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UN criticises France’s ban on its Olympic athletes wearing headscarves

Dress codes should not be imposed on women, spokesperson says, after Paris Games ban affecting French athletes

The Guardian - UK

Five suspects arrested for multi-million euro jewellery heist in Paris

French police have arrested five people, including a veteran jewel thief, in connection with an armed heist in broad daylight at a high-end jewellery store in central Paris.

Radio France Internationale

London restaurants opening in October, from Akara to Aragawa

From a southern Thai specialist to a contemporary West African and a pair of Parisian imports, October’s restaurant launches are a globetrotting bunch, says Ben McCormack

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Several hundred Wagner fighters return to eastern Ukraine, Kyiv says

Several hundred members of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Wednesday. Wagner fighters played an important role in Russia’s capture of the eastern city of Bakhmut in May…

France 24

France's ambassador to Niger back in Paris after expulsion by junta

France’s ambassador to Niger landed in Paris Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, after weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country who demanded his expulsion.

France 24

Hugo Keenan hopes Ireland’s Paris problems behind them after South Africa win

Ireland’s World Cup destiny will be decided in the French capital.

The Independent UK

Florence Pugh, Cher, and Kim Kardashian lead Paris Fashion Week’s front row

From Dior to Miu Miu — the best celebrity spots on the spring summer ’24 f’row

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Behind the scenes at the Moulin Rouge, where rhinestones and G-strings reign supreme

As a new BBC Two documentary lifts the lid on the Parisian venue, Nicole Vassell takes a trip to the French capital to hear about working life within its plush, red walls

The Independent UK

From Paris to Bengaluru, a story on the relentless nature of motherhood

A new dark comedy in English Mummy’s Dead, Long Live Mummy!, written, produced by Koël Purie Rinchet and directed by Tiffany Hofstetter which had a successful world premiere in March 2023 in Paris, is now coming for a three-city India tour along with the original cast, performing in Delhi and Bengaluru this week.

The Hindu

Dior opens Paris fashion week with feminist sloganeering on the catwalk

Anti-sexism and anti-capitalism themes abounded as designer Maria Grazia Chiuri rejected fashion’s ‘hourglass idea of perfection’

The Guardian - UK

Rich nations, China must accelerate to improve net zero targets: IEA

Rich and developing nations alike must sharply improve their net-zero targets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, warning that a clean energy surge was the main reason the world's climate goals are still within reach.

Radio France Internationale

Dior triumphs with Parisian runway melding women's past and future

Amid the electric ambiance of strobe lights and an usually sweltering Parisian fall, Dior presented its spring/summer 2024 womenswear collection

The Independent UK

Fashion week opens in Paris with drama and catwalks

Milan Fashion Week was not even over and the fashionistas were already back in Paris on Monday for another 100-plus shows in the hectic womenswear season. The spring-summer 2024 collections in the French capital run until 3 October, with 107 brands presenting, of which 67 are giving runway shows.

Radio France Internationale

Musician Benjamin Clementine: ‘Performing in prestigious venues and on the Paris metro is the same'

From busking in the Paris metro to winning the prestigious Mercury prize and becoming the face of French brand Givenchy, British composer and singer-songwriter Benjamin Clementine has had quite a decade. He stopped by the arts24 studio during his European tour to talk to Eve Jackson about his third album…

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The Guardian - UK

Europe’s banks helped fossil fuel firms raise more than €1tn from global bond markets

Exclusive: Pan-European investigation looked at thousands of transactions since Paris climate agreement in 2016

The Independent UK

Rugby World Cup 2023 fixtures: Full schedule, match dates and kick-off times

Every game of the Rugby World Cup after hosts France kicked off the tournament against favourites New Zealand in Paris

France 24

Russia says US Abrams tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine

US supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine will not change the situation on the battlefield, the Kremlin warned on Tuesday, hours after the latest wave of Russian drones hit Ukraine's Danube river port of Izmail, damaging grain-exporting facilities. Read our live blog to see how all…

The Guardian - UK

Allies of Niger’s deposed president see hope in French retreat

Advisers of detained Mohamed Bazoum say French withdrawal removes coup leaders’ pretext for power grab

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Uefa accused of presenting ‘untrue’ evidence to inquiry on Champions League final chaos

Allegations made by former operations manager over the near-disaster at the 2022 Champions League final

Radio France Internationale

France vows 'firm response' to homophobic chants at football match

The French government vowed Monday to punish football fans who chanted homophobic slurs at a top Ligue 1 clash at Paris's Parc des Princes stadium.

The Guardian - UK

Gregor Townsend expects Scotland v Ireland to be a shootout for last eight

Gregor Townsend says Scotland’s meeting with Ireland in Paris on Saturday week should be a ‘straight shootout’ for a quarter-final place

Radio France Internationale

Trial begins of alleged accomplice in 2016 double police murder

The trial of Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, for his role in the murder of a police couple in their home northwest of Paris in June 2016, gets underway this Monday at a special court in the French capital.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Perspective #40: The collapse of French influence in West Africa - Georja Calvin-Smith

This edition of Paris Perspective looks at the concept of Françafrique and the collapse of French influence in its former colonies. What have been the catalysts for the successive coup d’états in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger and Gabon over the past three years?

France 24

Russia says it is repelling attacks over Crimea, Belgorod regions

The Russian-installed head of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea on Monday said air defence forces were fending off an aerial attack over the peninsula. Russian air defences also saw action in the region of Belgorod bordering Ukraine, over which seven Ukrainian drones were destroyed, the Russian defence ministry wrote on Telegram.…

AAP

COVID-hit triathlete Hauser qualifies for Olympics

Three weeks after suffering COVID, Australia's Matt Hauser has qualified for the Paris Olympics with eighth place at the world triathlon series grand final.

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