The Latest Breaking News from Paris

France does not use much air conditioning, and wants to keep it that way

France uses more air conditioning than you might expect, with a quarter of households using some kind of device. That number is on the rise, but faced with the effects of global warming and looming energy shortages, authorities in France and in the EU are hoping to encourage alternative ways…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 23, 2022

Macron, Sisi Discuss Regional, Int’l Issues

French President Emmanuel Macron received in Paris on Friday his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for official talks on a range of international and regional developments. Egyptian presidency spokesman Bassam Rady said the Egyptian-French summit tackled several regional issues, especially developments in the Palestinian Territories and efforts to revive the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 23, 2022

Russian missiles strike port of Odesa, key to restarting grain shipments

Russian missiles hit Ukraine's port of Odesa on Saturday, a day after the two countries signed a deal on restarting grain shipments through the Black Sea to avert widespread global food shortages. Ukrainian officials said two missiles struck infrastructure targets at the port while another two were shot down by…

France 24 · Jul 23, 2022

Can community spirit help the French snatch Quidditch Cup in European Games?

Quidditch flew off the pages of the Harry Potter novels in 2005 and its brooms landed in France in 2010. While the sport hasn’t grown as much as in the UK or Germany, France won the European Games in 2019 and hope to hang on to the title at the…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 22, 2022

France, Egypt pressed on missing backpacker as leader visits

The family of a French backpacker who went missing in Egypt have used a Paris visit by the Egyptian president to press for an investigation into the 27-year-old traveler's disappearance

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

United Arab Emirates reinforces cooperation with Louvre artefact trafficking probe

The United Arab Emirates, home to the only foreign branch of the Louvre, has vowed to ensure a thorough investigation into the trafficking of artefacts linked to its parent museum in Paris.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 22, 2022

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck jet to Paris for their honeymoon after Las Vegas ceremony

The couple wed in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas over the weekend and are celebrating their nupitals in the City of Love with his daughters

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2022

‘Strap in and enjoy the ride’: behind the scenes at Jean Paul Gaultier’s wild fashion musical

The kilt-wearing, Madonna-dressing fashion legend and Eurotrash star has seen it all. Now his fabulous life is being turned into a riotous revue

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2022

After more than 30 years, a multiday women's Tour de France is back

The women's race starts Sunday in Paris and lasts for 8 stages, ending July 31. The last multiday women's race was held in 1989.

WEKU · Jul 22, 2022

Lizzie Deignan believes first women’s Tour de France reflects change in society

The Tour de France Femmes begins in Paris on Sunday.

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022