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La Belle Vie: The long process of French driving tests

Getting a driver's licence is often seen as a simple rite of passage, but mine turned into a year-long saga - this week’s La Belle Vie newsletter offers an insight into this essential process.

Everything that Americans need to know about driving in France

From stick shifts to driving licences and car rental, with a quick diversion to French drivers, here's what Americans need to know about driving in France.

Mort de Marcia Lucas, monteuse oscarisée de Star Wars et première femme de George Lucas

Disparue à l’âge de 80 ans, la Californienne a collaboré à plusieurs reprises avec son époux, mais aussi avec Martin Scorsese, sur son film culte Taxi Driver.

Quinté du lundi 1er juin à Vichy : de Majorque à la France, le parcours de Miquel Jaume Barcelo Bisquerra, driver d’Iréno des Plaines

Europe heatwave 'brutal reminder' of climate change

The UN climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was "a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis". Britain and France have reported their hottest ever May days this week as a "heat dome" brought sizzling temperatures more typical of midsummer to western Europe. With temperatures remaining stubbornly above 30C across much of northern Europe and predicted to go up again Thursday, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the "main culprit" was humanity's burning of coal, oil and gas -- the primary driver of climate change.