Stories from Marseille · France

The prosecutor suggested the incidents are linked to organized crime and a lack of social reintegration. Scientists from the Malbrane Institute in Buenos Aires and the Pasteur Institute in France are expected in Joyeux to search for rodents carrying the hantavirus.

Over 1,700 individuals have been confined to their cruise ship in France following a suspected outbreak of norovirus. French health officials are responding to a suspected norovirus outbreak aboard the British ship Ambition.

Her partner, who was in the apartment at the time, is being questioned.

Footballer Oba Mayan has been sidelined after some players held a small party on Thursday at the Comandería. The source did not specify the exact nature of the party or the duration of Mayan's sidelining.

Toulouse is leading Stade Français with 40 points in a rugby match held at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille. Player Mathias Rémy scored a try, and the team is anticipated to exceed 50 points. The event has approximately 20,000 spectators.

Melvin Jaminé scored a penalty kick, giving Toulon a 10-point lead over Toulouse. The score is currently 17 to 7. The match is taking place at the Vélodrome.

Mathieu, owner of 'Vanille Noire' in Marseille, produces 40 liters of black vanilla ice cream daily on-site. The iodized ice cream was conceived six months after the shop opened in 2014.

The French football club Olympique de Marseille uses music by Van Halen as their entry music for players.

On August 8, the Marseille High Court issued an interim order prohibiting McDonald's management from selling a restaurant. This ruling, achieved with lawyer Ralph Blindawer, was against what was described as a disguised social plan.

The carbonized body of a woman was discovered near Marseille in an incident described as a narco-homicide. An investigation has been launched in France following the discovery of a woman's body last night. The victim was known to police services and had been recently arrested near a drug dealing point in Marseille. Investigators are exploring the possibility of a drug-related killing, though no arrests have been made at this stage.