Paris: Schools are spraying kids with water and nursing homes are equipping the elderly with hydration sensors as France and other nations battle a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe. Several people have died around the continent in incidents that authorities are linking to the heat. The French national weather service activated its highest-level heat danger alert for the first time, putting four regions around Marseille and Montpellier in the south of the country under special watch Friday. Temperatures in the area are forecast to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius (111 F). AP
Mona Lisa on the move in Louvre makeover
Paris: The world's most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa", is to be moved so her room in the Louvre can be spruced up, the Paris museum said on Friday. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece will be carried less than "100 paces" to the adjoining Medici gallery on July 16. The 500-year-old painting is very rarely handled, and will remain protected by a bulletproof glass. The painting, thought to have been begun in the 16th century, has been moved very rarely since it was first housed in the Louvre in 1804. AFP
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