A French consumer fraud watchdog has said the managerial responsibilty of Renault boss Carlos Ghosn is engaged in an alleged emissions-cheating scam to disguise true pollution levels of the French carmaker's diesel engines, following an investigation prompted by Volkswagen's exposure in 2015 for US diesel test-cheating.
The head of the far-right party's branch in Nice, Benoît Loeuillet, was recorded in an undercover interview for a TV documentary as saying that the mass extermination of six million European Jews during WWII did not happen.
Mélanie Ségard, 21, realised what she said was her dream of hosting the forecast on the national public channel France 2 on Tuesday night, which was the result of a social media campaign by a French charity in an effort to promote awareness and inclusion of disabled people.
The new-look press kiosks, created by French industrial designer Matali Crasset using recycled glass and aluminium, provides more head room and improved lighting over the old domed structures, allowing customers to browse inside, and is aimed at helping vendors compete with online competition.
Former prime minister Manuel Valls has refused to publicly back Benoît Hamon, the French Socialist Party's presidential candidate who beat him in party primary elections earlier this year with a markedly a leftwing programme in contrast to that of Valls.
French conservative presidential candidate François Fillon, already engulfed in a scandal over allegations he gave his wife and children 'fake jobs' paid from parliamentary funds, has partially confirmed press reports that a wealthy benefactor had bought him luxury clothing worth more than 48,000 euros.
Stade Français and Racing 92, winners, respectively, of the Top 14 in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, said they will merge into one club this autumn, pooling their financial ressources in order to build a single team of 'reference'.
Conservative and far-right presidential candidates sharply criticised the socialist government for allowing Turkey's foreign minister to attend a meeting in France to rally support for proposed changes to his country's constitution which will strengthen the powers of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, 67, dubbed Carlos the Jackal, already serving a life sentence for murdering two French intelligence officers, appeared in court in Paris on Monday accused of lobbing a hand grenade into a crowded Left Bank shopping centre in September 1974, killing two people and wounding 34 others.
