Posts tagged with "French Riviera"
Nice Terror Attack: France Extends State Of Emergency By 3 Months
Francois Hollande extended the state of emergency in France after the terror attack in Nice.
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande said today that the state of emergency in the country has been extended by three months after an attacker killed 80 people and injured several others in the city of Nice, when he drove a truck into a crowded area.
“French state of emergency has been extended for 3 months,” President Hollande said during...
Solar Plane Completes First-Ever Atlantic Flight
SEVILLE: The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Spain today morning after completing a 70-hour flight from New York in the first solo transatlantic crossing in a solar-powered airplane.
Applause broke out as the experimental plane set down at Seville airport in southern Spain just before 7:40 am where a team was on the ground to welcome Swiss pilot and adventurer Bertrand Piccard, an AFP correspondent said.
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft lands at...