President Emmanuel Macron has clashed with his rival Marine Le Pen over her plan to ban women from wearing the Islamic headscarf in public, with an eye on the votes of Muslims in the second round of elections.
The latest figures show that 775 new cases of coronavirus were discovered over the last 24 hours.
As of Friday, the Grand Ducal Police will increase its checks amongst motorcyclists, as part of the national road safety campaign.
Quebec's health ministry accidentally tweeted a link Thursday that was supposed to send users to the Canadian province's Covid-19 portal but instead went to a page on adult video site Pornhub featuring foot fetishes.
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on Thursday said some protesters against Covid-19 measures had become "highly dangerous" after investigators exposed a plot to kidnap him.
Food in March was an average of 4% more expensive than last year, STATEC reports. Since the global pandemic the markets were extremely deregulated, confirms a Luxembourgish wholesaler. "Such a massive explosion in food prices is really new to us", he said to RTL.
A car-train could soon drop off passengers at their front door, as well as cover long distances on normal rail tracks. This hybrid vehicle, called "Flexy", is being developed in France.