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Olivier Veran argued that the jab was providing enough protection against almost all coronavirus spreading in the country.

France not doing enough to tackle climate change, court rules CNN 2/4/2021 By Pierre Bairin and Amy Woodyatt, CNN © Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images France is legally responsible for a partial failure to meet targets it set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a court said Wednesday. The lawsuit was launched by four NGOs, including Greenpeace France and Oxfam France, following an online petition that gathered 2.3 million signatures -- the largest in French history, according to organizers. Signatories hoped to "compel the State to take all necessary measures to reduce green...

Google says it is investigating an AI ethicist for sharing sensitive documents, amid bristling tensions between employees and leadership hlangley@businessinsider.com (Hugh Langley) © Thomas Samson:Getty Images Thomas Samson:Getty Images Google says it has locked out one of its lead AI ethicists from her corporate account due to an investigation into her recent actions. A Google spokesperson said Margaret Mitchell's account "had exfiltrated thousands of files and shared them with multiple external accounts." Sources say Mitchell was reprimanded by management on Tuesday and l...

France vows to boost pace of vaccinations after slow rollout ‘fiasco’ France 24 03/01/2021 Tom WHEELDON © Thomas Samson, AP The French government has vowed to ramp up its Covid-19 vaccinations after an outcry from health professionals. France has lagged far behind other nations, including the UK and Germany, in administering vaccinations. France had vaccinated a mere 352 people by December 31, four days after starting its coronavirusjabs, according to Oxford University’s Our World in Data website. Only 80 people were inoculated in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday ...

Hackers Access Personal, Banking Info of TransLink Employees in Ransomware Attack Hackers accessed the personal and banking information of TransLink employees during a cyberattack that targeted the company’s IT infrastructure earlier this month. The hackers “accessed and may have copied files from a restricted network drive,” according to an internal email by Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) to their employees. CMBC is the transit service company under the TransLink enterprise serving passengers in Metro Vancouver. The email was obtained by The Global News on Wednesday, and said that t...