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LIST: 5 memorable moments at Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony
by Stuart Williams - July 27, 2024 - 10:21am
Boundary-breaking, genre-defying and unprecedented: the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics got the 2024 Summer Games underway
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion add sparkle to 4-hour star-studded Olympic show
by Stuart Williams - July 27, 2024 - 9:46am
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura joined dancers, an opera diva and even a heavy metal band in an opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics that sought to proudly showcase French culture...
'The person who you mentioned': How Navalny haunted Putin
by Stuart Williams - March 3, 2024 - 5:00pm
Vladimir Putin never referred to Alexei Navalny by name yet the Russian leader's most significant domestic political opponent succeeded in haunting the Kremlin chief, though it remains to be seen how his influence...
Paris knife attacker 'swore allegiance to Islamic State'
by Stuart Williams - December 4, 2023 - 9:14am
The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted to social media, French anti-terrorist prosecutors said Sunday.
German tourist stabbed to death in Paris 'terror' attack
by Stuart Williams - December 3, 2023 - 10:00am
A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials ...
Exiled group feels heat as Europe ups Iran contacts
by Stuart Williams - June 29, 2023 - 12:00am
A controversial exiled Iranian opposition group is coming under increased pressure in Europe as it nervously eyes the intensification of European talks with Tehran in search of reviving a deal on the Islamic republic's...
Iran triggers outrage with first hanging over protests
by Stuart Williams - December 9, 2022 - 7:53am
Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September, sparking an international outcry and warnings from rights groups that more hangings are imminen...
Iranian climber greeted as hero after competing without hijab
by Stuart Williams - October 19, 2022 - 5:45pm
An Iranian climber who caused a sensation by competing at an event abroad without a hijab was on Wednesday given a hero's welcome on her return to Tehran by supporters who raucously applauded her action.
Biden to impose 'further costs' on Iran over protests crackdown
by Stuart Williams - October 4, 2022 - 7:47am
President Joe Biden on Monday said the United States would place "further costs" on Iran for its violent crackdown against nationwide protests sparked by outrage over the death of Mahsa Amini.
Macron loses parliament majority in stunning setback
by Stuart Williams - June 20, 2022 - 7:46am
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday lost his parliamentary majority after major election gains by a newly formed left-wing alliance and the far right, in a stunning blow to his plans for major second-term...
France's Macron wins new term after far-right battle
by Stuart Williams - April 25, 2022 - 8:14am
Macron is the first French president to win a second term for two decades, but Le Pen's result also marks the closest the far-right has ever come to taking power in France and has revealed a deeply divided nati...
Le Pen, Macron prepare for tense French election duel
by Stuart Williams - April 11, 2022 - 8:49am
With more than 90 percent of the vote counted in the first round, projections showed Macron scoring 28-29 percent, with Le Pen on 22-24 percent.
Putin and the West: From curiosity to cataclysm
by Stuart Williams - February 27, 2022 - 8:43am
Russian President Vladimir Putin's two decades of relations with the West, initially marked by fascination over what the ex-KGB agent stood for and then bursts of cooperation, have now reached a point of no return...
World powers make rare pledge to prevent nuclear weapons spread
by Stuart Williams - January 4, 2022 - 9:54am
Despite the major recent tensions between both China and Russia and their Western partners, the five world powers said they saw "the avoidance of war between nuclear-weapon states and the reduction of strategic risks...
'Visionary' Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh dies aged 41
by Stuart Williams - November 29, 2021 - 10:39am
Top US fashion designer Virgil Abloh, the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection, died Sunday aged 41 after battling cancer for several years, the fashion and luxury house's French owners LVMH...
Macron, Biden have 'friendly' talk to defuse submarine row
by Stuart Williams - September 23, 2021 - 7:42am
In a joint statement after the call, the two leaders vowed to launch "in-depth consultations... for ensuring confidence" and to meet in Europe at the end of October. The statement also said Macron would order France's...
Outcry grows in France after police filmed beating music producer
by Stuart Williams - November 27, 2020 - 5:07pm
A video of police beating a black music producer in Paris triggered outrage and condemnation on Thursday, leading to the suspension of several officers and a public backlash that drew in French World Cup...
France toll tops 25,000 as PM defends post-lockdown plan
by Stuart Williams - May 5, 2020 - 8:43am
France on Monday reached the grim milestone of over 25,000 coronavirus deaths as its prime minister defended the government's plan for easing a lockdown in the face of bitter criticism.
Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifies press freedom threats'
by Stuart Williams - April 21, 2020 - 1:24pm
Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual press freedom rankings the pandemic was "highlighting and amplifying the many crises" already casting a shadow on press freedom.
France reaches 'painful' landmark of 20,000 virus dead
by Stuart Williams - April 21, 2020 - 8:26am
France on Monday announced it had become the fourth country worldwide to register over 20,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus, after recording 547 new fatalities in the epidemic.
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