France, June 21 -- In Madagascar, as in many countries on the continent, bitumen is not produced locally. "We import the raw material that lets us make asphalt. Without bitumen, we cannot make tar," ... Read More
France, June 21 -- James Mwangi leaves his house in Kayole, a low-income neighbourhood in the east of Nairobi, at 5:47am every day, for the 20-minute walk to the bus stop. Those 20 minutes require hi... Read More
France, June 20 -- In the early evening game in the pool between Morocco and Scotland, Ismael Saibari whacked in the only goal of the game in the second minute at the Boston Stadium. Morocco held off... Read More
France, June 20 -- At a collection point in Chatillon, just south of Paris, Bruno Rakedjian unscrews the cap of a five-litre jerry can and inserts a plastic tube which then pumps the yellow liquid con... Read More
France, June 20 -- Referee Ivan Barton dismissed the 32-year-old in first-half stoppage time after the midfielder appeared to direct a comment at Turkey's Mert Muldur. In April, world football's gove... Read More
France, June 20 -- France's weather service has placed 35 of the country's 101 departments on red alert for heat from midday Sunday, the highest number to date to be put on its maximum warning. The a... Read More
France, June 20 -- France's weather service placed 60 of the country's 101 departments on orange heatwave alert - its second-highest warning - throughout Saturday and Sunday. Ten north-central depart... Read More
France, June 20 -- Formerly in charge of sports and sustainability at France's Ministry of Sports and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) France, Besson now advises French sports federations, insurance comp... Read More
France, June 20 -- Australia defender Cameron Burgess stabbed the ball into his own net after 11 minutes to give the US the lead at the Seattle Stadium. US defender Alex Freeman added the second just... Read More
France, June 20 -- The three-day summit at Osu Castle in Accra, which ended on Friday, brought together African countries and descendants of enslaved people in the Caribbean, as well as other internat... Read More