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How one of France's top soccer clubs ended up fighting for its very survival in the lower leagues
Read full article: How one of France's top soccer clubs ended up fighting for its very survival in the lower leaguesInside Bordeaux’s training complex a giant map shows every soccer club it has ever faced in European competition, including AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Juventus.
What we know so far about the attack on French train network ahead of Olympics opening
Read full article: What we know so far about the attack on French train network ahead of Olympics openingFrench transport has been thrust into chaos just hours ahead of the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony after a series of coordinated “malicious acts” upended high-speed train lines.
King Charles III winds up his France state visit in Bordeaux to focus on the climate and sip wine
Read full article: King Charles III winds up his France state visit in Bordeaux to focus on the climate and sip wineKing Charles III has traveled to the southwestern French city of Bordeaux to focus on climate and the environment.
Botulism outbreak tied to sardines served in Bordeaux leaves 1 person dead and several hospitalized
Read full article: Botulism outbreak tied to sardines served in Bordeaux leaves 1 person dead and several hospitalizedRegional health officials in France say a 32-year-old woman is dead and a dozen people have been hospitalized after an apparent botulism outbreak.
Water breaks in both halves in Rugby World Cup matches this weekend because of hot weather in France
Read full article: Water breaks in both halves in Rugby World Cup matches this weekend because of hot weather in FranceThere will be water breaks at all matches on the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup.
French wildfire stops expanding; workers seek to tame it
Read full article: French wildfire stops expanding; workers seek to tame itA major wildfire that ravaged pine forests in a tourist-beloved area of southwestern France has stopped expanding after rain fell overnight, and firefighters were working Sunday to tame it.
Cosmic mouthful: Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth
Read full article: Cosmic mouthful: Tasters savor fine wine that orbited EarthResearchers in Bordeaux are carefully studying a dozen bottles of French wine that returned to Earth after a stay aboard the International Space Station. They announced their preliminary impressions Wednesday — mainly, that weightlessness didn’t ruin the wine and it seemed to energize the vines. AdA special pressurized device delicately uncorked the bottles at the Institute for Wine and Vine Research in Bordeaux. Ad“The wine of Bordeaux is a wine that gets its singularity from its history but also from its innovations," he told The AP. “For me, the difference between the space and earth wine ... it wasn’t easy to define,” said Franck Dubourdieu, a Bordeaux-based agronomist and oenologist, an expert in the study of wine and wine-making.
Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in space
Read full article: Cheers! French wine, vines headed home after year in spaceThis photo provided by NASA shows SpaceX's Dragon undocking from International Space Station on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule undocked with 12 bottles of Bordeaux wine and hundreds of snippets of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. Space Cargo Unlimited, a Luxembourg startup behind the experiments, wanted the wine to age for an entire year up there. Through a series of space experiments, Space Cargo Unlimited hopes to take what’s learned by stressing the plants in weightlessness and turn that into more robust and resilient plants on Earth. SpaceX is the only shipper capable of returning space station experiments and other items intact.
France tightens screws on public activities to fight COVID
Read full article: France tightens screws on public activities to fight COVIDThe new rules also limit the size of large public gatherings to no more than 1,000 people, below the national benchmark of 5,000 people. Drinking alcohol in public is also banned in Bordeaux, a center of the French wine industry. The regional government also asked Bordeaux residents to limit private family gatherings, singling out weddings, to a maximum of 10 people. Shows and other events in public halls, in tents and sports arenas are being limited to 1,000 people, who must be seated and kept apart. France’s health agency announced Saturday that the country crossed the threshold of 10,000 new cases nationwide in 24 hours, a record.
Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of aging
Read full article: Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of agingCAPE CANAVEREL, FL A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science. The red Bordeaux wine will age for a year up there before returning to Earth. The bottles flew up aboard a Northrop Grumman capsule that launched from Virginia on Saturday and arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. The space-aged wine will be compared to Bordeaux wine aged on Earth. NASA is opening the space station to more business opportunities like this and, eventually, even private astronaut missions.