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Several studies have found suicides rocketing after a World Cup defeat. (Photo: AP)

Here's which team you should bet to win World Cup 2018, according to...

According to more than million simulations of tournament, Brazil, five-time winners, are favourites to lift coveted...

13 Jun 2018 6:16 PM IST

In the American states the black market was being fuelled by the higher cost of over-the-counter marijuana, the report concluded. (Photo: AFP)

French shops use loophole to sell 'ultralight' weed

Macron's government also announced it would scrap potential prison sentences, heavy fines in favour of on-the-spot...

20 Jun 2018 7:19 PM IST

So, if you want to motivate your friend to work harder, try swapping some cash for pizza and compliments instead. (Photo: Pixabay)

Now, robot serves up pizzas in France

French start-up Ekim wants to change and speed up the way pizza is made and served using a pizzaiolo robot.

29 Jun 2018 9:13 AM IST

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MEA seeks help from European nations to trace, restrict Nirav Modi

Ministry of External Affairs wrote letters to France, UK and Belgium seeking their help to find Nirav Modi.

27 Jun 2018 11:11 AM IST

Ngolo Kante (left) of France and Denmarks Martin Braithwaite vie for the ball in their Group C match at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. (Photo: AP )

FIFA World Cup 2018: France top group after goalless draw

Didier Deschamps' side dominated possession but struggled to create any clear-cut chances against a determined Denmark.

27 Jun 2018 1:52 AM IST

The most political work rakes up Frances tough anti-migrant policy, with nearly 40 makeshift camps being razed in Paris and the last three years. (Twitter Screengrab/ @areej_algurg)

British street artist Banksy attacks France's crackdown on migrants...

None of the works were signed (as has been Banksy's recent trend), but experts opine they appear genuine.

25 Jun 2018 10:35 AM IST

Despite his thoughtful entries, little is known about the man apart from the fact that he was born in 1842 and died in 1897. (Photo: Pixabay)

Secret diary written on castle floorboards reveals murders committed...

The author of the diary was one Joachim Martin, a 38-year-old carpenter who installed the paraquet for the chateau's...

4 Jun 2018 8:13 PM IST

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study finds rare advance for tough-to-beat pancreatic cancer

Experts say it could be practice-changing for a small group of patients whose pancreatic cancer is diagnosed early.

5 Jun 2018 2:38 PM IST

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Sacre bleu! Blue wine makes a splash in southern France

Holidaymakers and local residents have drunk their way through the first 2,000-bottle consignment of the...

12 Aug 2018 1:04 PM IST

Uber driverless car heads out for a test drive in San Francisco.(File Photo: AP)

Two Londoners 'nearly die' as Uber driver takes wrong turn, they are...

The duo, Nick Christoforou, 31, and Sophia Toon, 23, were forced to swim for their lives after their taxi drove into the...

18 Aug 2018 9:35 AM IST

An act of sexual penetration by an adult on a minor under 15 will be considered a rape, said Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti

French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15

A push to set France's first age of consent three years ago in the wake of the global #MeToo movement failed amid legal...

10 Feb 2021 5:53 PM IST

Most MPs are in lockdown, though about 75 of them are expected to appear in person for the debates beginning next Tuesday. In this photograph, people wearing face masks stand on the empty Trocadero esplanade in Paris, on April 20, 2020, on the 35th day of a lockdown. (Photo | AFP)

Amid data privacy concerns, French lawmakers to vote on continued use...

Now that the government is preparing to life the coronavirus lockdown, lawmakers will vote on allowing the app to...

21 April 2020 7:04 PM IST