For more than 20 years, New France's diplomacy has protected the colony from Indian attacks. On August 5, 1689, at dawn, 1,500 Iroquois warriors attacked the village of Lachine: 24 colonists were ...

Summer heatwaves led to drought conditions across areas of France and western Europe Record heatwaves in June and July caused the deaths of 1,435 people in France this year, according to the ...