At least one person has tested positive for hantavirus here in France and is currently in intensive care. French authorities are also monitoring four others who were onboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the epicenter of the outbreak. They’ve also tracked 22 contact cases who’ve shown no signs of illness.
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French prosecutors are pushing to return former president Nicolas Sarkozy to jail for seven years over allegations that the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi secretly funded his 2007 presidential campaign.
France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez pledged to stamp out drug crime, after shooters killed a 15-year-old in the western city of Nantes in a suspected settling of scores linked to dealing.
Digital vigilantes are now using advanced deepfake technology to expose the dark reality of internet grooming, using AI as a powerful weapon against online predators including those operating here in France.
While France is a country known for its fine wine – and not for its beer – for the first time in the country’s recorded history, more French people are passing up the noble grape in favor of a pint.
Plus, videos of French deer spinning in circles have caused a buzz online, as they appear intoxicated. It’s a strange but natural phenomenon that occurs each spring, according to scientists.
