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Putting cobbles into first day of Tour de France would have been 'crazy' says organiser

ASO promise more cobbled stages in future 'but not in 2025'

Cycling News

Travel Warning: France To Introduce New Smoking Ban Across All Beaches, Any Breach Will Lead To Fine

The ban is expected to come into place in France by next year.

International Business Times UK

Forty years on, can legacy of pioneering anti-racism march help a divided France?

After recovering from being shot by police in 1983, Toumi Djaïdja led a protest historians say must be written into the nation’s narrative

The Guardian - UK

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Tour de France director says Evenepoel could 'turn things upside down' in 2024

Dual time trials favour the Belgian world champion, says Prudhomme

Cycling News

French 'autoroutes': Political scandals, expensive tolls and traffic jams

This week on French Connections we take a look at the complex web of "autoroutes", or highways, in France. Over 70 percent of French people stayed in France for their vacations in 2023, and that means most of them hit the road. From its inception in 1927 to controversial toll…

France 24

French Alps the only bidder to host 2030 Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed the only bidder for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games is France, which is hosting the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, and has hosted the Winter Games three times since 1924.

Radio France Internationale

Being child-free has been deemed 'selfish' for decades – the history of this misconception explained

Choosing to be child-free is more common than ever before in some countries, including the US. Many people see not having children an ethical and ecological choice, made to protect the environment, people and other species. Being child-free is about being “green”. Consequently, more positive discourses around childlessness are emerging.

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Tour de France reveals 2025 Grand Depart and route for four stages

The Grand Depart will return to home soil after three years away from France

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2025 Grand Départ gives sprinters early chance of yellow

A chance for the sprinters to take yellow, an uphill finish in Boulogne-sur-Mer and an exposed ride to Dunkerque but no pave

Cycling News

Tour de France 2025 Grand Départ snubs Roubaix cobbles

First three stages of 2025 Tour to take place in north of France, with headwinds, hills, and sprints, but no pavé

Cycling Weekly

Temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas extended for seventh day

Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their truce by at least a day to allow negotiations to continue on swapping Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners. France, meanwhile, has suggested the European Union consider sanctions on Israeli settlers who have targeted Palestinians in the West Bank.

Radio France Internationale

Ibama: Brazil's environmental police are back on the job

When President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he revived Brazil's environmental police force. The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) is "back at work", says its president, Rodrigo Agostinho. After years of budget cuts under Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, Ibama has…

France 24

Yes, Heavy Regulation Hurts the Economy. Just Look at France.

We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?

Reason

3 Airline Stocks to Keep Watching This December

The airline industry is well-positioned for solid growth due to the robust travel demand. Therefore, it could be wise to add fundamentally strong airline stocks, Southwest Airlines (LUV), Delta Air Lines (DAL), and Air France-KLM (AFLYY), to one’s watchlist. Keep reading….

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Evening Standard

A dream restoration project: Art Deco-style former station building in France for sale for £212,500

The former Varzay station was sold by SNCF in the late Nineties

International Business Times

French Justice Minister Acquitted In Conflict Of Interest Case

A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government.

The Conversation

French ski resorts risk becoming hooked on artificial snow

Winter hasn’t arrived yet, but French ski resorts are already resorting to snowmaking. Milder temperatures as a result of climate change have effectively led to its use becoming entrenched in recent years, with 29% of French ski slopes area equipped with snowmaking machines, such as snow propeller canons or snow…

France 24

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer: 'Attitudes towards Indigenous people have gone backwards'

Australian director Rolf de Heer chats to Lisa Nesselson and Dheepthika Laurent about his first feature film in a decade, "The Survival of Kindness", which was shot in the Australian outback. Also: German director Wim Wenders' Japanese-language film "Perfect Days" shines a spotlight on a toilet cleaner and Disney's latest…

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The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Napoleon’ is more progressive than you think

Despite some flamboyant inaccuracies, Ridley Scott’s biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix is a truthful exploration of how France ended up crowning an emperor just years after beheading a king, writes Clémence Michallon

Radio France Internationale

Slain teacher Samuel Paty's coworkers grapple with role of ex-pupils in attack

As six teenagers go on trial for allegedly helping to incite the murder of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded near Paris three years ago, 13 of his colleagues are watching the case from the courtroom. They told RFI why it was important for them to try to understand…

France 24

French justice minister acquitted in unprecedented conflict of interest case

A special tribunal on Wednesday acquitted French Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti in a conflict of interest in a case that has embarrassed President Emmanuel Macron's government.

Radio France Internationale

France seeks deal to salvage New Caledonia's nickel sector

France is seeking an agreement by the end of January to save New Caledonia's nickel industry, which has been hobbled by political tensions and high energy costs.

The Guardian - UK

I’m an outspoken Black woman in France – so a powerful man tried to silence me with the law

A celebrity targeted me online, but under a system that should protect all equally, I was the one charged with a criminal offence, says Guardian columnist Rokhaya Diallo

Newcastle Herald

Food Bites: chef Nic Poelaert to put Choux Patisserie on market

Order a panettone while you can, and more foodie news.

Radio France Internationale

Hamas releases another 12 hostages - France warship receives Gaza wounded

Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters handed over another 12 hostages Tuesday to the Red Cross in Gaza, part of an exchange under the terms of an extended truce in the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, a French warship sent to Egypt to treat wounded from the Gaza Strip has received its first…

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