A French judge filed preliminary manslaughter charges Thursday against Airbus over the 2009 crash of an Air France jet.
The new CEO of French oil giant Total was being held for questioning on Wednesday in an investigation into the group’s activities in Iran, the latest legal challenge for the company and its embattled chief. Christophe de Margerie has already been targeted in a French probe over the scandal-ridden oil-for-food programme in Iraq.