The rise in a so-called 'solidarity tax' beginning in March will see economy class short-haul flights departing from France for destinations within Europe increase from 2.63 euros to 7.40 euros, while tax on medium-haul routes will rise to 15 euros, and on long distance flights it will climb to 40 euros.
Around 55 percent of the 54 square kilometres of Amsterdam Island, situated in the southern Indian Ocean and mostly inhabited by scientific researchers, has been destroyed by a wildfire that began in January.
Around 55 percent of the 54 square kilometres of Amsterdam Island, situated in the southern Indian Ocean and mostly inhabited by scientific researchers, has been destroyed by a wildfire that began in January.
Britain and the US have declined to sign up to a declaration of intent at an international summit on the global development of artificial intelligence, hosted by Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and which underlined the need to ensure that 'AI is open, inclusive, transparent [and] ethical'.
Following the discovery six days ago of the bodies of a British couple at their home in south-west France, prosecutors on Tuesday confirmed that Dawn Searle, 56, died from several blows to the head with a 'blunt and sharp object', while her husband Andrew Searle, 65, died from hanging.
Local mayor speaks out after the bodies of Dawn and Andrew Searle, who were in their sixties, were discovered by a neighbour on Thursday at their home in south west France.
