Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Paris

Organiser of Paris Olympics keeps focus on Games, not politics

The chief organiser of the Paris Olympics says he is focused on preparing for the Games later this month rather than the political turmoil gripping France.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal sets out to secure fairer partnerships in mining sector

Senegal's recently elected president, Bassirou Dioumaye Faye, has promised to renegotiate mining, gas and oil contracts signed with foreign companies. At a top-level summit in Paris this week, his mining minister set out how the new government plans to break away from old practices and alliances.

Radio France Internationale

Matthew Barney draws on a sporting horror history with video installation ‘Secondary’

Matthew Barney revisits a haunting memory of violence and spectacle in his first institutional show in Paris in over a decade

Wallpaper

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Paris Olympics: Reetika Hooda looks to emulate her idol Sakshi Malik

NEW DELHI: Paris Olympics-bound Reetika Hooda has many firsts to her name. She is the first Indian woman wrestler to qualify for the Olympics in the heavyweight (76kg) division - the highest for women in the sport.

The Times of India

French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government

Front Électronique acts as ‘world of the night’ to combat rise of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally

The Guardian - UK

Boomers coach reflects on 'horrible', tough Games calls

Boomers coach Brian Goorjian has explained his decision to leave Matisse Thybulle out of the Paris Olympics side and recall veteran Matthew Dellavedova.

AAP

Jackson's 'juggle' and the joy of a fifth Games

Lauren Jackson's historic fifth Olympic appearance, as a mother of two and 12 years after her last, will send joyous ripples through Australia's Olympic team.

AAP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Luka Dončić won’t be playing in the 2024 Paris Olympics because of Giannis Antetokounmpo

Well, this is fascinating.

USA Today Sports Media Group

'It felt like a do-or-die moment': Clare Wheeler's journey to an Olympics

'She's tough. She's physically tough and she's mentally tough.'

Newcastle Herald

"These athletes should be more famous"

Netflix docuseries producer on capturing a sport that's "only 10 seconds long" and looking to the Paris Olympics

Salon

My New Favorite Olympian is airing on NBC tonight

My New Favorite Olympian tells the personal stories of some of the most inspiring members of Team USA ahead of this year's Paris Games

WhatToWatch

A survival guide to Paris transport closures for the 2024 Olympics

Paris will be in the throes of Olympic fever from July 26 to August 11 for the 2024 Summer Games. Public transport routes will be revised and vehicle access will be restricted just as millions of visitors are expected in the city. Both residents and tourists are urged to review…

France 24

Legendary Paris cabaret venue Moulin Rouge gets its iconic windmill back in grand ceremony

Tourist attraction restored in time for Paris Olympics

Evening Standard

Paris Olympics: Neeraj Chopra's fitness speculation laid to rest

NEW DELHI: All of the Indian competitors competing in the Paris Olympics, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, were deemed "fit enough" by renowned sports medicine specialist Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala on Sunday to take the stage when the quadrennial spectacle begins on July 26.

The Times of India

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Times of India

Neeraj Chopra's mother responds to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'churma' request

Saroj Devi, the mother of India's Olympic gold medallist javelin-thrower Neeraj Chopra, has said she will prepare a special 'churma' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the PM expressed his desire to taste the home-made version of the delicacy during a recent conversation with Chopra ahead of the Paris Olympics…

The Guardian - UK

Moulin Rouge in Paris celebrates installation of new windmill sails

Cabaret club’s sails collapsed in April and new ones are up in time for Olympic torch to pass by on 15 July

Al Jazeera

France braces for ‘high drama’ run-offs as Le Pen’s far right eyes power

With the far right seemingly headed for victory, voters on the left and in the centre feel on edge.

The Times of India

Neeraj Chopra leads India's top 10 medal hopes at Paris 2024 Olympics

It's under one month when the 2024 Paris Olympics will be declared open in the French Capital on July 26, as over 100 Indian athletes will try to achieve Olympic glory by finishing on the podium of the world's biggest sporting stage.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Paris's Moulin Rouge inaugurates new windmill sails ahead of Olympics

Paris's Moulin Rouge cabaret club, whose landmark windmill sails fell down in April, inaugurated its new blades on Friday, nearly a week before the Olympic torch was due to pass the venue.

Radio France Internationale

Paris 1924, the Olympics that took the Games 'faster, higher, stronger'

The 1924 Paris Olympics, which opened 100 years ago this week, marked a turning point for the event. That year saw the Olympics adopt a new motto – "Faster, Higher, Stronger" – and begin their transformation into the elite sporting spectacle they are today.

The Guardian - UK

Beating the odds: three Olympic sportswomen on overcoming poverty, mockery – and small swimming pools

In the second part of our focus on the run-up to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, we speak to women who have faced mockery, abuse and a lack of resources to compete for their countries in their chosen fields

Fortune

The Seine, the romantic lifeblood of Paris, is set to reopen for swimming after 100 years. But its cursed clean-up has become a lesson for future Olympics

“The Seine plays this dualistic role between our Emily in Paris postcard moments and the reality of being a living, working, breathing river,” one expert said.

The Independent UK

Moulin Rouge cabaret’s iconic red windmill restored after collapsing earlier this year

Mill’s huge sails inexplicably collapsed after a show earlier this year at the iconic venue

Zenger

UK’s Youngest Female Helicopter Pilot Qualifies At 17‌

Olivia Thompson makes history by earning PPL(H) license, plans trips to Alton Towers and Paris after just four months of training.‌ ‌

USA Today Sports Media Group

Paris Olympics share backup plans for open water swimming, triathlon if Seine River remains too dirty

Paris Olympics organizers still have "full confidence" swimming events in the Seine River will happen.

1 … 359 360 361 362

People

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the National Assembly

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.