Wine is a Food Group: Keeping the wine tasting industry up with the times

Harvest 2025 is wrapping up in Walla Walla. Over the past weeks, vineyard crews and crush teams have been busy picking and processing this year’s haul into what is looking to be another fine vintage. Fall temperatures have finally arrived, making...

Mbappe Puts In Man-of-the-match Performance, Leaves Injured In France’s Win Over Azerbaijzan

France were up against Azerbaijan in their third game of the UEFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers. Les Blues had won both their opening games in group D, scoring twice against Ukraine and Iceland.Didier Deschamps started in a 4-4-2 with Real Madrid’s...

Rabies Cases Investigated in France's Occitanie Region

(Vax-Before-Travel News)French health authorities in the Occitanie region recently reported a fatal rabies case in a resident located in the southernmost administrative region of metropolitan France. Rabies is not thought to circulate in either...

Việt Nam and France strengthen agricultural co-operation

PARIS — The Vietnam–France Agri-Business Economic Forum officially opened in Paris on Friday. The event was co-organised by Central Retail Vietnam, MEDEF International, and Việt Nam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), with the support of the...

France’s detention of Iranian academic Esfandiari clear case of political hostage-taking

By Ali Khodabandeh The arbitrary and illegal detention of Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari in France has revealed new dimensions of “double standards” and “political hypocrisy” in the so-called homeland of human rights and freedom of...

Ceasefire in Gaza, Crisis in Washington, Cabinet Shake-Up in Paris: The 12 Tumultuous Hours That Shook the World

Gaza: A 72-Hour Ceasefire Plan Unveiled A document outlining Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza has been revealed, describing a process that would bring the fighting to a halt within 72 hours following agreement by both sides. The text...

French cheese production adapts to climate change

Dry conditions in the Alps compelled SIFA to approach the AOC controlling body SIFA Cheesemakers in the Alps have teamed up with scientists to better manage the impact of climate change on their industry and products. In 2022, dry conditions...

All About Rare Earth Metals: Production, Reserves, Stocks

Saturday, October 11, 2025 3:45 AM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Introduction Rare earths have become a permanent fixture on critical minerals lists around the world due to their pivotal role in permanent magnets, new energy and technology. Rare...

Indonesia's eco-friendly furniture secures $575,000 deals in Paris

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's eco-friendly design and furniture products recorded potential transactions worth around US$575,000 at the Maison & Objet (M&O) 2025 exhibition, Indonesian Trade Attaché in Paris Harry Putranto has said. He said the...

Mallorca travel industry needs to get a grip of more Britons going solo and using AI

The recent ABTA convention in Magalluf has revealed changing travel habits in the UK. According to new data from ABTA’s Holiday Habits 2025-26 report, more people are experimenting with new tools when deciding where to holiday. The proportion of...

Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike gets brutally honest verdict from French media

Mark Whiley Sports Reporter 11:02, 11 Oct 2025Updated 11:04, 11 Oct 2025 Hugo Ekitike was given one of the lowest marks out of 10 after France's World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) Hugo Ekitike received a low...

Kyiv power restored to 800,000 after Russian attacks on energy grid

Kyiv: Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv Saturday, a day after major attacks by Russia on the Ukrainian power grid caused blackouts across much of the country. Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, said Saturday that...

Labour energy donor slams Ed Miliband's heat pump scheme as a 'massive mistake'

The Labour Party's top renewable energy donor has slammed Ed Miliband's heat pump scheme(Image: PA) The Labour Party's top renewable energy donor has slammed Ed Miliband's heat pump scheme as a "massive mistake and waste of money". Dale Vince,...

We have to make electric vehicles more friendly for consumers: automaker

A conference on tackling the issue of air pollution is currently underway at the Expo Centre in Lahore as part of DawnMedia’s ‘Breathe Pakistan’ initiative. The conference is being held with the aim of shedding on actionable solutions, fosters...

Paris's remarkable fashion week masks the luxury industry's headlong rush

During the Chanel spring-summer 2026 ready-to-wear show in Paris, October 6, 2025. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP "The fashion week of the century." That is how the spring-summer 2026 runway season, held in Paris from September 29 to October 7, has...

‘I’m leaving, whatever the country’: Brain drain industry booms as Cameroon’s young look abroad

DOUALA (Cameroon), Oct 11 — With more than 40 per cent of Cameroonians living below the poverty line, over half the central African country’s young people dream of emigrating — and businesses helping them leave are thriving. “We don’t promote...

Power restored to Kyiv homes after Russian bombardment on Ukraine’s energy grid

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UK, France, Germany to move forward with using Russian assets to aid Ukraine

The leaders of the U.K., France, and Germany agreed in a phone call on Oct. 10 to move jointly toward using frozen Russian assets to help fund the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The push, which the three leading European powers seek to coordinate with...

French diplomats meet UAF VC

FAISALABAD: Counsellor for Cooperation and Culture Action, French Embassy, Marc Piton along with Director Alliance Francaise Lahore Fabrice Disder visited the University of Agriculture Faisalabad and called on UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqar...

French ECR Delegation Supports Patriots for Europe Censure Motion Against Von der Leyen

Yesterday, Thursday, October 9, 2025, the French delegation of Identity and Democracy/Conservatives and Reformists Europe (IDL/ECR) voted in favor of a censure motion filed by the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group against European Commission...