The Latest Breaking News from France

Chelsea set for green light to accelerate seven summer transfers after the international break

Chelsea can kickstart their summer transfer business later this week when the international break ends

Football London · Jun 14, 2022

Battle for Donbas will determine course of Ukraine war, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky said the battle for the eastern Donbas region is “key to deciding who will dominate in the coming weeks” of the war in his daily address Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops at a NATO base in Romania Tuesday, where he thanked them for…

France 24 · Jun 14, 2022

Australia at the 2022 World Cup – five things to know, including who they will play in Group D and when

After a thrilling penalty shootout win over Peru, the Socceroos are booked once more for sports’ biggest party

The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2022

Far right National Rally on course to form 'large' parliamentary group

France’s National Rally party (RN) came third in the first round of legislative elections on Sunday. Ahead in 108 of the 577 constituencies, the party’s performance gives weight to leader Marine Le Pen’s hopes to form a parliamentary group for the first time since 1986.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 13, 2022

France to experience early summer heatwave this week

In a new sign of global warming, a particularly early heat wave is expected to hit France from Wednesday, with temperatures reaching up to 38°C in the south of the country.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 13, 2022

GlobalFoundries-STMicro Discuss Partnering For Chip Plant In France

GlobalFoundries Inc (NASDAQ:GFS) and STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE:STM) are amid discussions to build a semiconductor factory in France with the help of government funds, Bloomberg reports. The European Commission looks to produce 20% of the world’s chips by 2030.  The European Union executive arm proposed the 43 billion euro ($45.3 billion) Chips Act earlier to…

Benzinga · Jun 13, 2022

Turnbull Calls Dutton A ‘Belligerent Blusterer’ Over Submarine Deal BRB Grabbing A Dictionary

Pretty sure Belligerius Blustarius was in Slytherin.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 13, 2022

Spain and southern France hit by second extreme heat event of year

Experts say heatwaves happening earlier and more often as temperatures hit highs not normally recorded until July or August

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2022

French parliamentary elections continue to redraw the political map, amid record low turnout

The results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday are out: according to national daily Le Monde, France’s new left-wing coalition headed by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the Nouvelle union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale (NUPES, New Popular Ecological and Social Union) has clinched most of the…

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2022

Holiday warning as 45C European heat-dome could see temperature records tumble

A cloud of hot air from North Africa looks set to push the temperatures in Spain and France to new levels this June, with Iberian peninsula already experiencing low 40Cs this weekend

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022