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I was coughing up blood… Three months later I rode Tour de France
Yahoo Sports
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Training for Tour de France success is a task that would make an ascetic’s eyes water. As part of his bid to topple defending champion Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard spends three weeks in May putting the hard miles in on Spain’s Sierra...
China restricts medical device purchases from EU
BDNews24
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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
The Mirror
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July 6, 2025
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
Yahoo News
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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
CleanTechnica
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July 6, 2025
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
The Sun Daily
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July 6, 2025
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...
China retaliates against EU with a ban on European medical devices
The Independent
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July 6, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
China retaliates to EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices
WHTC - Michigan
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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....
Corsica France Confirms Third Chikungunya Case of 2025
Precision Vaccinations
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(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...
French Film Review: En Fanfare
France Today
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July 5, 2025
This poignant film traces a music conductor’s journey to reconnect with his estranged brother after a life-altering leukemia diagnosis. Thibaut Desormeaux (Benjamin Lavernhe) is an internationally renowned conductor who collapses during a...
The 17th century Valletta hospital that offered palliative care to women
Times of Malta
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July 6, 2025
“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.”...
France new scheme allows startup founders obtain 4-year residence permit with family
Business Day
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July 5, 2025
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...
Emotional life-and-death story of soldier killed in France in 1916
Gloucestershire Live
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July 6, 2025
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...
Potential RM4bil investments from Anwar's visit to France, says Zafrul
The Malaysian Star
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July 6, 2025
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...
French doctor handed 10-year jail term for abusing patients
RTL Today
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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,...
Malaysia Yields RM4.675 Bln In Potential Exports, Investments From French Trade Mission - MITI
Bernama
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July 6, 2025
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,...
Paris states Le Pen’s AC strategy full of hot air
MENAFN
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July 5, 2025
(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...
Malaysia yields RM4.7b in potential exports, investments from French trade mission, says Miti
Malay Mail
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July 6, 2025
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...
France’s smoking ban is Covid-era nanny-statism
Unherd
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July 5, 2025
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...
Filippo Ganna first abandon of 2025 Tour de France after mid-stage crash and concussion - Updated
Cyclingnews
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July 5, 2025
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...