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Europe is monitoring its groundwater levels, hoping to avert acute shortages over the summer and mitigate a crisis in some of the driest areas. FRANCE 24's Science reporter Shirli Sitbon looks at the situation in France, where it has rained in some regions in recent weeks, but not everywhere. Many…

The most successful Cheltenham Festival trainer will aim to claim Ireland's first success in 104 years in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil on Sunday

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. This Wednesday also marks exactly 10 years since gay marriage became legal in France. Since then, around 7,000 such marriages have taken place each year in the country. Back in 2013, FRANCE 24's reporters Pauline Godart and Claire Paccalin…

Qatar is among four nations to have expressed an interest in staging the next Rugby League World Cup after France pulled out as hosts

US prosecutors have indicted a former Apple engineer for theft of trade secrets after he fled to China with proprietary self-driving technology. Also in this edition: US senators lambaste executives of collapsed mid-sized lenders for evading responsibility after their banks' implosions, and France unveils new subsidies to support green industrial…

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, a decision his legal team said he would challenge.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a conviction for corruption and influence peddling.

This oft-overlooked part of northern France has been named European Region of Gastronomy for 2023. Helen Coffey eats her way through some of its tastiest towns

Flouting these rules could land holidaymakers with a €200 fine in Spain and €135 in France - here's what you need to know