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Paris Olympics can help unify a fractured city
News, Published on 26/07/2024
» Paris faces the test this week of launching the Olympic Games safely and affordably at a time of war, political polarisation and social unrest. It's not a done deal. Heavy-handed security barriers and Covid-style QR codes are already infuriating residents and tourists trying to navigate a River Seine that's been cleaned at great expense.
Conscription panic isn't the debate Europe needs
News, Published on 06/04/2024
» 'The French are all soldiers and must defend their homeland." So decreed the 18th-century law that made military service mandatory in France, until the end of the Cold War banished it to the history books and replaced it with a kind of glorified recruitment day -- which I dutifully attended as a teenager and promptly forgot about. Nobody under the age of 45 in France has forcibly worn army fatigues or picked up a weapon, including Emmanuel Macron.
Riots' deja vu raises the stakes
News, Published on 04/07/2023
» A teenager killed by police in a Paris suburb. A wave of anger that morphs into widespread rioting and opportunistic looting. A tough law-and-order response followed by an appeal for unity and calm -- and a political call for action that fades over time.
Panda woe Number One
News, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2023
» Re: "Giant panda Lin Hui dies in Chiang Mai", (BP, April 20).
Messi and PSG face potentially season-defining week
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» PARIS: A French Cup trip to bitter rivals Marseille on Wednesday is the start of seven days that could define this season for Paris Saint-Germain, with a Champions League showdown against Bayern Munich approaching.
Want to escape a lockdown? Give Sweden a try
News, Published on 28/03/2020
» Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is known for showing no mercy to world leaders on carbon emissions.
One man holds Europe together as Brexit tears it apart
Published on 30/12/2019
» BRUSSELS: Michel Barnier, the European Union’s top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of the UK’s departure while making sure the remaining 27 members stick together.
Choupo-Moting goal-line howler as PSG miss chance to wrap up French title
AFP, Published on 08/04/2019
» PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain squandered the chance to clinch the Ligue 1 title in record-equalling time on Sunday after a 2-2 draw at home to Strasbourg, with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's incredible miss from on the goal-line costing his team dear.
Macron's star has fallen to Earth
News, Published on 27/11/2018
» The French presidential cycle goes something like this: euphoria, then disappointment -- and then disillusionment, as the pace of reform slows down and popular unrest builds up. The violent clashes at this weekend's protests show just how accelerated the decline can be once opposition takes root.
Like him or loathe him, Deschamps puts winning before all else
AFP, Published on 05/07/2018
» NIZHNIY NOVGOROD (RUSSIA) - Last weekend, Didier Deschamps chalked up another significant achievement in a remarkable career.