The Latest Breaking News from Paris

‘Up to 40 countries’ could boycott Olympic Games making Paris 2024 “pointless”

The calls for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from the 2024 Olympics have intensified and the latest threat to the IOC could see the next edition of the prestigious event look quite different

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

IOC details Russia stance for Olympics, cites human rights

The International Olympic Committee has stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for the Paris Games

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Netanyahu visits France amid spike in Middle East tensions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with France’s president, business leaders and members of France’s Jewish community during a trip to Paris starting Thursday that has angered Palestinian supporters amid a new spasm of violence in the Mideast.

France 24 · Feb 2, 2023

Latvia could join Ukraine in Paris Olympics boycott over ‘unacceptable’ Russia plans

IOC President Thomas Bach says that Russian athletes should not be prevented from competing at next year's Paris Olympics "because of their passport” resulting in some countries threatening to boycott the Games

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

Gen Z is taking to the streets in French protests to defend their work-life balance

In France, hundreds of thousands of young adults are protesting a plan to raise the retirement age, part of a broader revolt against overwork.

Fortune · Feb 2, 2023

Former Avignon festival boss named artistic director of Châtelet theatre

The longtime director of the Avignon theatre festival, Olivier Py, has been named the new artistic director of Paris’s historical Châtelet theatre, over the objections of Greens in the city council who would have liked to see a woman named.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 2, 2023

With the Paris Olympics 18 months away, the debate over Russian athletes is back

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last February, the International Olympic Committee recommended bans on Russian athletes. Now, the IOC has reversed course, to the protest of Ukrainian officials.

WEKU · Feb 2, 2023

Mbappe Misses Penalty, Comes off Injured in PSG Win

Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 with a 3-1 win at Montpellier on Wednesday but their evening was overshadowed by an injury to Kylian Mbappe, who had earlier missed a penalty. The France superstar had an eighth-minute spot-kick saved by Montpellier's Benjamin Lecomte and then…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2023

French Forces Seize Iranian-Supplied Weapons Bound for Yemen

The French naval special forces, along with their US and British counterparts, are now involved in combating the smuggling of Iranian weapons to the Houthi militias in Yemen, an indication of a noticeable change in France’s policy. Paris announced that its Elite special forces seized a boatload of Iranian-supplied weapons…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2023

PSG boss hits out at Chelsea over botched Hakim Ziyech deadline day transfer

Hakim Ziyech appeared set to join Paris Saint-Germain on transfer deadline day, but the loan deal collapsed with the Ligue 1 giants pointing the finger at Chelsea

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023