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Qatar make shock bid to stage 2025 Rugby League World Cup after France pull plug

Qatar are expected to make a bid to stage another major global sporting event, following on from their hosting of the football World Cup in 2022

Daily Mirror

Chelsea target Youssouf Fofana opens up on possible summer exit from Monaco

Monaco midfielder Youssouf Fofana has opened up on his future amid links with Chelsea and Liverpool.

Evening Standard

Anti-migration operation on French African island of Mayotte stirs tensions, exposes inequalities

France is facing a migration quagmire on the island territory of Mayotte off Africa’s east coast

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Pension reform defiance brings new blood to French trade unions

France's unions may have failed to derail President Emmanuel Macron's push to raise the retirement age, but they are reaping big gains in new members thanks to the months-long battle.

Reuters

If Macron doesn’t know why he’s despised, he hasn’t been listening

The president had no mandate to dismantle France’s social model. His contempt for the people risks opening the door to extremism, says writer and activist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK

Fight against anti-LGBT hate goes on, in France and around the world

On 17 May, the world marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Nearly 20 years after it was first celebrated, RFI spoke to the French activist who helped establish the annual event about what it has achieved so far, and why it remains as important as ever today.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Olympics vows to carry the torch for LGBTQ rights after watershed of Tokyo

Organizers of the 2024 Paris Games intend to seize on the Olympic spotlight to push a message that LGBTQ rights need to progress outside France

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Rainfall improves France's groundwater levels, but many areas still in red

Europe is monitoring its groundwater levels, hoping to avert acute shortages over the summer and mitigate a crisis in some of the driest areas. FRANCE 24's Science reporter Shirli Sitbon looks at the situation in France, where it has rained in some regions in recent weeks, but not everywhere. Many…

France 24

All-conquering Willie Mullins targets elusive first victory in France's biggest jumps race

The most successful Cheltenham Festival trainer will aim to claim Ireland's first success in 104 years in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Spurs Great Tony Parker Shares Incredible Photo of a Young Victor Wembanyama After Lottery

The San Antonio legend posted quite the throwback of the French phenom.

Sports Illustrated

Helen Mirren, 77, shows off dramatic hair transformation at Cannes Film Festival

The Queen star Helen Mirren stunned fans when she rocked up at Cannes sporting electric blue hair for the opening night of the annual star-studded film festival in France

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp: stories about me ‘horrifically written fiction’

CANNES (FRANCE) - Johnny Depp hit back on Wednesday against years of negative press, telling the Cannes Film Festival that most of the stories about him were "fantastically, horrifically written fiction".

Bangkok Post

Warning to holidaymakers in Spain risking 200 euro fines

There's a specific rule Brits need to be aware of while on holiday

Manchester Evening News

Ten years of gay marriage in France: Same-sex couples reflect on a decade of change

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. This Wednesday also marks exactly 10 years since gay marriage became legal in France. Since then, around 7,000 such marriages have taken place each year in the country. Back in 2013, FRANCE 24's reporters Pauline Godart and Claire Paccalin…

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The Guardian - UK

Qatar steps up to join bidders for next Rugby League World Cup in 2025

Qatar is among four nations to have expressed an interest in staging the next Rugby League World Cup after France pulled out as hosts

France 24

Former Apple employee charged with theft of tech secrets amid DOJ crackdown

US prosecutors have indicted a former Apple engineer for theft of trade secrets after he fled to China with proprietary self-driving technology. Also in this edition: US senators lambaste executives of collapsed mid-sized lenders for evading responsibility after their banks' implosions, and France unveils new subsidies to support green industrial…

Reuters

Factbox-France's Sarkozy faces more than one legal battle

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, a decision his legal team said he would challenge.

The New Daily

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy loses corruption appeal

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lost his appeal against a conviction for corruption and influence peddling.

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The Independent UK

Why Hauts-de-France is having a foodie moment

This oft-overlooked part of northern France has been named European Region of Gastronomy for 2023. Helen Coffey eats her way through some of its tastiest towns

Chronicle Live

Spain travel warning for tourists at risk of 200 euro fines for breaking simple rule

Flouting these rules could land holidaymakers with a €200 fine in Spain and €135 in France - here's what you need to know

The Guardian - UK

‘Camavinga left-back?’: how luck led to Real Madrid’s new dimension

Didier Deschamps tried the midfielder there for France at the World Cup, and Carlo Ancelotti clearly liked what he saw

The Guardian - US

How mifepristone became a target of the US anti-abortion movement

The abortion pill, first invented in 1980 in France, was slow to be accepted in the US. Now, it’s at the center of a major court fight

Liverpool Echo

Spain travel warning as tourists risk 200 euro fines

People travelling to France could also be at risk of a 160 euro fine if they break a specific rule

The Independent UK

The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It's the Spurs

Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night

Reuters

France's Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, to challenge at highest court

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday, prompting his legal team to promise a challenge at France's highest court.

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