Jérôme Batteau

MARSEILLE, France—A French appeals court said Thursday the German safety standards firm that certified breast implants that proved faulty and triggered a global health scare three years ago shared no responsibility with the company that made them. The ruling means six foreign distributors and 1,700 women fitted with the leak-prone breast implants may now have to reimburse the €58 million ($64 million) they received in collective...

MARSEILLE, France—French investigators have recovered a second black box that was aboard Germanwings Flight 9525 when it crashed into the French Alps, killing 150 people. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said the second black box, which stores data on the aircraft’s systems, was found buried at the crash site and that its condition “allows us to...

PARIS—French police made progress Monday toward opening up a full access route to the site where the Germanwings plane smashed into the French Alps, as they continue to search for the second black box to glean more details on what happened in the final minutes aboard the doomed aircraft. As dozens of mountain rangers and investigators combed the area where the Germanwings flight hit a mountain flank Tuesday, another group is building...