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Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round | TechCrunch

Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The French company has raised €385 million ($415 million). (2023)


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The battle for Europe’s economic soul | The Economist

Policymakers in Brussels ready their response to America’s protectionism | Finance & economics (2023)


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European Officials Uphold France's Ban on Select Flights Where Trains Compete

The European Union has upheld France's landmark climate law that bans select flights on routes where trains are time competitive. The decision, from (2022)


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Vestiaire Collective raises $216 million for its second-hand fashion platform – TechCrunch

Vestiaire Collective announced a new funding round. The company has raised $216 million, or €178 million — it has reached a valuation above $1 bill... (2021)


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'Woke' American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say - The New York Times

Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French iden... (2021)


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Sanofi to help produce 100 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses | Reuters

Sanofi will fill and pack millions of doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from July in an effort to help meet the huge demand for the U.S. drugmaker... (2021)


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"Lupin" feeds Netflix viewers' foreign-series frenzy - Marketplace

Netflix said in its earnings report last week that "Lupin" is set to rack up 70 million views in its first month, a new record. (2021)


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French bar owners arrested for offering free WiFi but not keeping logs

At least five bar owners in Grenoble, France have been arrested for providing WiFi at their businesses without keeping logs. The bar owners were ar... (2020)


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France Airbnb: Paris hails victory over short-stay rents

The case was being watched by other European cities facing a shortage of rental housing. (2020)


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Saclay sacré - How France created a university to rival MIT

After years of pooh-poohing global college rankings The University of Paris-Saclay, officially launched this year, merges some 20 higher-educati... (2020)


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Big Tech Has Crushed the News Business. That’s About to Change. - The New York Times

News organizations have long hoped that tech platforms would pay them for news. Now regulators abroad are moving to make that happen. (2020)


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France to test controversial Covid-19 tracking app during lockdown exit — RFI - English

As France awakens from lockdown on 11 May, the government will start testing “under real conditions” a prototype for its much-criticised StopCovid ... (2020)


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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms - Gastro

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital. Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chamb... (2017)


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How Europe failed the coronavirus test

Contagion’s spread is a story of complacency, overconfidence and lack of preparation. How Europe once again ended up as a killing field of infec... (2020)


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10 Types of European Breads With Fascinating Stories

Sure, you know Germany has pretzels and France has baguettes; but do you know how these carby delights came to be? Learn the history of bread from ... (2020)


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Mobile game startup MadBox raises $16.5 million after 100 million downloads – TechCrunch

French startup MadBox is raising a $16.5 million (€15 million) Series A funding round from Alven. The company is developing mobile games and handle... (2019)


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France and Germany agree to block Facebook's Libra - Reuters

France and Germany have agreed to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, the French finance ministry said on Friday. (2019)


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The 1903 Tour de France - MarketingExamples.com

The 1903 Tour de France was set up as a “side project” which ended up changing the fortunes of its parent newspaper L'Auto "It's quite remarkabl... (2019)


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Check Out the Cheaper, Greener Future of France’s High-Speed Trains - CityLab

Take a look at the trains that will modernize France’s rail fleet and prepare the national provider to take on its first-ever competitors. (2019)


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BlaBlaCar to acquire Ouibus and offer bus service – TechCrunch

French startup BlaBlaCar is announcing plans to acquire Ouibus, the bus division of France’s national railway company SNCF. For the first time, Bla... (2018)


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Why the French don’t show excitement -- BBC - Travel

Not only is ‘Je suis excité’ not the appropriate way to convey excitement in French, but there seems to be no real way to express it at all. (2018)


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Juventus Soccer Club Is Launching a Crypto Token to Give Fans a 'Voice' - CoinDesk

One of the most popular soccer clubs in the world is launching a crypto token that it says will boost fan numbers by allowing them to "be heard." (2018)


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The Real Story of the Fake Story of One of Europe’s Most Charismatic CEOs - Harvard

How two professors built a myth that persisted for a decade (2018)


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A Brief History of French Soccer

Twenty years ago, a multicultural France team, led by Zinedine Zidane, won the World Cup and helped to temporarily unite a fractured nation. On the... (2018)


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Europe's first solar panel recycling plant opens in France | Reuters

French water and waste group Veolia has opened what it says is Europe's first recycling plant for solar panels and aims to build more as thousands ... (2018)


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France builds WhatsApp rival due to surveillance risk | Reuters

The French government is building its own encrypted messenger service to ease fears that foreign entities could spy on private conversations betwee... (2018)


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French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Journals

Negotiations between the publisher and a national consortium of academic institutions have reached a stalemate. (2018)


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Why does France insist school pupils master philosophy? - BBC News

The BBC's Hugh Schofield is in admiration of his daughter's enthusiasm for philosophy ahead of an exam. can you imagine having to sit down one mor... (2018)


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Welcoming Tech Talent from around the World to France

A visa for international Start-Up Founders, Tech Employees & Tech Investors to settle in France. The French Tech Visa is a simplified, fast-track ... (2018)


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Croissants in crisis: could French bakers crumble amid butter shortage?

World news | The Guardian | Pastry makers in France fear they can’t go on for much longer, as consumers face empty butter fridges in supermarkets (2017)


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I Live On $53/Day In Renne, France | Relocated

In 2015 Kesi Irvin, 31, quit her full-time job as a financial analyst on Wall Street to travel the world. After three years of traveling she decide... (2024)


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France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa

France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa (2023)


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French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Forged : NPR

The gallery dedicated to the work of artist Étienne Terrus underwent a six-figure renovation only to find that 82 of its paintings are fakes... (2018)


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