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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


'We need this moment of peace' say Olympic opening ceremony storytellers

France, July 26 -- Some 18 months ago an eminent historian, a screenwriter, an award-winning novelist and a playwright began writing the script for the open-air parade that will launch the Paris Games... 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


Paris Olympics embraces modern life with age old burdens

France, July 26 -- Just a few weeks before the start of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the American former athlete Tommie Smith was in the French capital and inter alia recounting how he and fellow sprin... Read More