The Latest Breaking News from Paris

PSG entertain Lorient with Neymar and Messi in the spotlight

An old fashioned centime for the thoughts of the executives running Paris Saint-Germain. Twelve points clear in the division with nine games to go and the talk is: crisis.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022

People are loud and annoying – and I can’t get enough of them

Cities, trains, a Paris weekend… It’s noisy and busy, and I didn’t realised how much I had missed it, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Tokyo bronze winner Lovlina Borgohain forced to start afresh

IOC drops 69kg class for Paris after boxing, lifting find little favour as Olympic sports

The Times of India · Apr 3, 2022

Paris Olympics: Boxing events for male reduced, changes also in weightlifting and shooting

NEW DELHI: Aiming to achieve gender equality, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has increased the number of boxing events for women in the 2024 Paris Olympics from five to six as per a revised list.

The Times of India · Apr 2, 2022

Paris Olympics | Boxing events for male reduced, changes also in weightlifting and shooting

While the preceding Tokyo Games had eight events for men and five for women, in Paris there will be seven events for the male pugilists and six for the female

The Hindu · Apr 2, 2022

Ukraine regained control of ‘whole Kyiv region’ says defence official

Ukraine has regained control of "the whole Kyiv region" after invading Russian forces retreated from some key towns near the Ukrainian capital, deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar said on Saturday. But as Moscow’s forces retreated to eastern and southern Ukraine, there was growing evidence of civilian killings in the Kyiv…

France 24 · Apr 2, 2022

Will France’s Yellow Vests come back to haunt Macron on election day?

The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than three years after it was smothered, its politicised remnants are counting on their ballots to finish the job.

France 24 · Apr 1, 2022

Kyiv City Ballet founders on receiving refuge at Paris's Châtelet Theatre

The Kyiv City Ballet company arrived in France the day before war broke out in Ukraine. Its dancers became exiles overnight. Paris has given them refuge with a residency at the city's Châtelet Theatre. The founders, Ivan Kozlov and Ekaterina Kozlova, created the troupe 10 years ago. They join Eve…

France 24 · Apr 1, 2022

Sole surviving Paris attacks suspect speaks in trial

The last surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris attacks has told a court he felt “ashamed” after failing to detonate his suicide vest on the bloody night of Nov. 13

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022

A claim of innocence, silence and debate about reviving the horrors of the Bataclan

Thursday's hearing before the special criminal court, where the men suspected of complicity in the November 2015 Paris attacks are being tried, was again marked by the refusal of several of the accused to answer questions.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 1, 2022