Paris
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Macron addresses worries about the Olympics in Paris in 2024
Jul 25, 2022Nearly two years to the day before the opening of the sports spectacle, French President Emmanuel Macron will convene a meeting of ministers on Monday to discuss difficulties overshadowing the Paris 2024 Olympics preparations. The Olympics... -
Harris arrives in Paris to ease France-US tensions
Nov 9, 2021On Tuesday, US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Paris on a mission to repair relations with France following a crisis precipitated by the cancellation of a submarine deal. Harris will meet with French President Emmanuel... -
Paris climate goals failure ‘could cost world $600 tn’
Apr 15, 2020Nations’ failure to fulfil the promises they made in the Paris climate agreement to make drastic emissions cuts could cost the global economy as much as $600 trillion this century, new analysis showed Tuesday. Under the... -
Thousands of Paris police deployed over ‘yellow vest’ clash fears
Sep 21, 2019More than 7,000 police officers are to be deployed for rallies in Paris on Saturday over fears that yellow vest protesters and their radical, anarchist “black blocs” could try to infiltrate a march against climate change... -
Climate activists demonstrate outside Brazil embassies in Paris and London
Aug 23, 2019Several hundred environmental activists demonstrated on Friday outside the Brazilian embassy in Paris as a clash between the two countries’ leaders over the issue of climate change intensified, while similar protests took place in London. On... -
Paris clamps down on older diesel cars
Jul 2, 2019The record-breaking temperatures recorded in France last week may have fizzled but the cars that were banned from Paris during the heatwave will remain off the road under new measures to banish smog. Starting on Monday,... -
France prepares for new heat record
Jun 30, 2019Temperatures in France are expected to reach a record-breaking high on Friday, as Europe continues to endure a sweltering heatwave which sparked an out-of-control wildfire in Spain. Governments warned citizens to take extra precautions, with the... -
Singer Chris Brown files slander case over Paris rape allegation
Jan 26, 2019American singer Chris Brown filed a legal complaint for defamation on Thursday after a woman accused him of rape in Paris, his lawyer said. Brown, 29, denied the accusation. He was released this week after one... -
Three dead in Paris gas blast amid lockdown for yellow-vest protests
Jan 12, 2019Two French firefighters and a Spanish citizen died and nearly people 50 were injured in a gas explosion that gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, authorities said.... -
Police teargas ‘yellow vest’ protesters in Paris
Dec 30, 2018Police fired tear gas at “yellow vest”demonstrators in Paris on Saturday but the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low. Several hundred people wearing the symbolic hi-visibility vests had...