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French football teams discover their adversaries at Paris Olympics

France's mens Olympic football team were pitted on Wednesday night against New Zealand, the United States and a qualifier from an inter-continental play-off during a lavish draw ceremony at the headquarters of the Paris Olympic organising committee in Aubervilliers just north of Paris

Radio France Internationale · Mar 20, 2024

USMNT face France in Olympic opener as USWNT handed tough draw

The US men could face Kylian Mbappé in their Olympic opener while the USWNT face Australia and Germany

The Guardian - US · Mar 20, 2024

Matildas drawn with USA and Germany in tough Paris Olympics group

The Australian side have avoided world champions Spain but still face a difficult path to a first Olympic medal

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2024

Dozens jailed for cyberbullying French 'queen of influencers'

Twenty-eight people who joined an online harassment campaign launched by a rapper against France’s “queen of influencers” have been handed jail terms in the country's largest cyberbullying case.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 20, 2024

Why a changing French language is nothing to be afraid of

With more than 320 million speakers globally, French is the world's fifth most-spoken language. But traditionalists complain that spelling, grammar and vocabulary are on the decline. On International French Language Day, one linguist tells RFI that change isn't just inevitable – it's healthy.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 20, 2024

Chelsea could be without 10 first team players for start of 2024/25 Premier League season: report

Chelsea are at risk of a disrupted start to the new Premier League season, due to international tournaments getting in the way

FourFourTwo · Mar 20, 2024

French police report rise in racist and religion-based offences

Racist, xenophobic and religion-based hate offences surged 32 percent in France last year, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 20, 2024

France slaps Google with €250m fine over EU media rules and AI use

France's competition watchdog on Wednesday announced it had fined Google's parent company, Alphabet, €250 million. The penalty stems from a 2019 EU law requiring online platforms to compensate media outlets for using their content.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 20, 2024

Google fined €250m in France for breaching intellectual property deal

Watchdog accuses US tech firm of not negotiating in ‘good faith’ with publishers over use of their content

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024

EU strikes deal to cap duty-free imports of some Ukrainian grains

EU member states and lawmakers have reached an agreement on Ukrainian agricultural exports that seeks to strike a balance between the bloc's obligations towards Kyiv and the demands of protesting farmers around the continent. We look at the details of the deal and why it won't fully satisfy disgruntled farmers.…

France 24 · Mar 20, 2024