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Business leader Roux de Bezieux to head 2030 Winter Games organising committee

France, Oct. 30 -- The announcement followed an extraordinary general meeting at the committee's headquarters in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon in south-eastern France. Roux de Bezieux, 64, takes over f... Read More


Race to find new head of European Central Bank after Lagarde leaves early

France, Oct. 30 -- "It has been a great pride and a huge privilege to serve this institution," Lagarde posted on social media platform X, announcing that she would resign nine months before her term o... Read More


Everything you need to know about the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal

France, Oct. 30 -- The Youth Olympic Games are a relatively recent creation in the history of the Olympic movement, which began in 1896. In 2007, Jacques Rogge, then president of the International Ol... Read More


Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games: the gen on the Next Gen

France, Oct. 30 -- The YOG are a recent creation in the history of the Olympic movement, which began in 1896. In 2007, Jacques Rogge, then president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), prop... Read More


French dockworkers strike over budget measures and militarisation of ports

France, Oct. 30 -- Friday's strike, originally called by dockworkers' unions in France, Italy, Greece, Spain's Basque country, Turkey and Morocco, is now backed by more than 25 unions in 113 ports. T... Read More


Paris suburb shooting suspect 'targeted Muslims, Africans or North Africans'

France, Oct. 29 -- Olivier Christen, head of the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office said the suspect told investigators he had chosen the location for his attack because he believed Trappes w... Read More


Real Madrid says Mbappe was wrong over Mao Zedong as China fallout continues

France, Oct. 29 -- Spanish football officials followed Mbappe in apologising after he described Mao as a "dictator", causing several Chinese sponsors to drop him and prompting state TV to stop airing ... Read More


US judge narrows Macrons' defamation lawsuit against American podcaster

France, Oct. 29 -- The Macrons had filed a lawsuit in July 2025 against Owens and two companies, accusing her of helping fan online rumours about whether Brigitte is a transgender woman. Owens, 37, a... Read More


Spain begins three days of national mourning after train crash kills at least 68

France, Oct. 29 -- "The whole of Spain is in mourning," said Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, after visiting the scene of the crash in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha. "We express our full soli... Read More


Spain starts three days of national mourning after train crash kills at least 68

France, Oct. 29 -- The Spanish national flag will fly at half-mast outside all public buildings, including Spanish embassies abroad as well as on Navy vessels. "The whole of Spain is in mourning," sa... Read More