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Tour de France 2025: Five things to know
Deutsche Welle
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July 3, 2025
What to know about this year's route This year's Tour begins on July 5 with a flat stage of 185 kilometers (115 miles), starting with the Grand Depart in the northern French city of Lille. The 21st and final stage will be on July 27 – after a...
UK raises more H1 VC funding than Germany and France combined, new data reveals
Tech.eu
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July 3, 2025
UK startups raised more than $8bn in VC investments in the first half of this year, more than double that of French startups, as the AI investment mania continues, new figures show. As London and Paris thrash it out for European startup...
Certain Plant-Based Foods May Cut Crohn’s Disease Risk
Medscape
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TOPLINE: A high combined intake of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and potatoes was associated with a reduced risk for Crohn’s disease — driven largely by specific foods such as apples or pears, bananas, mushrooms, and onions or garlic....
Tour de France – full team-by-team guide to this year's race
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
Alpecin-Deceuninck Two men, Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen, with one plan: stage wins and the green jersey; VDP is the big star, but in recent Tours de France it’s been “Jasper Disaster” who has delivered. On the flat stages, VDP uses...
French-Swiss software merger to mint Europe’s latest unicorn
The Next Web
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July 2, 2025
French software firm LumApps is set to merge with Swiss counterpart Beekeeper in a deal that will create a new business valued at over $1bn. LumApps, which calls itself an “intranet super app,” offers a platform that helps staff at large firms...
Forever chemicals in French water spark health emergency.
Euro Weekly News
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July 2, 2025
France, revealed dangerous levels of PFAS — raising alarm over “invisible” chemical threats. Credit: Steve Johnson from Pexels vai Canva.com For as long as most can remember, people in Saint-Louis poured their tap water without a second thought....
MER-C condemns Indonesia Hospital director's killing in Gaza
Antara
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July 3, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The humanitarian social organization MER-C Indonesia vehemently denounced the killing of the director of Indonesia Hospital, Dr. Marwan Al Sultan, in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza. "This is a day of mourning for all of...
New Brazil-France Deal Brings Major Helicopter Production to Minas Gerais
The Rio Times
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July 3, 2025
Brazil and France have agreed to work together to build the Airbus H145 helicopter at the Helibras factory in Itajubá, Minas Gerais. The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade announced this partnership, which will bring an...
How Long Is the Tour de France?
Bicycling
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July 2, 2025
The Tour de France is cycling’s most well-known stage race, taking place over the course of three weeks. This year’s race starts on Saturday, July 5, 2025 through Sunday, July 27, 2025. The 2025 Tour de France kicks off in Lille, setting the stage...
Rise in domestic cases of chikungunya in mainland France - which regions are impacted?
The Connexion
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July 3, 2025
Domestic case of the disease was reported in Grand-Est region for first time Tiger mosquitoes are responsible for spreading the disease Copyright (c) 2022 Soumyabrata Roy/Shutterstock. No use without permission. Health authorities in France are...
France's nuclear giant says its Niger uranium mine is nearly bankrupt
Business Insider Africa
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July 2, 2025
French uranium miner Orano has warned that its majority-owned joint venture in Niger, SOMAIR, is nearing bankruptcy following nearly a year of export restrictions imposed by the country’s military-led government. Niger, responsible for...
‘Keeping it inside will destroy you’: Zverev urged by Sabalenka to open up to family about mental health issues
Malay Mail
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July 3, 2025
LONDON, July 3 — World number one Aryna Sabalenka has urged Alexander Zverev to talk to his family about his mental health issues before they “destroy” him. German world number three Zverev opened up about his mental struggles, saying he felt...
Anyone travelling to Spain, Italy, Greece and France given warning after 8 deaths
Liverpool Echo
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July 3, 2025
UK travellers have been given a warning as temperatures soaring above 40C left at least eight dead in the last few days. Sweltering heat saw some collapse and die on beaches while wildfires across the parched continent also cost lives. British...
BioVersys & Shionogi ink global research collaboration for broad─spectrum NTM clinical candidate
Pharmabiz.com
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BioVersys AG, a multi-asset, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on research and development of novel antibacterial products for serious life-threatening infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, announced a research...
World-first charge-as-you-drive motorway ready for September tests in France
The Connexion
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July 3, 2025
The induction plates are being fitted under the right hand lane of a 1.5km stretch of the A10 near Paris Vinci In a world first, tests are to start in September on a stretch of French motorway equipped with ‘charge as you drive’ electricity...
2 Dead, 300 Hospitalized due to Heatwave in France
Tempo.co
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July 3, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Two people have died and more than 300 others have been hospitalized across France due to illnesses caused by the heatwave, according to Minister of Ecological Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher on Wednesday. "More than 300...
Medicare needs some mid-life changes to truly be the core of our public health system
RiotACT
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July 2, 2025
Anthony Albanese was a big fan of holding up a Medicare card during the federal election campaign. But are governments willing to work together to get the system back on track? Photo: Instagram/Anthony Albanese. The advent of Medicare in 1984 was...
All Blacks v France: Proctor replaces Ioane as Scott Robertson seeks scoring precision – Gregor Paul
The New Zealand Herald
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July 3, 2025
And irrelevant because being the champions of being not particularly clinical is not something to herald for any reason other than recognising it as a priority problem to fix. In announcing his first team of 2025, head coach Scott Robertson has...
All Blacks v France: Proctor replaces Ioane as Scott Robertson seeks scoring precision – Gregor Paul
The New Zealand Herald
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July 3, 2025
And irrelevant because being the champions of being not particularly clinical is not something to herald for any reason other than recognising it as a priority problem to fix. In announcing his first team of 2025, head coach Scott Robertson has...
2025 Tour de France betting: Odds, expert picks, cyclists to watch including Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard
NBC Sports
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July 2, 2025
The most famous and prestigious race of the cycling season, the Tour de France, begins this weekend. The 23-day, 21-stage odyssey covering 3,338.8km opens in the north of France in Lille on July 5 and of course concludes along the Champs-Elysees...