Paris will host the 2023 Olympics. It will be the third time that the French capital has hosted the Summer Games, but the most recent edition in the city was exactly 100 years ago, in 1924. World Athletics is standing by its ban of all Russian and Belarusian athletes from the biggest Olympic sport … Read more
On a chilly October day in Paris in 2010, Bertrand Puech got an unexpected call on his cellphone from Bernard Arnault, the founder of luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE and one of the world’s richest men. Arnault told Puech, the family patriarch at rival Hermès, that his company had amassed shares in … Read more
Roxanne Varza, director of Station F, the world’s largest start-up campus, reveals on The Big Question why It’s an exciting time to be an entrepreneur in France. ADVERTISEMENT The Big Question is a brand new series from Euronews Business where we sit down with industry leaders and experts to discuss some of the most important … Read more
The monument’s new spire is identical to the previous one, designed by the 19th-century architect Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc. Its oak structure is to reach its full height of 96m by the end of the year. It will then be covered in lead ornaments before the scaffolding is taken down, Jost said. The frames of the nave … Read more
The French government on Monday insisted it would keep a plan to hold the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine even after a deadly attack in the French capital at the weekend amplified security concerns. Issued on: 04/12/2023 – 12:31 2 min Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera told French radio that the plan … Read more
Good morning. Jerome Powell fails to temper animal spirits in the bond market, Bill Gates says the Paris Agreement climate goals are probably beyond reach, and Bitcoin hits $40,000. Here’s what people are talking about. Bond traders are growing more confident the Federal Reserve has reached the peak of its rate-hiking cycle, even as central … Read more
Australia’s Genevieve Gregson looks set to qualify for a fourth Olympic Games after a remarkable personal best in the Valencia Marathon. Gregson suffered a heartbreaking end to her appearance in the 3000m steeplechase final at the Tokyo Games, taken off in a wheelchair after rupturing her Achilles tendon, and has since been on the comeback … Read more
Now that San Antonio has its first European nonstop flight in hand thanks to Condor, it’s our turn to fill up seats to Frankfurt. Markus Mainka/Markus Mainka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images John Dickson Courtesy The news of our first transatlantic flight to Germany via Condor Airlines continues to reverberate. It’s an understatement to say securing a nonstop flight … Read more
This isn’t surprising. I’ve eaten some mediocre restaurant-prepared stuff – most recently, this week, shin of gristle with trace elements of beef accompanied by way too many root vegetables – and been very happy with, again recently, bought-in sea bass. (I asked; the restaurateur replied honestly.) It may be, then, that bought-in meals are good … Read more
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The All Blacks have fallen just short of a fourth Rugby World Cup title, going down to the Springboks 12-11 in the final in Paris after captain Sam Cane was sent off in the first half. Despite playing with 14 men for 50 minutes, the All Blacks had a chance late to take the lead … Read more