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France halts imports of food with traces of banned pesticides
France on Wednesday officialized a ban on food imports containing traces of five pesticides currently banned in the EU, a move aimed at easing farmers' opposition to the Mercosur trade deal with four South American nations.

A profile of Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, who says Mercor is creating a new category of work; Mercor hit $500M ARR in September and pays contractors $1.5M daily (Rya Jetha/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/07/san-franci…

San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom
Mercor’s 22-year-old CEO Brendan Foody imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans.

Leistungsschutzrecht boykottiert: französische Geldstrafe für X
X muss der Presseagentur AFP 170.000 Euro zahlen, weil es gerichtlich geforderte Daten nicht liefert. In einem 2. Fall drohen 60.000 Euro täglich.

French Judge Investigating Robert Spatz (81) Requests Spain’s Judicial Assistance
https://openbuddhism.org/justice/2025/french-judge-investigating-robert-spatz-81-requests-spains-judicial-assistance/

French Judge Investigating Robert Spatz (81) Requests Spain’s Judicial Assistance
Elodie Emery reports in ‘Le Monde’ that French judge has requested judicial assistance from the Spanish authorities in relation to an ongoing investigation into allegations of physical and sexual…

Macron böjer sig för de franska bönderna och lovar nu att Frankrike ska rösta mot EU:s frihandelsavtal med Mercosur. https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/live/2026/

EN DIRECT, colère des agriculteurs : la France votera « contre » le traité de libre-échange avec le Mercosur, annonce Emmanuel Macron
Le chef de l’Etat a invoqué un « rejet politique unanime » pour se positionner contre ce texte, défendu par l’UE mais décrié par les agriculteurs qui ont manifesté ce jeudi. Le ministre de l’intérieur a fait état de 67 actions dans 39 départements, mobilisant 2 200 manifestants et 625 tracteurs.

The French energy regulator has now decided on the demand and solar injection zones on the grid, for which optional countercyclical grid fees apply to battery storage systems (as of August next year).
These negative/countercyclical grid fees can serve as inspiration for Europe on how to deal with energy storage.

The French energy regulator, CRE - Commission de régulation de l'énergie, has now decided on the demand and solar injection zones on the high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) grids, for which… | Jaap Burger
The French energy regulator, CRE - Commission de régulation de l'énergie, has now decided on the demand and solar injection zones on the high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) grids, for which optional countercyclical grid fees apply to battery storage systems. A negative price in the network tariff rewards 'grid-friendly' behaviour, meaning discharging during the winter morning and evening demand peak in zones defined as demand zones. Conversely, battery systems installed in solar inject…

Zurich-based DeepJudge, which builds customized search indexes for law firms that plug into AI tools like ChatGPT, raised a $41M Series A at a $300M valuation (Alicia Park/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025…

Meet The Ex-Google Researchers Building AI Search For Law Firms
Legal tech startup DeepJudge has raised $41 million to build out customized search engines for law firms.

Découvrez l'enquête en France sur les violences et abus sexuels au sein d'une communauté bouddhiste, suite Š l'affaire OKC en Belgique. En savoir plus ici : https://chardonsbleus.org/affaire-okc-

Affaire OKC : Après la Belgique, une Enquête en France pour Violences et Abus Sexuels au Sein d’une Communauté Bouddhiste
Affaire OKC : Après la Belgique, une Nouvelle Enquête en France pour Violences et Abus Sexuels au Sein d’une Communauté Bouddhiste

Im November wieder fast jeder zweite Fernzug unpünktlich
Reisen mit der Bahn bleibt für viele Fahrgäste unberechenbar. Auch im November waren viele Fernzüge verspätet unterwegs.
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