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July 20, 2021

Record 430 migrants cross Channel to UK in single day

A record number of at least 430 migrants have illegally crossed the Channel to the UK in a single day, the government said on Tuesday, as it vowed a crackdown. Monday’s figure surpassed a previous daily high of 416 in…
July 20, 2021

Panda loaned to France by China is pregnant again: zoo

Huan Huan, a giant panda on loan to France by Beijing since 2012, is pregnant again and could soon grace the country with her second cub, the Beauval zoo in central France said Tuesday. “An ultrasound a few hours ago…
July 20, 2021

King’s number on Moroccan list of potential spyware targets: report

Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s phone is on a list of numbers of people identified as potential Pegasus spyware targets by Morocco’s intelligence services, French radio reported on Tuesday. Radio France made the claim two days after it and several other…
July 20, 2021

French President Macron among potential Pegasus spyware targets: NGO

Phone numbers used by French President Emmanuel Macron and top members of his government are among the potential targets for the Pegasus spyware supplied to several governments worldwide, the NGO that leaked the list of numbers said Tuesday. “We found…
July 20, 2021

EU agency starts review of France’s Sanofi Covid jab

The European Medicines Agency said Tuesday it had started a “rolling review” of France’s Sanofi coronavirus jab, which could lead to authorisation for use in the European Union. “EMA will assess the compliance of Vidprevtyn with the usual EU standards…
July 20, 2021

Covid cases surge in Asia as Delta wreaks havoc worldwide

Indonesia, Iran and France were suffering alarming surges in coronavirus cases Tuesday, as governments raced to vaccinate populations in a bid to outpace the highly-contagious Delta variant wreaking havoc across the globe. The new cases come as the head of…
July 20, 2021

French combat jet crashes in Mali, crew recovered: army

A French Mirage warplane crashed in an uninhabited area of central Mali on Tuesday after suffering a technical malfunction, but its two crew ejected and were quickly recovered, the French army said. The plane was carrying out surveillance near the…
July 20, 2021

French Covid cases rising at unprecedented rate: health minister

French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Tuesday that new Covid-19 infections were increasing at an unprecedented rate due to the Delta variant, after 18,000 cases were reported for the previous 24 hours. Referring to the latest figures while speaking in…
July 20, 2021

No excess lead exposure in children near Notre Dame: study

French health authorities said Tuesday that no excessive lead levels had been detected in children living close to the burned out Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, or going to school nearby. Several hundred tonnes of lead in the roof of Notre-Dame…

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