New fares for public transport in Paris are taking effect today, impacting one of the most extensive and reliable networks; the average +2,3% hike includes Metro-Train-RER tickets, Bus-Tram tickets, airport tickets, the Navigo Week and Month passes

Following the vaccination of a herd of Blonde d'Aquitaine cattle in Haute-Garonne against lump-shaped dermatosis, the Minister of Agriculture defended her strategy in a crisis meeting and called for a "sanitary barrier" to be erected against the disease

A national plan to combat infertility will be launched soon, announced Health Minister before a National Assembly fact-finding mission on the declining birth rate; starting in 2026, French citizens aged 29 will receive a message on reproductive health

President Macron has begun a five-day Africa tour with a push for what he calls "win-win" partnerships as France’s presence in the continent has become more fragile and complicated by local political stances

A gunman shot dead Mehdi Kessaci, youngest brother of influential anti-drug campaigner Amine Kessaci in Marseille, after brother was murdered in 2020; according to a prosecutor, it may be a warning against Kessaci’s activism against narcotraffic