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Amazon rainforest | The scramble to save the planet’s lungs

At the ACTO summit in Belem do Para, Brazil, leaders from Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana called for cooperation to protect the Amazon rainforest. The “Belem declaration” promised concerted efforts to arrest deforestation, protect Indigenous people’s rights and invite development banks to pool funds for conservation…

The Hindu

Europe's trusty Ariane 5 rocket leaves lasting legacy after final flight

The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off for the last time on 6 July from the European Space Agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, leaving behind it a stellar track record.

Radio France Internationale

Nasa releases James Webb telescope image on one-year anniversary

The telescope was launched into space from French Guiana on Christmas Day 2021

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Say goodbye to Europe's Ariane 5 rocket with these stunning final launch photos

Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle is now officially retired, and the rocket's final launch on July 5 was picture-perfect.

Space

France’s Macron cancels trip over riots as family buries teenager

Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany after a fourth night of rioting before the funeral of Nahel M.

Al Jazeera

By Jove: France's instrumental part in study of Jupiter's icy moons

The European Space Agency's ambitious mission called Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, was launched on 14 April from French Guiana. Its main objective is to study Jupiter and its three icy moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

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European mission to Jupiter's icy moons blasts off on second attempt

The European space mission, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or Juice, successfully took off on board an Arianne 5 rocket from the Kourou space port in French Guiana just after noon on Friday. An earlier launch attempt was delayed by adverse weather conditions. The trip to Jupiter will take eight…

Radio France Internationale

Bad weather forces postponement of Jupiter space mission

The European Space Agency decided to postpone the launch of its Juice mission to Jupiter to Friday because of unfavourable weather conditions at the South American launchsite in Kourou, French Guiana.

Radio France Internationale

Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE misses one-second launch window because of lightning risk

Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE missed its first one-second launch window on Thursday, April 13, because of bad weather at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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Mission to find alien life on Jupiter is full steam ahead as rocket to fire off

The Ariane 5 rocket is planned to launch at 1.15pm UK time from the European Space Agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, a French territory on the northeast coast of South America

Daily Mirror

The much-anticipated JUICE mission to Jupiter launches today. Here's what it might discover

Editor’s note (April 14 2023): The 13 April launch was postponed due to weather conditions, but the team will attempt another launch on 14 April at 10:14pm AEST. You can follow the launch live via ESA Web TV.

The Conversation

Police arrest suspect in investigation of Guiana gendarme killing

Security forces in the South American overseas territory of French Guiana have arrested a man suspected of having killed a member of the gendarme police force, according to the local prosecutor's office.

Radio France Internationale

What time is Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission launch on April 13?

Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission is scheduled to lift off from French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket on Thursday (April 13) at 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT).

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Launch of Europe's 1st-ever Jupiter probe is just a week away

JUICE, Europe's first Jupiter mission, is scheduled to lift off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on April 13.

Radio France Internationale

Macron hails courage of elite French gendarme killed in Guiana

An elite French gendarme was shot dead in France's overseas territory of French Guiana in South America while taking part in an operation against illegal gold mining, the French presidency said Saturday.

France 24

Fishermen in French Guiana complain of foreign boats overfishing their waters

For years, fishermen in French Guiana, a French territory in South America, have been complaining about illegal coastal fishing. The culprits are wooden boats - called "tapouilles" - that come from Brazil, Suriname and Guyana to take advantage of the rich fish stocks in French waters. Although the problem has…

The Independent UK

French Guiana - Out of this world

Alain de Botton finds a corner of South America that is forever France, and where tropical jungle tangles with space exploration

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Failure of Vega-C rocket launch in French Guiana

The launch of a European Vega C rocket carrying two Airbus satellites has failed less than three minutes after liftoff from the European base in French Guiana

Radio France Internationale

Paris Opera seeks to nurture artistic talent in French Guiana

Seeking out new audiences and fresh talent, the Paris Opera is launching a three-year outreach programme in French Guiana that aims to make it easier for people in the overseas department to pursue careers in opera and ballet.

Irish Mirror

Ireland's first satellite 'to open doors' for more space demonstrations

The satellite, known as the Educational Irish Research satellite 1 – or Eirsat-1 – will be launched from the ESA’s base in French Guiana between January 20 and February 20

Daily Mirror

Fisherman lost at sea for 11 days survived by climbing into an upturned freezer

Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues, 44, was sailing off the coast of French Guiana in a seven-metre wooden boat when it began taking on water - but luckily he had a freezer on board

France 24

Between French Guiana and Brazil, an uncontrollable border (2/4)

Every day, nearly 3,000 dugout canoes cross the Oyapock River, which serves as a natural demarcation in South America between Brazil and French Guiana. The river's banks are the scene of trafficking, illegal immigration and unlawful gold panning. Locals play cat and mouse with the border police, who try their…

Edinburgh Live

Vodafone, EE, Three, Virgin and more roaming data fees as holidaymakers issued warning

Holidaymakers may be focusing on covid and the rules and restrictions for their selected destination - however what they may not think about is roaming charges and it's all changed after Brexit.

Reuters

Russia suspends cooperation with Europe on space launches from French Guiana

Russia's space agency Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on space launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine, Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

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