PARIS (AP) — France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital, hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the “Mona Lisa” painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers are putting pressure on the government to respond to … Read more
France – The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are just six months away and the countdown is on to get everything ready in time, from logistics and security to transport and construction. But will the French capital be ready? FRANCE 24’s Katrine Lyngsø went to find out. Issued on: 26/01/2024 – 17:11Modified: 26/01/2024 – 17:17 2 … Read more
LeBron James, Stephen Curry and reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid were named among a 41-strong player pool for the USA’s 2024 Olympics basketball roster this week. The star-studded roster will be whittled down to a 12-man squad for this summer’s Olympics in Paris, where the US will be chasing a fifth consecutive gold … Read more
By Leocciano Callao For Dailymail.Com 02:11 10 Jan 2024, updated 02:14 10 Jan 2024 Share or comment on this article: The Nets and Cavaliers play in Paris this week as part of the ‘NBA Global Games’ Frenchman Wembanyama was drafted by the Spurs with the No 1 overall pick DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news … Read more
With 200 Days Left, Paris Prepares for the 2024 Olympic Games via Shutterstock | givaga | View on Avenue des Champs Elysses Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1012008/with-200-days-left-paris-gets-ready-for-olympic-games-2024 As the countdown to the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris ticks away, the city is making preparations that will completely shift its urban landscape … Read more
PARIS (AP) — A charter plane sequestered while carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua was authorized Sunday to leave the French airport where it has been grounded for four days for a human trafficking investigation. A lawyer for the airline said the plane would take many of the stranded passengers back to India on Monday. Local … Read more
Best for: Proximity to theatres In 2007, the Experimental Group – actually three perfectly respectable former school chums – transformed the Paris bar scene with their sweetly raffish Experimental Cocktail Club. More recently they went into hotels, first with the charming Grand Pigalle, then with the equally perky Henrietta in London. A few years later … Read more
The controversial building of a tower to judge the surfing event at the Paris Olympics will go ahead despite the sport’s federation saying it is not required, the Games’ chief organizer Tony Estanguet said Wednesday. A proposal made by the International Surf Association (ISA) to Paris 2024 organizers and the Polynesian government suggested the use … Read more
Paris-Orly and Brest airports will be particularly hard hit as airport workers walk out on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT France is bracing for airport chaos on Monday as air traffic controllers go on strike. Up to half of all flights at some airports will be cancelled as a preventative measure. Disruption and delays are expected for passengers … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly. For the first time in nearly three decades of such talks, the final agreement mentioned fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — … Read more