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By Leigh Thomas and Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) -France wants to be a leader in green hydrogen by 2030 and build low-carbon planes and small nuclear reactors as part of a 30 billion euro ($35 billion) investment plan, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Macron said the road map, dubbed France 2030 , would ensure France decarbonises its industry and brings innovation and production in key areas, from cars and biomedicine to semi-conductors, closer to home by the end of the deca...

PARIS—France wants to be a leader in green hydrogen by 2030, and build low-carbon planes and small nuclear ...

Greece said on Friday it would investigate reports that some of its officials were illegally pushing back migrants at the border, a day after Brussels pressed it to look into the accusations.

Greek firefighters on Wednesday (18 August) battled a wildfire raging through one of the last remaining pine forests near Athens and said that homes could be at risk, writes Lefteris Papadimas, Reuters. More than 500 wildfires have broken out in recent weeks across the country, ravaging swathes of forest and forcing the evacuation of thousands […]

Firefighters work near a major wildfire that broke out in the Var region of southern France, 17 August SDMIS69/Handout via REUTERS One person has been found dead as French firefighters battled throug the night to contain a wildfire in the hills behind the coastal resort of Saint-Tropez, the regional government said on Wednesday (18 August), […]

French firefighters hampered by strong winds were battling to contain a wildfire in the hills behind the coastal town of Saint-Tropez on Tuesday as campsites packed with holidaymakers were evacuated, write Eric Gaillard, Sarah White, Richard Lough, Sudip Kar-Gupta, Myriam Rivet, Juliette Portala and Benoit Van Overstraeten. Around 900 firefighters and planes carrying water were […]

Le fournisseur français de pièces détachées automobiles Faurecia a accepté samedi dacquérir une participation majoritaire dans léquipementier allemand …

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - France is expressing its solidarity and support for Germany and Belgium which have been hit by losses from heavy floods and has sent 40 military and a helicopter to the city of Liege, in Belgium, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Twitter. Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten

Toshiba unit hacked in Europe, conglomerate to undergo strategic review By Makiko Yamazaki and Benoit Van Overstraeten Reuters TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) -A unit of Toshiba Corp was hit by a ransomware attack, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the conglomerate and an upbeat profit forecast. Toshiba Tec Corp, which makes point-of-sale systems and copiers, said had been hacked by DarkSide, the group the U.S. FBI has blamed for the Colonial Pipeline attack, its French subsidiary s...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read PARIS, May 11 (Reuters) - French state aid for the country’s tourism sector - one of many industries that has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis - currently stands at around 28 billion euros ($34 billion), said junior tourism minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne on Tuesday. $1 = 0.8234 euros Reporting by Hayat Gazzane; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten