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France’s top literary prize 2024 awarded to author Kamel Daoud
The Prix Goncourt is widely seen as France’s version of the Nobel prize for literature
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MAP: Offshore sites identified for new wind farms in France
President Macron has made the expansion of wind generated energy a priority
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Important changes for drivers in central Paris from November 4
A 5.5 km2 zone in the centre will now have traffic limitations in place
Astronaut retrains for zero gravity plane
Thomas Pesquet has big plans for this year
Spaceman and former Air France pilot Thomas Pesquet is aiming for a new career – flying the zero-gravity plane used to train his fellow astronauts.
Thomas spent six months on the International Space Station and by the end of February will have retrained to fly the Airbus A310 Zero-G plane. He said on Facebook “it promises a little weightlessness in 2018”.