
Twin brothers who play professional tennis as a doubles team helped the wife and son of another doubles player escape from a hotel fire. Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand, who are 16th in the ATP doubles race, were making their way through (...)
Police arrested the suspected political leader of the Basque guerrilla group ETA, detained 20 others, and seized explosives, grenades and other weapons in a series of raids on Sunday, officials said.
Hailed by authorities as a major blow to the (...)