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Obesity rises sharply as French Polynesia faces chronic health challenges

France, Aug. 16 -- Obesity rates in French Polynesia have risen sharply over the past decade, with new government figures showing worsening levels of diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic co... Read More


Ex-PM Attal urges Macron to put under-15 social media ban to referendum

France, Aug. 16 -- Attal, the former prime minister and Renaissance presidential candidate, argued that a referendum could provide a faster route to introducing the measure while allowing the governme... Read More


Belgium turns to European air support as wildfire rages near German border

France, Aug. 16 -- More than 250 firefighters and emergency personnel worked through the night in the High Fens nature park, where authorities said conditions remained challenging after the affected a... Read More


Algeria edge Morocco on penalties in WAFCON third-place play-off

France, Aug. 16 -- The tournament hosts lost the shootout 3-2 after once again seeing their hopes unravel from the penalty spot, having also been eliminated by Cameroon in Wednesday's semi-final in si... Read More


Morocco arrests nearly 300 migrants near Ceuta amid renewed crossing fears

France, Aug. 16 -- Reporters saw migrants being detained in areas close to the frontier, while Moroccan media outlet Le360 reported that 294 people had been arrested. It said 46 were Moroccan national... Read More


Europe's shrinking rivers give rise to debate over how to tackle drought

France, Aug. 16 -- Record-low levels on the River Rhine are already affecting German industry. Chemical producers, utilities, steelmakers and agricultural traders have reported transport bottlenecks a... Read More


France probes unprecedented cyberattack after tax data of 678,000 users stolen

France, Aug. 15 -- The cybercrime unit of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the fraudulent extraction of data from a state-operated personal information system, following an attack... Read More


Nine killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon as tensions test peace framework

France, Aug. 15 -- Seven people were killed when Israeli warplanes struck a house in the southern village of Ansar, while two others died in a separate strike on Deir El Zahrani, the National News Age... Read More


France's successive heatwaves show strain of living in urban 'heat islands'

France, Aug. 15 -- Nadia lives in the town of Aubervilliers, just north of Paris. At noon, she returns from her night shift at the hospital. Upon arriving at her apartment building, in a public housi... Read More


UN urges faster action as world falls behind on nature protection

France, Aug. 14 -- Four years ago, nearly all the world's countries agreed to protect 30 percent of the planet's land and seas by 2030, while wealthy nations pledged to provide developing countries wi... Read More