The Latest Breaking News from Paris

Notes on chocolate: Parisian chic and choc

Visiting Paris soon? You might want to add these chocolatey destinations to your itinerary

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

Dripping slime, bedhead hair: 2023 fashion highlights, as picked by the Wallpaper* team

The Wallpaper* style and beauty team picks their 2023 fashion highlights, from curtains of slime at Prada to bedhead hair at Miu Miu, and Pharrell Williams’ Paris shutdown for his Louis Vuitton debut

Wallpaper · Dec 24, 2023

Tibet’s exiled leaders visit Paris as Chinese repression continues

Exiled Tibetan leaders have been travelling to Paris to meet with members of the diaspora as Beijing steps up its forceful integration policies of ethnic minorities. RFI spoke to one of them, exiled foreign minister “Kalon” Norzin Dolma.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 23, 2023

Ready-to-wear, spring-summer 2024: Four women designers at the top of their game

Stella McCartney, Laurence Airline, Vaillant Studio and Litkovska are four fashion labels founded and run by women. Inspired by a desire to always strive for better, these designers propose solutions to the biggest challenges facing fashion today – everything from overconsumption and textile pollution to convoluted supply chains. All four…

France 24 · Dec 22, 2023

How British Rowing are using a ‘third way’ to deliver Olympic glory

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics were an unmitigated disaster as British rowing descended into civil war but a new outlook is fuelling a potential return to dominance in Paris next summer

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023

Gustave Eiffel: French Tower Builder Who Sparked Skyscraper Frenzy

French engineer and entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel will forever be remembered for building the much-loved tower that has dominated the Paris skyline for over a century.

International Business Times · Dec 22, 2023

Road to Paris starts Down Under for Italian superstar

Two-time world time trial champion Filippo Ganna is heading Down Under for the Adelaide road races as part of his preparations for the Paris Olympics.

AAP · Dec 22, 2023

Elliott Erwitt obituary

American photographer and member of Magnum who captured celebrities, politicians and the incongruities of life in his work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

If e-scooter riders are breaking the law, it's mostly because they don't know what it says

Paris has become the first European capital to outlaw rental e-scooters. Deputy mayor David Belliard has said the ban, which came into effect on September 1 2023, is about opting for peace on the city’s streets: “We’re choosing to simplify and declutter the public space.”

The Conversation · Dec 21, 2023

A wildcat strike shuts down English Channel rail services, causing misery for Christmas travelers

The train operator Eurostar says it's canceling all trains to and from London starting at noon Thursday “until further notice” due to a wildcat strike by the staff of Eurotunnel

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023