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Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France's Lake Montbel
- March 17, 2023 12:04 PM CET | Reuters

By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) - Set at foot of the Pyrenees mountains, Lake Montbel is famous in south-west France for its turquoise waters, massive size and thriving aquatic life. But as
Fuel deliveries, refining disrupted at French refinery sites
- March 07, 2023 09:19 AM CET
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TotalEnergies: fuel deliveries halted at its French sites due to pension reform strike
- March 07, 2023 08:30 AM CET
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French environment minister urges restrictions to avoid water crisis
- March 06, 2023 08:04 PM CET
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French environment minister urges quick restrictions to avoid water crisis
- March 06, 2023 07:25 PM CET
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French environment minister urges quick restrictions to avoid water crisis
- March 06, 2023 07:18 PM CET | Reuters
PARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - France's 100 departmental prefects should not hesitate to enact quick decrees restricting local water use given alarmingly low groundwater levels, French Environment
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France eyes 'unprecedented' water curbs after driest winter since 1959
- February 22, 2023 01:04 PM CET | Reuters
By Marine Strauss PARIS (Reuters) - France is preparing to introduce restrictions on water use in parts of the country from March, in an unprecedented move for the time of year following the driest
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French Interior Minister on Vaulx-en-Velin fire: families complained about drug dealing in area
- December 16, 2022 12:07 PM CET | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Families had complained about drug dealing in the area where a fire killed ten people, including five children in the early hours of Friday in a residential building in
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France's summer heatwaves likely to have caused 2,816 additional deaths
- November 22, 2022 12:06 PM CET | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Three successive heatwaves and COVID-19 are likely to have caused more than 10,000 additional deaths in France during this summer, the health ministry said. A total of 10,420 excess
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Axa 9-month revenue up 2%, faces 400 mln euro hit from Hurricane Ian
- November 02, 2022 06:19 PM CET | Reuters
(Adds detail, background) PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Axa on Wednesday said its revenue in the first nine months of the year increased by 2% and estimated it would have to pay out about 400 million euros
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French insurer Axa posts a 2% rise in nine-month revenue
- November 02, 2022 05:47 PM CET | Reuters
PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Axa on Wednesday said its revenue in the first nine months of the year increased by 2% and estimated it would have to pay out about 400 million euros ($394 million) for
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