August 22, 2019 French zoo visitors carve their names on rhino's back A French zoo blasted the “stupidity” of its visitors on Wednesday after some scratched their names on a rhino’s back.
August 21, 2019 Musician killed by grizzly bear in Canada during sound gathering project: reports A French-Canadian musician was dragged from his tent and mauled to death by a grizzly bear last week in a remote area of Canada where he had gone to record nature sounds for a musical project.
August 18, 2019 Waiter in France allegedly shot dead for being 'too slow with sandwich,' report says A waiter in France was shot to death Friday night after a customer was allegedly enraged by having to wait too long for his sandwich.
August 16, 2019 On 75th anniversary of WWII 'Operation Dragoon,' paratrooper recalls dropping into French Riviera Seventy-five years ago this week, American and French forces invaded Nazi-occupied southern France in a mission that was supposed to coincide with D-Day in the north of France.
August 16, 2019 French 'Spider-man' makes 'urgent appeal for peace' in Hong Kong with daredevil stunt A daredevil dubbed the French “spiderman” scaled the side of a skyscraper in Hong Kong Friday to reveal a message calling for peace as the government of Beijing continues to be at odds with demonstrators rallying for political reform.
August 15, 2019 Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala exposed to carbon monoxide in fatal plane crash, investigators say Argentine soccer star Emiliano Sala and his pilot were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide before their small plane crashed in the English Channel earlier this year, investigators said Wednesday.
August 15, 2019 Stephanie Frappart makes history during European Super Cup Stephanie Frappart on Wednesday became the first female referee to officiate a major European men’s soccer final when Liverpool took on Chelsea in the European Super Cup.
August 13, 2019 French politician accused of staging glacier summit photo A French politician is fending off an “avalanche” of accusations that a photo on his Twitter page, in which he appears to be scaling a vertical summit in the Alps, is actually fake.
August 13, 2019 Notre Dame cathedral's surrounding streets to be decontaminated of lead Some of the streets around the famed Notre Dame Cathedral will be decontaminated to ensure locals and workers are not exposed to unsafe levels of lead following the April blaze that left the historic landmark gutted.
August 8, 2019 Princeton physics professor, 47, dies after falling 300 feet in rock-climbing accident in France A 47-year-old Princeton University professor fell to his death in a rock-climbing accident over the weekend while vacationing with his family in France, school officials said.
