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Charles Hernu (1923-1990), a loyal political ally of the late French president François Mitterrand, is for most known only for his role in the deadly bombing attack on the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, when he was defence minister between 1981 and 1985. But Hernu's life is darkened by other scandals.
Former Air France stewardess and purser Sophie Lainault has become the first person among her profession in France to obtain a legal ruling that recognises that her breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 2019, was an occupational disease.
Itself partly responsible for the climate crisis, tourism is also falling victim to its effects, from huge wildfires to dwindling water supplies. Yet as anthropologist and essayist Aude Vidal explains in this interview with Mediapart, modern society finds it difficult to resist the lure of travel and holidays away.