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PARIS (Reuters) -France's leftist New Popular Front coalition, which won the largest number of seats in parliament in elections this month, said it will propose financial crime specialist Lucie Castets as its candidate for prime minister to President…

Published on July 22nd, 2024 <!--by Editor--> The goal of every host for the Olympic Games is to create a legacy, which for France is the sailing center to be used at Paris 2024 in Marseille. Built at a cost close to €50 million, the facility has 7,000 m2 of space along with 17,000 m2 of outdoor…

NICE, France — Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the third time and celebrated in style with a victory in Sunday's final stage — a time trial ending in Nice. Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}}…

Refresh 2024-07-20T19:07:08.738Z How is Mark Cavendish doing? How close was he to the time cut on the mountainous stage 20? Read Barry Ryan's account of the Astana rider's Saturday, and what the team did to recognise his 35th Tour stage win.Mark Cavendish survives the Alps to ensure his final Tour de France will end in Nice(Image credit:…

Refresh 2024-07-19T17:30:27.888Z Vingegaard accepts defeat on stage 19 with Pogačar now unreachable. From not knowing whether he was going to start the Tour due to his injuries from Itzulia Basque Country, to giving a great fight throughout, it's been a much better Tour thanks to the two-time winner's participation. He'll most certainly be…

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Wednesday that French security forces detained a far-right extremist in eastern France on suspicion of organizing attacks during the Paris Olympics, in a statement made on X (formerly Twitter).The accused far-right extremist was the administrator of the “French Aryan division” group on the…

France’s armed forces have been deployed along the River Seine to make it safe, both in and out of the water during the grandiose opening ceremony of the Paris OlympicsBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated PressJuly 17, 2024, 1:40 PM ET• 4 min readPARIS -- French soldiers and police are being deployed both in and along the River Seine to make it safe…

Governing France is about to get much harder for Emmanuel Macron. The French president on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and his government, the Elysée said in a statement, officially starting a transition period during which the outgoing administration plays the role of caretaker…

Bastad (Sweden) (AFP) – Rafael Nadal returned to competition for the first time since his early French Open exit on Monday teaming up with Casper Ruud for a doubles win in Bastad. Issued on: 15/07/2024 - 17:17Modified: 15/07/2024 - 17:15 2 min…

Plateau de Beille (France) (AFP) – Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead at the Tour de France to more than three minutes on Sunday with a convincing second-straight stage win in the Pyrenees. Issued on: 14/07/2024 - 18:33Modified: 14/07/2024 - 18:47 3 min…