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France bets on nuclear in new plan to cut fossil fuel imports

The French government unveiled a 10-year energy strategy that leans heavily on nuclear power and offshore wind farms to curb fossil fuel dependence. Environmental groups criticized a 'stubborn insistence on believing in the nuclear myth.'

12/02/2026

Michelangelo drawing sells for record $27.2 million at New York auction

The small sketch is a study of a foot for one of the figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. The buyer's name was not disclosed.

06/02/2026

EU expands carbon tax on imports to cover steel and aluminium products

The EU is set to broaden the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a levy on high-carbon goods from countries with lower environmental standards, to include downstream products, like washing machines and car parts.

17/12/2025

EU walks back 2035 all-electric target, permitting some new combustion engine cars

Under proposals decried by environmental groups, automakers will now have to cut new vehicles' exhaust emissions by 90% compared to 2021 levels, down from an envisaged 100%.

16/12/2025

France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, France released a revamped climate plan promising to phase out oil and gas and sharply increase electricity use.

12/12/2025

EU rules for at least 25% recycled plastic in cars

Carmakers will have to meet the mandatory target in 10 years, with an intermediate 15% goal in six years, according to the European Council on Friday.

12/12/2025

OpenAI names Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue

Dresser, who has spent 14 years at Salesforce, will oversee global revenue strategy and 'help more businesses put AI to work in their day-to-day operations,' the ChatGPT maker said on Tuesday, signaling its seriousness about profitability.

09/12/2025

100 years of the photobooth: Meet the people keeping them alive

Created in New York in 1925, the analog photobooth has come close to extinction over the years. Two passionate restorers, Eddy Bourgeois and Virginie Voisneau, are helping keep the vintage booth alive in France and beyond.

07/12/2025

Southern Africa begins rollout of groundbreaking HIV drug lenacapavir

Lenacapavir has been administered since Monday in South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia. This is the first time this promising preventive treatment has been used on the continent.

01/12/2025

Long-lost Rubens 'masterpiece' sells for almost 3 million euros

The work, of Jesus Christ on the cross and painted in 1613, was unearthed by auctioneer Jean-Pierre Osenat in a Paris mansion last year.

01/12/2025