Going down: With the end of 2G in France, elevators and other devices could be affected

A resident enters an elevator at Ehpad Henry-Dunant, Bordeaux, on August 21, 2023. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU/AFP An emergency call button in a hopelessly silent elevator. An alarm unable to warn security services. A remote assistance bracelet ineffective when …

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Martinez, Junis decline options with Reds as Maile, France and Martini become free agents

CINCINNATI (AP) — Right-handers Nick Martinez and Jakob Junis declined 2025 options with the Cincinnati Reds, who turned down their option on catcher Luke Maile on Friday, In addition, first baseman Ty France and outfielder Nick Martini became free agents …

Before UNSC, France doubles down on new Sahara position, signaling major shift

Before the members of the United Nations Security Council, France reaffirmed, Thursday in New York, that “the present and future” of the Sahara lie within Moroccan sovereignty, reiterating its “clear and constant” support for the autonomy plan to …

France international Jegou resumes rugby after rape allegations

France international flanker Oscar Jegou, who is still being prosecuted for rape in Argentina, returns to the pitch this weekend after being named on Friday in La Rochelle's starting line-up to face Stade Francais in the Top 14. Jegou's return to …

Glenn breaks U.S. record for short program score at Grand Prix France

Amber Glenn broke the record for highest short program score for a U.S. woman in international competition, taking the lead at Grand Prix France on Friday. Glenn, the reigning U.S. champion, landed a triple Axel, a triple flip-triple toe loop combination …

France admits to killing Algerian independence hero Ben M'hidi in 1957

President Emmanuel Macron has finally acknowledged that Larbi Ben M'hidi, a key figure in Algeria's War of Independence against France, had been killed by French soldiers after his arrest in 1957, the French presidency said.

Man charged with distribution of extremist material instigated France suicide bombings, court hears

A man was arraigned Friday over the alleged distribution of extremist material following his arrest in Hamrun on Thursday, with a court hearing that he appears to have instigated suicide bombings in France. Mouhamadou Dosso, an Ivory Coast national, was …

The night of rebellion that changed France and Algeria forev...

On the night of 31 October 1954, a series of attacks across colonial Algeria marked the start of the Algerian War – a bloody conflict that would last eight years. Claimed by the newly formed National Liberation Front (FLN), the attacks signalled the …

France shouldn’t tax CMA CGM unfairly

THE era in which mainstream centre-left parties placed slowly roasting fat cat capitalists over an open fire at the top of their governmental to-do list lies buried in the pre-Blair and Clinton past. But if the experience of France is anything to go by, …