By , Some worker unions have been calling for the complete closure of Amazon’s activities in France, or at the very least a clampdown, after raising concerns over health standards at its shipping sites, arguing they were too crowded.The U.S. online retailing giant, which has repeatedly said it adheres to health guidelines, said it disagreed with the ruling, adding it was still evaluating the implications for its French logistics centres.It said it had brought in temperature checks for workers in France like elsewhere and distributed face masks and sanitiser gel.The court said Amazon had not...…By , Some worker unions have been calling for the complete closure of Amazon’s activities in France, or at the very least a clampdown, after raising concerns over health standards at its shipping sites, arguing they were too crowded.The U.S. online retailing giant, which has repeatedly said it adheres to health guidelines, said it disagreed with the ruling, adding it was still evaluating the implications for its French logistics centres.It said it had brought in temperature checks for workers in France like elsewhere and distributed face masks and sanitiser gel.The court said Amazon had not...WW…

By , PARIS (Reuters) - France’s Total posted better than expected earnings in the fourth quarter as oil prices stabilised, and said it would change its name as part of a push to diversify and grow renewable power and electricity production.The French oil and gas major, which like rivals suffered in 2020 as fuel consumption tumbled during the pandemic, said it would rebrand as TotalEnergies as it tries over the next decade to reduce oil products to a third of its sales from over half now.The company plunged to a $7.2 billion net loss for 2020 as a whole, hit by around $10 billion of...…By , PARIS (Reuters) - France’s Total posted better than expected earnings in the fourth quarter as oil prices stabilised, and said it would change its name as part of a push to diversify and grow renewable power and electricity production.The French oil and gas major, which like rivals suffered in 2020 as fuel consumption tumbled during the pandemic, said it would rebrand as TotalEnergies as it tries over the next decade to reduce oil products to a third of its sales from over half now.The company plunged to a $7.2 billion net loss for 2020 as a whole, hit by around $10 billion of...WW…

By , PARIS (Reuters) - Former President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.Slideshow Giscard’s foundation said he passed away in his family home in the Loir-et-Cher region of central France. He had been admitted to hospital in September with respiratory complications, and was hospitalised again in mid-November.His funeral will be an intimate family affair, the Valery Giscard d’Estaing Foundation said on Twitter.Giscard was elected president in 1974 at the age of...…By , PARIS (Reuters) - Former President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernise French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of 94 after contracting COVID-19.Slideshow Giscard’s foundation said he passed away in his family home in the Loir-et-Cher region of central France. He had been admitted to hospital in September with respiratory complications, and was hospitalised again in mid-November.His funeral will be an intimate family affair, the Valery Giscard d’Estaing Foundation said on Twitter.Giscard was elected president in 1974 at the age of...WW…