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French firefighters battled to contain a raging wildfire near the glitzy Mediterranean resort of Saint-Tropez on Aug. 17, with thousands of residents and holidaymakers forced to evacuate.

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After being shortlisted at Cannes, the producers of 'Displaced' - a short film about two table tennis enthusiasts struggling to keep their neglected sport alive - are preparing for more success around the world.

The five-star palace hotels are in full swing, the sound of music drifts across the beach and after a 'horrible' year blighted by coronavirus, Cannes is buzzing again for its international film festival.

"We can't wait," admits Pierrick Cizeron, chief executive at the Majestic hotel that overlooks the Mediterranean and the festival convention center.

The event can take place in late June or early July, AFP reported.

The Cannes Film Festival will not be held as usual in May due to the spread of the coronavirus in France.

The event can be rescheduled at the end of June or early July. This is said in a statement released by the festival organizers.

A luxurious mansion in the south of France is poised to become the most expensive sale of a residential home in history with a $410 million listing price, according to Bloomberg.

Photo-finish may seem an overstatement to define centenarian yachts crossing the finish line.

France has asked for Europe's help in fighting wildfires that have consumed swaths of forest close to the popular resort of Saint-Tropez and on the island of Corsica.

Over 4,000 firefighters and troops backed by 19 water bombers have been mobilised to extinguish the blazes.

Several people were injured in a shooting Thursday at a high school in the southern French town of Grasse, sources close to the investigation said.

An intruder burst into the Tocqueville high school and opened fire, one of the sources said.

Shooting at the Lycee Alexis de Tocqueville school in town of Grasse, France.

Three injured according to police sources.

A 17-year-old student entered the school armed with a shotgun, one pistol, one revolver and two handgrenades and started shooting.

The assailant has been arrested.