France has officially entered the space race with a rocket named Orbital Baguette One. The name is not just a nod to one of France's most iconic exports, but also a wink to Star Wars, with the OB-1 abbreviation paying a playful tribute to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Reports have emerged from foreign residents in France facing issues with their carte vitale health insurance cards, either malfunctioning or not functioning at all. There are instances of several couples, who are long-term British expatriates and retirees, whose cards have been refused in the past weeks, primarily in the Pyrénées-Orientales region. Despite reaching out for assistance to local French authorities, the response indicated it was a national issue due to a technical error rather than a localized occurrence.
The Mon Réseau Mobile map, operated by Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (Arcep), allows users to compare services in a particular area offered by Bouygues, Free, Orange, and SFR.
The normal procedure if you are pulled over for speeding in France is to be given a ticket and allowed to continue on your way, unless your driving is judged to be dangerous or you are committing other driving offences such as driving without insurance.
French President Emmanuel Macron argued for Europe to pursue "strategic autonomy" in defense to act alongside NATO, emphasizing the need for self-sufficiency amid changing global security dynamics.
The Air Help ranking is based mostly on punctuality, which covers flight delays and cancellations, with the remaining 40 percent of the score made up of overall customer satisfaction and services offered.
The investigation is looking at X as a legal entity as well as unnamed individuals, focusing on offenses like alteration of operation and fraudulent extraction of data.
"French fighter pilots shot down high-altitude balloons during a test amid renewed concerns over spy balloons and as France warns that the battle for near space is on."
Bison Futé has issued a nationwide red travel alert, indicating very difficult travel conditions and heavy traffic on routes heading towards popular holiday destinations on Friday, rising to black - 'extremely difficult' driving - in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region on Saturday.
So far this year, mainland France has recorded 25 'cas autochtones' - or locally-transmitted cases of the disease, found in people who have not travelled to an area where the infection is common, out of 761 total cases.