Used to competing with relatively few spectators in the stands, Paralympic athletes have commented widely on the buzz they’re getting from competing in Paris, with […]
Month: September 2024
Boat carrying migrants capsizes in English Channel, killing at least 12
A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the […]
Ugandan Olympian in intensive care after partner ‘set her on fire’
Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei was in intensive care in Kenya on Tuesday after she was doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her […]
Kamala Harris says US Steel should remain domestically owned
US vice president and presidential candidate Kamala Harris used a Labor Day speech to criticise a deal that would see American steelmaker US Steel taken […]
Japan overpowers US in rough-and-tumble wheelchair rugby final to win historic gold
Japan won its first-ever gold medal in wheelchair rugby at Paris’s Champs-de-Mars Arena Monday night, surging ahead of the US team at half-time. It was […]
Brazil’s supreme court panel unanimously upholds decision to suspend X
A panel of five Supreme Court justices in Brazil has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its judges to block Elon Musk’s social media […]
Remembering Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, France’s flying storyteller
A pilot, writer and illustrator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry penned “The Little Prince”, which has been translated into nearly 600 languages. The Frenchman disappeared 80 years […]
Transgender sprinter makes Paralympic history as triathlons finally go ahead
Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in a Paralympics on Monday, while the delayed triathlon events went ahead after […]
Music show: Documentary shines spotlight on life of late French producer DJ Mehdi
On today’s arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Thibaut de Longeville, director of the award-winning documentary series “DJ Mehdi: Made in France”. The […]
Frenchman goes on trial charged with enlisting dozens of men to rape his drugged wife
A French pensioner went on trial Monday accused of recruiting dozens of strangers online to rape his wife after he drugged her into unconsciouness. Fifty […]