France boosts security after suspected sabotage at a Nice power substation caused a second major Riviera blackout in two days, cutting electricity to 45,000 homes and briefly hitting the airport. A

The best-reviewed films of the Cannes Film Festival range from Ari Aster’s pandemic-set ’Eddington’ to Palme d’Or winner ‘It Was Just an Accident.’

A blaze hit an electricity transformer in the western part of the city of Nice. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An electrical transformer was set on fire in what appears to be an act of vandalism. Some 45,000 homes were temporarily without power in Nice and some neighboring towns. Power was restored by early Sunday morning.

A second power outage in two days his hit the French Riviera region after a fire at a substation in Nice overnight, which authorities said was caused by a malicious act.

Cannes Film Festival organizers released a statement addressing how they handled the power outage, which is suspected to have been caused by 'acts of sabotage.'