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China restricts medical device purchases from EU
China's finance ministry said on Sunday it was restricting government purchases of medical devices from the European Union that exceed 45 million yuan ($6.3 million) in value, in retaliation to Brussels' own curbs last month. Tensions between...

Maisie Smith shares health update on boyfriend Max George after devastating open heart surgery
Soap star-turned-musical theatre actress Maisie Smith has got a new outlook on life after witnessing her boyfriend Max George go through his harrowing health ordeal. The Wanted singer Max has undergone heart surgery twice over the past year after...
World Associated Press China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices
BANGKOK (AP) — China said Sunday that European medical device companies will be barred from selling to the Chinese government as a countermeasure for the European Union's restrictions on the sale of similar products from China. European companies...

EVs At 24.0% Share In France — Tesla Model Y Tops Chart
Last Updated on: 6th July 2025, 09:33 am June’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.0% share in France, flat from 24.1% year-on-year. BEVs saw marginal growth in share YoY, whilst PHEVs were slightly down. Overall auto volume was 169,504 units, down...

China hits back at EU with reciprocal ban on major medical equipment contracts
BEIJING: China hit back on Sunday at an EU ban on Chinese firms from major medical equipment purchases with a reciprocal bar on European companies in the latest trade salvo between the two economies. China’s finance ministry said in a statement...

Corsica France Confirms Third Chikungunya Case of 2025
(Vax-Before-Travel News)The French Health Ministry has been reporting a significant number of locally acquired chikungunya cases in its Department in 2025. ARS Corsica states that the presence of the virus-carrying tiger mosquito is now well...

France new scheme allows startup founders obtain 4-year residence permit with family
France has introduced Passeport Talent scheme which has a start-up, entrepreneurship and investment route, governed by CESEDA, France’s national code for the entry and residence of foreigners. The startup route in particular which does not require...
China retaliates to EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s finance ministry said on Sunday it was restricting government purchases of medical devices from the European Union that exceed 45 million yuan ($6.3 million) in value, in retaliation to Brussels’ own curbs last month....

China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices
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French doctor handed 10-year jail term for abusing patients
A French court sentenced a doctor to a 10-year prison term on Saturday for raping nine of his patients during medical consultations, according to a lawyer representing some of the victims. Thirty women filed complaints against the gynaecologist,...

Paris states Le Pen’s AC strategy full of hot air
(MENAFN) France’s Environment Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher has rejected Marine Le Pen’s proposal to install air conditioning across the country, calling it an ineffective response to climate change that could worsen urban heat, Politico...

France’s smoking ban is Covid-era nanny-statism
France may not be the first European country to ban outdoor smoking, given that the city of Milan showed the way last January. But, as befits its administrative traditions, it has certainly devised the most Byzantine regulations, purportedly...

The 17th century Valletta hospital that offered palliative care to women
“Today, 27 March 1620, a sick woman known by the name of Andriana of Ragusa, who was in the small female hospital under the care of Maestro Francesco Neglia, died in the Lord. Her corpse was carried and buried in the church of Our Lady of Carmel.”...

Paris reopens Seine River for public swimming
France's capital Paris reopened the Seine River to swimmers on Saturday for the first time in over a century. AFP news agency said dozens of swimmers were present for the opening at 8:00 a.m. (0600 UTC/GMT), diving into the water under the...

Potential RM4bil investments from Anwar's visit to France, says Zafrul
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has successfully attracted potential investments worth RM4bil from French companies, following Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's recent visit, says Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Aziz (pic). The Investment, Trade and...
Malaysia Yields RM4.675 Bln In Potential Exports, Investments From French Trade Mission - MITI
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has successfully yielded RM4 billion in potential investments and RM675 million in potential exports in the trade and investment mission led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to France on July 4,...

Emotional life-and-death story of soldier killed in France in 1916
The tragic details of a soldier’s death in the First World War have come to light through a series of letters and military service records. Harold Henry Lane, a draper by trade, was born in Torquay, Devon, but had moved to New Zealand and enlisted...

Risk Factors for Candidozyma auris Among Admitted Patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2020–2022)
Introduction This study investigated the risk factors for Candidozyma auris (formerly known as C. auris) 1 infection in a tertiary university teaching hospital located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The emergence of Candida auris (C. auris) in tertiary...
Malaysia yields RM4.7b in potential exports, investments from French trade mission, says Miti
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Malaysia has successfully yielded RM4 billion in potential investments and RM675 million in potential exports in the trade and investment mission led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to France on July 4, 2025. In a...

Filippo Ganna first abandon of 2025 Tour de France after mid-stage crash and concussion - Updated
Italian time trial giant Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) became the first rider to abandon the 2025 Tour de France after the consequences of a mid-stage fall proved too much, with Ganna pulled out of the race some 40 kilometres further on. Ganna...