The Latest Breaking News from Nantes

Celebrating Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood superstar and global icon

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, or "Big B" as he is fondly known, was the focus of a new documentary and major retrospective at this year's Festival des 3 Continents (Three Continents Festival) in Nantes. RFI spoke to the star's daughter, who says the world's interest in her father underlines the…

Radio France Internationale · Dec 10, 2023

Blockbuster show on Genghis Khan opens in France after row with China

Exhibition features objects never before seen in Europe and draws lessons relevant to today

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

France vows to crack down on 'jokers' behind false threats at airports, tourist sites

France's justice minister vowed Wednesday to crack down on those behind a flurry of false bomb alerts that caused chaos at airports and tourist sites after emailed threats triggered evacuations at airports in Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais near Paris.

France 24 · Oct 18, 2023

Rugby World Cup 2023: fixtures, winner predictions and odds

After previously losing three Rugby World Cup finals, can France finally end the jinx by lifting the Webb Ellis Cup for the first time? Or can South Africa successfully defend the trophy they lifted in Japan in 2019? These questions will be answered over the next seven weeks when France…

The Week · Sep 7, 2023

Train versus plane: with many domestic flights banned in France, we test its rail network

Visionary policy or pipe dream? An 18-day, 3,000km loop from Paris to the Atlantic and Mediterranean and back should tell us

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

Rugby World Cup 2023 squad guide: Players, fixtures and more

With the tournament drawing closer, teams have begun announcing their 33-man squads

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Rugby World Cup 2023: Fixtures, full schedule and how to watch on TV

Everything you need to know ahead of the men’s tournament

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023

Athlete reunited with €10,000 bike in nick of time for race after Ryanair loses it at Dublin Airport

Tom Kennedy almost had his Triathalon dreams shattered at the weekend

Irish Mirror · Jul 5, 2023

Edinburgh Airport passenger and athlete reunited with £9k bike after Ryanair lost it twice

Team GB athlete Tom Kennedy was flying to France to compete in an ironman triathlon last weekend but his hope of qualifying were left up in the air without his specialist equipment

Edinburgh Live · Jul 5, 2023

Scottish athlete fuming after flying from Edinburgh for French triathlon with Ryanair losing £9,000 bike

Team GB athlete Tom Kennedy, 31, trained for 12 months before flying from Edinburgh to Nantes for an Ironman triathlon and was gutted to discover Ryanair had lost his £9,000 bike.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 1, 2023