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7,300 excess deaths and counting in France's historically hot summer #France

7,300 excess deaths and counting in France's historically hot summer
France saw more than 7,300 excess deaths during heat waves so far this year, health authorities said Wednesday, as the country has also endured a record number of hot days since mid-June, according to an AFP analysis.

A patient in France has tested positive for Ebola
after returning from a humanitarian mission in an area where the virus is circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
the French Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
It marks the first reported case in France
and the first to test positive outside of Africa
amid the second large Ebola outbreak on record in DRC.
The outbreak is driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus,
which has …

France reports first Ebola case in patient who returned from humanitarian visit to DRC
A patient in France has tested positive for Ebola after returning from a humanitarian mission in an area where the virus is circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

"French weather service says temperature hit 44.3C in Pissos as heat forces Louvre and Eiffel Tower to close early."
That is hot. 32° here where I am in England, and that is far too hot.
France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country | Europe weather | The Guardian
https://www.…

Forty drown across France in heatwave and parts of Spain above 30C at night
France has its hottest night on record, 15 Italian cities under red heat alert and UN chief says London is ‘cooking’

Climate-fueled wildfires strike again:
20,000 tourists (mostly) evacuated from the French coastal region of the Gironde, near Bordeaux.
https://www.bfmtv.com/meteo/secheresse/direct-…

DIRECT. Incendies en France: le feu en Gironde a désormais parcouru 3.400 hectares
Un feu très virulent sévit depuis mercredi à proximité du bassin d'Arcachon en Gironde. Des évacuations, à titre préventif, sont menées par la préfecture. Dans le Var, les pompiers n'ont toujours pas fixé l'incendie "contenu" ce jeudi 23 juillet, alors que l'inquiétude est ravivée par les conditions...

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York pleads no contest to two misdemeanor charges in Ohio https://www.nfl.com/news/san-francisco-49ers-owner-jed-york-pleads-no-contest-to-two-misdemeanor-charges-in-ohio

Oh, I'm sure that's not happening here /s
Firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/24/ai-washing-pr-firms-scrambling-rebrand?CMP=Share_AndroidA…

Oh, I'm sure that's not happening here /s
Firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/24/ai-washing-pr-firms-scrambling-rebrand?CMP=Share_AndroidA…

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025,
including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

49ers QB Mac Jones content with current role as backup: 'My feet are in San Francisco' https://www.nfl.com/news/49ers-qb-mac-jones-content-with-current-role-as-backup-my-feet-are-in-san-francisco

ChatGTP's ongoing enshittification
in the vain hope of earning more money than the AI it costs them.
"Ads arrive on ChatGPT in France"
Https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article…

Intelligence artificielle : les publicités arrivent sur ChatGPT en France
A partir du lundi 24 août, les annonceurs peuvent payer pour faire apparaître leur marque à côté des réponses de l’assistant IA d’OpenAI, qui veut diversifier ses revenus.