• Storyful

    Red Alert as Parts of Northeastern France Hit by Severe Flooding

    France’s meteorological service said a red alert was in place for the Moselle valley on May 18 as the region continued to be hit by severe flooding.Footage from Rachida Gacem showed streets inundated with water in Bouzonville, near the border with Germany, on May 17.BFMTV reported that 15 people were relocated in Bouzonville amid the flooding. Credit: Rachida Gacem via Storyful

  • Reuters

    Russian court seizes Deutsche Bank assets as part of lawsuit

    A Russian court has ordered that Deutsche Bank's assets, accounts, property and shares be seized in Russia as part of a lawsuit involving the German bank, court documents showed. The bank was one of the guarantor lenders under a contract for the construction of a gas processing plant in Russia with Germany's Linde, which was terminated due to Western sanctions. St Petersburg arbitration court has barred Deutsche Bank from exercising its 100% interest in the authorised capital of its Russian subsidiary, as well as Deutsche Bank Technology Center LLC.

  • Associated Press

    French authorities report sixth fatality in New Caledonia violence

    French security forces reported another death Saturday in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the sixth fatality in a nearly a week of violent unrest wracking the archipelago whose indigenous population has long sought independence. The person was killed in an exchange of fire at one of the many impromptu barricades blocking roads on the island, said a security official speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the situation publicly. Le Monde and other French news outlets said the person killed was a man and that his son was among the injured.