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French inventor Franky Zapata has made the first-ever successful Channel crossing on a jet-powered flyboard. rance's military has also sought to develop the technology for itself, and recently gave his company, Z-AIR, a €1.3m ($1.4m; £1.28m) grant. (Sceptics were quoted saying that this would...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term "humpty dumpty" referred to a drink of brandy boiled with ale in the 17th century. The riddle probably exploited, for misdirection, the fact that "humpty dumpty" was also eighteenth-century reduplicative slang for a short and clumsy person...

President Macron is keeping one of his election promises. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44625625

A waiter in Canada who was fired for his aggressive and disrespectful behaviour towards his colleagues has claimed he is not rude, he's just French. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/waiter-fired-aggressive-behaviour-not-rude-french-guillaume-rey-vancouver-canada-a8275161.html

Im assuming NOTHING French school shooting: 'Several hurt' in Grasse attack - BBC News

So whose bet is on whom for the next French President?

For anyone flying to the UK or some areas of Europe the French Air Traffic Controllers are on strike tomorrow so expect flights to be delayed.

Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack onboard high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris after they take down Kalashnikov-wielding Moroccan gunman known to intelligence services A suspected Moroccan terrorist opened fire with a Kalashnikov on board a high speed train in...

Eurotunnel disruption: 'Lights went out. It was terrifying' - BBC News They were too busy cosying up to the Germans to blockade the ports in 1944 more so when the Germans came knocking on their door earlier and invaded them.

Hi, I would like to get some infos about courses. Is there any german, french course in urla area? Also i'm looking for piano lesson and swimming for my kid. Thanks in advance.. Shirly

UN aid worker suspended for leaking report on child abuse by French troops | World news | The Guardian

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Its just no good attacking people with a knife when they have guns. :dooh: BBC News - 'Allahu Akbar' attacker shot by French police

About two weeks ago, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was in France to prepare for President Erdoğan's visit. Following Çavuşoğlu's visit, EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkır met last week with French government officials and conveyed a message that included Turkey's expectations from France...

What gets me is that when people are in power its "immigration is good for us". Once out of power & back in the real world the attitude is different. I relate that statement to here in the UK. Both Blunkett & Straw have sinced voiced concerns now they are out of the limelight. I never doubted...

Hello. I have a home in Kadikalesi but I only go there during holidays. I am Belgian and I would meet people speaking french in Kadikalesi, Turgutreis or Gümüslük. I would be very happy to meet you. Thank you

Bravo bravo - the wearing of the niqab in most cases is a political statement rather than being a religious requirement. BBC NEWS " The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ban by France on wearing the Muslim full-face veil - the niqab. A case was brought by a 24-year-old French...

National Front wins huge rise in support in local polls, as President Hollande's Socialists suffer drop in popularity.

BBC News - French oil giant Total to invest in UK shale gas I don't care who does the job, anything that helps us to avoid those disastrous "wind farms" gets my vote. Bill.

True story reported by an English guy who was stopped and asked to give a breathalyzer test late at night. The English guy lives near Le Bugue in the Dordogne and at the time he was stopped he was as pissed as a fart... The gendarme signals to him to wind down the window then asks him if he...