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International athletes and stars who made their name at the Youth Olympic Games

France, Nov. 8 -- Julien Alfred (athletics) At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the Saint Lucian sprinter Julien Alfred swept through the field to beat the favourites, including Sha'Carri Richardson from ... Read More


French sailor Laperche sets record for Route du Rhum transatlantic sailing race

France, Nov. 8 -- The 29-year-old skipper of the SVR-Lazartigue completed the 3,542 nautical miles (6,560km) between Saint-Malo in north-western France and Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe in six days, 13... Read More


Bread shortage threatens to plunge more Sudanese into hunger

France, Nov. 8 -- Most bakeries in the capital Khartoum have shut their doors because of surging wheat prices and fuel shortages. Mahmoud, 44, says she and her husband now spend their combined salari... Read More


Ex-army chief Eisenkot given first chance to form government in Israel

France, Nov. 8 -- The former army chief will go to the residence of President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem to discuss his plans to create a coalition to rule in the 120-seat parliament. On Saturday, aft... Read More


Love story: literary speed dating in an age of declining readership

France, Nov. 8 -- On a barge named Nanna moored on the Seine, in the shadow of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Fabrice Rousselot is waiting for the 50 literature lovers who have bought tickets for tonight's eve... Read More


Nigeria's plan for state police raises hopes for security and fears of abuse

France, Nov. 7 -- Nigerian police and military forces have long been overwhelmed - battling a protracted jihadist insurgency, as well as kidnappings, banditry and attacks by armed groups, which have b... Read More


Poor facilities held back Senegal's medal-free Youth Olympics team, parents say

France, Nov. 7 -- The swimmers had been forced to train in club pools, some just 20 metres long, because the Olympic pool was closed to them for four years, one mother told RFI. "We can't expect a lo... Read More


Unesco at 80: 'Attacks on culture strike at the very heart of who we are'

France, Nov. 7 -- For the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), preserving cultural heritage helps to ensure that histories and identities are not erased in confli... Read More


Suez Crisis at 70 reveals the humiliation France tried to keep hidden

France, Nov. 6 -- Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal in July 1956, bringing it under state control. The invasion followed three months later. Historian Franck Mazuet explo... Read More


Israel's Arab parties emerge as kingmakers after decades of discrimination

France, Nov. 6 -- Israel's President Isaac Herzog is expected to announce on Sunday whether Benjamin Netanyahu, now the country's caretaker prime minister, or his rival Gadi Eisenkot will be given the... Read More