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Olympic opening will 'pack a punch' but details remain shrouded in secrecy

France, July 26 -- The organisers of Friday's opening ceremony for the Paris Olympic Games - the first time the event will be held outside a stadium - have provided teasers for their spectacular plans... Read More


�� Live: Opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 begins

France, July 26 -- The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics began on Friday, an unprecedented and ambitious show with up to 7,000 competitors parading down the River Seine past the historic monumen... Read More


�� Live: Opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics features Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura

France, July 26 -- The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics began on Friday, an unprecedented and ambitious show with up to 7,000 competitors parading down the River Seine past the historic monumen... Read More


�� Live:Paris - and the world - waits for opening of the Paris Olympics 2024

France, July 26 -- The Paris Olympics are set to open in a spectacular and unprecedented ceremony on the river Seine on Friday but hours before the show France's rail network was paralysed by what off... Read More


President Emmanuel Macron declares the Paris Olympics open

France, July 26 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday officially declared the Paris Olympics open at the end of a spectacular but rain-soaked opening ceremony held for the first time outside t... Read More


'Sabotage' on French rail network before Olympics: What we know

France, July 26 -- Arson attacks scrambled France's high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials called premeditated acts of "sabotage" just hours before... Read More


Embattled New Caledonia nickel mine to lay off 1,200 staff

France, July 26 -- The KNS nickel plant- one of three in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia- has announced it will make its 1,200 employees redundant by the end of August in the absence of... Read More


World's richest one percent made over $40 trillion in a decade, says Oxfam

France, July 26 -- The world's richest one percent increased their fortunes by a total of $42 trillion over the past decade, British NGO Oxfam announced ahead of a G20 summit in Brazil where taxing th... Read More


No-fly zones and AI security measures deployed for Olympic opening ceremony

France, July 25 -- Paris is gearing up for the the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games this Friday, with a gala celebration that is set to dazzle on the Seine, marking the first time the Summer Olym... Read More


Criticism on European rights court upholdng French law against buying sex

France, July 25 -- A French law criminalising clients of sex workers does not infringe on the European Convention on Human Rights, the continent's top rights court ruled Thursday. A French law crimin... Read More