#French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application

#French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application

“#French lecturer reaches for stars with astronaut application” Enlarge Image Matthieu Pluvinage, a candidate to the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut selection, poses in his office at the ESIGELEC engineering school where he teaches, in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France, June 4, 2021. Reuters ROUEN, France, June 8 – In a break from his job teaching engineering to…

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#Google fined 8M for market abuse in French antitrust case

#Google fined $268M for market abuse in French antitrust case

“#Google fined $268M for market abuse in French antitrust case” Google has been fined nearly $270 million by French authorities for abusing its market power in the digital advertising sector. As part of the first-of-its-kind settlement agreement announced by the French Competition Authority Monday, Google also agreed to change some of its advertising practices to…

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#Google to pay fine, change ad business in antitrust settlement: report

#Google to pay fine, change ad business in antitrust settlement: report

“#Google to pay fine, change ad business in antitrust settlement: report” Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is reportedly expected to pay a fine and change some business practices to settle an antitrust case with the French government over its online advertising business. France’s Competition Authority has alleged that Google’s advertising tool DoubleClick, which online publishers use…

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#Monet’s gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic

#Monet’s gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic

“#Monet’s gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic” GIVERNY, France — Beneath the scudding clouds and amid the luscious blooms, the gardeners tend the flowerbeds that were the pride and joy of impressionist painter Claude Monet, with pink and white striped tulips, diaphanous peonies, sky-blue forget-me-nots and myriad other flowers together creating a living art work….

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#30 famous landmarks in France

#30 famous landmarks in France

“#30 famous landmarks in France” France is one of the most popular destinations worldwide. In fact, it’s regularly the most visited country in the world. The number and diversity of landmarks in France play a huge role in this popularity. There are famous landmarks and lesser-known ones, there are natural landmarks and human-made landmarks, there…

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#Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban

#Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban

“#Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban” STRASBOURG, France – Sixteen year-old Mariem Chourak is a devout Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of her devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, but a proposal by French senators might soon deny her the freedom to do so in public spaces. The amendment to an ‘anti-separatism’…

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#Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally

#Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally

“#Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally” LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media on Friday after days of violent anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous. Sites including Twitter and Facebook were blocked for four hours on orders from the country’s interior…

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