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GROWING SCRUTINY Regulators around the world are examining Amazon’s business practices, specifically the way it looks at information from businesses that sell goods on its site and uses it to create its own Amazon-branded products. Bezos said at a hearing before Congress last summer that even though Amazon had a policy preventing employees from accessing seller data, he couldnt guarantee that the policy wasnt being violated. Tech giants for decades have enjoyed light-touch regulation and star...

French court awards €7.3 million to coal miners exposed to toxic substances 59 shares 30/01/2021 - 10:27 The entrance of the French Coal Board site in Forbach, northeastern France, 26 November 1997, the day of the shutdown of one of the oldest coal mining sites in the Lorraine region. © AFP - Franck Fife 2 min A French court ordered the state on Friday to pay a total 7.3 million euros ($8.9 mi...

The Oignies Group’s Pit 10 was a coal mine with one well located in Dourges, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. (Image via Courthouse News courtesy of Charbonnages de France, the state-owned mining conglomerate created in 1946 and dissolved in 2007) LILLE, France (AFP) — A French court ruled Friday that over 700 coal miners must be compensated for the psychological stress produced by their exposure to a range of toxic substances during their careers, a decision that could pave the w...

PARIS — President Joe Biden and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron held a phone call Sunday in which they covered issues from NATO to climate change and underscored a wish

French towns historic links to Joe Bidens inauguration The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept French towns historic links to Joe Bidens inauguration Family bible the President used at his swearing-in ceremony is a well-known English translation that was first published in France - while his middle name also has French origins 22 January 2021 Joe Biden used a Douai Bible a...

Decision to build Renault 5 EV in France boosts French workers Print The Renault 5 concept is part of the brands plans to launch 14 core vehicles, including seven full-electric cars by 2025.   PARIS -- The coming Renault 5 small full-electric car will be built at the automaker’s factory in Douai, northern France, as Renault seeks to maintain production levels at a cluster of factories in the economically depressed region. It represents something of a homecoming for the 5, as the original m...

21 January 2021 The new Renault 5 EV is set to be produced at the firm’s Douai factory in northern France, where the original version of the supermini was built. Renault will revive the 5 name for an all-new electric hatchback thats set to go into production in 2023 as a key part of a bold revival plan designed to move the French company upmarket. Speaking at the unveiling of the car, Groupe Renault boss Luca de Meo said the aim was for the car to be built in France, with a plan to establis...

Before she died in 1559, Queen Mary I of England wrote that “when I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais engraved on my heart”. I wonder how many impatient and frustrated HGV truckers will feel that Calais and Dover are engraved on their hearts as they queue up on Kent’s M20 and A2 to gain access to the Channel ports? Yesterday, they would have found large gantry notices announcing ‘French Border Closed’ as they approached the port of Dover, amidst rain and fog; they’d have tur...

Lille, France – Three far-right activists in France caught on camera during an Al Jazeera undercover investigation have been found guilty of offences that included assault, and in one case incitement to “terrorism”. A judge at the High Court in the northern city of Lille said footage from the two-part documentary Generation Hate, by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit, played a key role in establishing Tuesday’s verdicts. Remi Falize, 33, a former leading member of the Flanders branch of...

It’s easy to understand why plein air landscape painting first took off in Rome in the late 18th century. Visiting artists and Grand Tourists alike, keen to escape the sweltering heat, and plagues, in the city, journeyed out to beauty spots in the surrounding hills for fresher air and a spot of ‘scene painting’ – capturing famous views with more or less skill for their travel diaries and sketchbooks (no cameras or iPhones then). Such scenes were often crowded and convivial, attracting ...