[ad_1] Global supermarket chain Carrefour will stop selling PepsiCo products in it stores in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy over price increases for popular items like Doritos, Lay’s potato chips, Quaker Oats, Lipton tea and its namesake soda. The French grocery chain said it pulled PepsiCo products from shelves in France on Thursday and added … Read more
[ad_1] Workers at Apple stores across France have gone on strike, demanding more pay. The nationwide strike by some 2,100 workers was timed to coincide with the Friday store release of Apple’s latest phone, the iPhone 15, in France. Eager customers had to cross picket lines outside stores to be among the first to buy … Read more
[ad_1] French regulators ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards for exposure. The company disputed the findings and said the device complies with regulations. The French government agency that manages wireless communications frequencies issued the order after the iPhone 12 recently failed … Read more
[ad_1] Paris – France has passed a law banning some domestic flights and encouraging travelers to take the train instead. Under the new law, flights that can be replaced by a train journey of under two-and-a-half hours should be scrapped. The ban on short-hop flights became law on Tuesday. However, France’s national airline had already … Read more
[ad_1] Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout across France for the May 1 protests to further rattle Macron, who has been … Read more
[ad_1] Paris — French energy group EDF has reported discovering a significant new crack in a cooling pipe at a nuclear power plant on the Channel coast, in the latest such incident to plague the energy sector. The group has been beset by maintenance problems at its ageing park of reactors over the last year … Read more
[ad_1] In a reshuffling of top management at his luxury goods empire, the world’s richest man — LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault — tightened his family’s grip by appointing his daughter, Delphine Arnault, as the new head of Christian Dior. The 47-year-old had been an executive vice president at Louis Vuitton, LVMH’s biggest brand, … Read more
[ad_1] Franck Ribery will remain at Salernitana as part of the coaching staff. Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Former Bayern Munich and France winger Franck Ribery announced his retirement on Friday following persistent knee problems. Ribery, 39, announced the decision in a video posted on social media in which the Salernitana player also thanked his family … Read more
[ad_1] France midfielder N’Golo Kante has been ruled out for three months following an injury setback and will miss the World Cup in Qatar, sources have told ESPN. The Chelsea midfielder is suffering from a serious hamstring injury, and the news is a significant blow for France manager Didier Deschamps given the role the 31-year-old … Read more
[ad_1] Lines formed at gas stations as some pumps have been running dry in France because of a strike by energy workers, as seen here on October 12, 2022 in Paris. Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/Anadolu Agency/Getty Paris — France’s premier ordered striking oil workers back to their refineries on Wednesday, as long lines persisted at … Read more