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France, allies preparing bid to 'gradually' reopen Strait of Hormuz
AFP, Published on 10/03/2026
» ABOARD THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE - France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday as the Middle East war entered its second week.
Thai national athlete teams arrive in Paris
Published on 18/07/2024
» The first group of Thai national badminton team members, led by Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Vice President of the Badminton World Federation, along with Dr Somsak Leeswadtrakul, chairman of the Doping Control Center for Athletes, and head coach Kim Ji-hun from South Korea, have arrived in Paris for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
THAI A380 clipped by catering van
News, Published on 19/04/2019
» A Thai Airways International's Airbus A380 sustained minor damages after it was clipped by an air-side catering van at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday.
France's President Macron tells French to stop moaning
AFP, Published on 05/10/2018
» COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-ÉGLISES (FRANCE) - France's President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged his compatriots to moan less, saying the country would be better off if they emulated wartime leader Charles de Gaulle.
Iranian exile who got stuck for years in French airport dies
AFP, Published on 12/11/2022
» BOBIGNY (FRANCE) - An Iranian who got stuck for 18 years in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks died on Saturday at the terminal, an airport official said.
Champagne in space: Zero-G bottle lets tourists drink bubbly
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» PARIS - Future space tourists may be able to toast the view from orbit with fine champagne, after designers came up with a high-tech bottle made for knocking back bubbly in zero gravity.
Thai Airways aircraft slightly damaged at Paris airport
Online Reporters, Published on 18/04/2019
» An Airbus A380 of Thai Airways International was slightly damaged when it was clipped by a vehicle bringing meals to the aircraft at Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday.
7 French fighter jets make emergency landing in Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 19/05/2019
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Poor weather has forced seven French navy fighter jets taking part in a training exercise to make emergency landings in northern Indonesia.
Out of the shadows: women in the French Resistance
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» PARIS - For decades after the end of World War II, the thousands of women who took part in France's resistance against Nazi German occupation in WWII rarely got a mention in the history books.
UK pubs try to avoid last orders as virus crisis deepens
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» LONDON: The French House survived two world wars and global recessions. Charles de Gaulle is said to have frequented it and Dylan Thomas once left his manuscript for "Under Milk Wood" at the bar.