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Pharrell fuses entertainment and fashion for confident Louis Vuitton menswear debut

Louis Vuitton kicked off Paris Fashion Week men’s shows with the much-anticipated debut collection by Pharrell Williams, who was appointed in February to succeed the late Virgil Abloh

The Independent UK

Pharrell Williams hits Paris catwalk with Louis Vuitton menswear debut

Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Rihanna among guests at first show since death of previous creative director Virgil Abloh

The Guardian - UK

Startups at Paris Air Show hope to get air taxis buzzing across European skies

Several companies at the Paris Air Show are presenting advanced prototypes of air taxis that could offer an alternative means of inner city transport. One of them, German group Volocopter, is aiming to get its aircraft up and running for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Also in the show, we look…

France 24

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Nirmala Sitharaman embarks on visit to attend Paris summit for new global financing pact

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman embarked on a visit to France to attend the Paris summit for a ‘New Global Financing Pact’, whose objective is to set the foundations for a new global financing architecture beyond the Bretton Woods system

The Hindu

Ricardo Bofill’s Les Espaces d’Abraxas hosts latest Genius Loci exhibition

Les Espaces d’Abraxas, Ricardo Bofill’s postmodern housing project east of Paris, is the backdrop for the latest Genius Loci, with an installation by French artist Samuel Nguyen curated by Marion Vignal (until 25 June 2023)

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Pharrell Williams shuts down Paris’ Pont Neuf for mega-watt first Louis Vuitton show

Pharrell Williams took over Paris’ oldest bridge for his first Louis Vuitton menswear show, a blockbuster spectacle with a star-studded guest list

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Paris summit aims to shake up the financial system. It will test leaders' resolve on climate

Heads of state, finance leaders and activists are converging in Paris to seek ways to overhaul the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and usher the global development banks into a post-pandemic world with a rapidly changing climate

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Pharrell Williams makes his Louis Vuitton debut in star-studded Paris show

‘I’m the second Black man to ever experience this on the planet, the biggest fashion house in the world,’ Williams said before the show

The Independent UK

Are debt-for-nature swaps the way forward for conservation?

Agreements to reduce developing countries’ debt burden in exchange for spending on nature will be on the agenda at a finance summit in Paris this week

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s Wagner mercenary chief says Moscow ‘misleading Russians’ over Ukraine offensive

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday contradicted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s insistence that that there was a “lull” in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, saying in an audio message that “huge chunks” of Ukrainian territory have been regained by its army. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.…

France 24

The best restaurant in the world is..

The best restaurant in the world is Central, in Lima. The dynamic tasting menu restaurant from chef Virgilio Martinez features ingredients from Peru’s very diverse landscape, from potatoes sourced from of the heights of the Andes mountains to sea urchin from the ocean and notes the latitude of each dish.

Bangkok Post

Kookaburras end Pro League campaign with Belgium loss

Australia's men's hockey team will head to Paris for two games against France after their Pro League season came to an end with a loss to world No.2 Belgium.

AAP

Macron and world leaders call on private finance to help reduce global poverty

In lead up to Paris meeting on Thursday, open letter states that government loans and grants not enough to spur development

The Guardian - UK

World well short of pace needed to meet UN's 2030 sustainable development goals

The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals by 2030 in areas ranging from poverty to clean energy to biodiversity

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Phuket eager to host Specialised Expo 2028

The 172nd general assembly of the Paris-based intergovernmental organisation Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) has scheduled an election for Wednesday that people in Phuket have been planning for since 2020.

Daily Mirror

Kylian Mbappe makes Ballon d'Or claim in message to Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland

Kylian Mbappe is yet to win a Ballon d'Or but fancies his chances of pipping Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland to the 2023 award following his record-breaking season with Paris Saint-Germain and France

France 24

Will travelling by plane ever be carbon neutral? Researchers have their doubts

The “decarbonisation” of air travel has become the driving question of the Paris Air Show, which opened its doors on June 19 outside Paris. Striving to build a game-changing “green plane”, the aviation industry is betting heavily on the development of sustainable fuels. From cooking oil to hydrogen planes, FRANCE…

The Independent UK

How to get hold of one of Eurostar’s cheap £35 tickets this summer

Train Talk: grab a £70 return special on the cross-Channel intercity train while you can

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Paris Olympics HQ rattled by police raids amid allegations of fraud

The headquarters of the organising committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been searched by police in connection with an investigation into the misappropriation of public funds and favouritism. This comes as 10 previously undocumented workers take major companies behind the construction of Olympic sites to an industrial tribunal…

The New Daily

Paris 2024 Olympic offices searched in suspected fraud probe

French investigators searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organisers on Tuesday in a probe into suspected corruption.

Bangkok Post

Police raid HQ of Paris Olympics organisers

PARIS: Police raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, just over a year before the opening ceremony of the quadrennial sporting showpiece.

Sports Illustrated

Paris Olympics Organizer Headquarters Raided by City Police in Investigation

This is the third event in a row that a Summer Olympics organizer has been investigated for corruption.

The Independent UK

Italy's Meloni and France's Macron are meeting in Paris following a spat over migration policies

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to mark the improvement of relations between the two countries after their latest dispute over migration issues

Al Jazeera

French police raid Paris 2024 headquarters in corruption probe

Prosecutors say they are investigating Olympics organisers over alleged embezzlement of public funds and favouritism.

Liverpool Echo

Coronation Street fans taken aback by Merseyside comment

A discussion in the Rovers included a bold remark about a Merseyside town

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