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• France forces dry cleaners to use safer chemicals

  Dry-cleaning may get that wine stain out of your favorite top, but it will also leave cancer-causing fumes in the air. France has decided to ban the main chemical used in dry cleaning and push cleaners to go green. Perchlorethylene, also known as ..

• Air Berlin pilots announce strike after wage negotiations stall

  Pilots from Air Berlin have announced a strike after months of unsuccessful wage negotiations. The work stoppage from pilots of Germany's second largest airline can be expected starting from the middle of the week. The exact date of the strike was ..

• At G-8, US and EU move forward on free trade

  The US and EU have launched negotiations for a free-trade deal as the G-8 conference begins in Northern Ireland. A concession on creative pursuits helped to keep France on board. The first round of negotiations toward the free-trade deal will take ..

• Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco are a blessing for Ligue 1 - Karembeu

  Former France international Christian Karembeu says that clubs like Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco greatly aid the growth of Ligue 1.Qatari-owned PSG convincingly won the Ligue 1 title in 2012-13, while Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev's Monaco ..

• Thauvin will not leave Lille, says club president

  Lille winger Florian Thauvin will not leave the club to join Marseille this summer, insists club president Michel Seydoux.The 20-year-old is regarded as one of the country's brightest talents, thus prompting les Dogues to snap him up from Bastia in ..

• Cameron pushes G8 to halt ransom payments

  Even if G8 nations agree to a British proposal to stop paying for the release of kidnapping victims, other groups will likely keep forking out ransoms to protect staff, security expert, Hans-Georg Ehrhart., tells DW. Deutsche Welle: British Prime ..

• Southampton sign Lovren from Lyon

  Southampton have completed the £8.5 million signing of defender Dejan Lovren from Lyon.The 23-year-old, who is Mauricio Pochettino's first signing this summer, has penned a four-year contract with the south-coast club.Lyon have confirmed ..

• Peugeot Sport and Loeb’s positive week at Pikes Peak

  Sebastien Loeb during the test session with the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak in ColoradoPikes Peak, in Colorado, USA, has seen the arrival of Peugeot Sport and Sébastien Loeb who have set up camp on the mountain for the first official practice ..

• EU aims to remove obstacle to free trade deal with US

  EU ministers have come together to try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the US. France's desire to protect its film industry from Hollywood has put up a major hurdle for a deal. Analysts said that Friday's meeting of EU trade ..

• Brazil - Japan Preview: Samba Boys raise Confederations Cup curtain

  It has been an underwhelming start to Luiz Felipe Scolari's second spell in charge of Brazil, but there are suggestions that the Selecao may finally have turned a corner.Brazil came under fire for their leaky defence and inability to see off ..