Sport

Olympics-Judo-France clinches judo gold medal in first mixed team event

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2021

TOKYO (JAPAN) -France clinched the judo gold medal in the first mixed team event ever held in the Games on Saturday, beating Japan 4-1 in the final and helping their heavyweight legend Teddy Riner add to his collection of Olympic medals. With Saturday’s win, Riner, 32, now has a tally of

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Cuban Embassy in Paris attacked with petrol bombs, France ramps up security

Editorial Bureau July 27, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) -Cuba’s embassy in Paris said on Tuesday it had been attacked overnight with petrol bombs. It is found to have caused some damage but no injuries to its staff. This incident has prompted French authorities to ramp up security around the building. Three petrol bombs were thrown by two unnamed individuals, causing a […]

Tech

Copyright row, Google fined 500 million euros

Editorial Bureau July 13, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – Alphabet’s Google has been slapped a fine of 500 million euro ($593 million) by France’s antitrust watchdog for failing to comply fully with temporary orders it had given in a row with the country’s news publishers. The US tech giant must within the next two months come up with proposals on how […]

Europe Sport

EURO 2020 final: who is in it, when and where is it? Where to watch, TV channels and live streams

Editorial Bureau July 11, 2021

The UEFA EURO 2020 final is taking place at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday 11 July at 21:00 CET. Wembley Stadium will be the setting for the UEFA EURO 2020 decider with the final taking place on Sunday 11 July at 21:00 CEST. There have been 11 host cities for UEFA EURO 2020 since […]

Sport

France pursue attacking spark in clash with Portugal

Editorial Bureau June 21, 2021

BUDAPEST (PORTUGAL) – World champions France hope they put in their best forms against defending European champions Portugal on Wednesday in the much awaited finale to Euro 2020’s heavyweight group. Tournament favourites Les Bleus dominated Germany in their opener but only won through an own goal, then looked short of ideas and stamina in a […]

Sport

France’s Dembele withdrawn from Euro 2020 with injury

Editorial Bureau June 21, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) -France forward Ousmane Dembele has been withdrawn from Euro 2020 with an injury, said the French football federation on Monday, in a blow to the world champions’ ambitions. Dembele had come on as a second-half substitute in the world champions’ 1-1 Group F draw against Hungary on Saturday and had an immediate impact […]

Sport

After Ronaldo, Pogba keeps aside Heineken bottle at Euro news conference

Editorial Bureau June 16, 2021

France midfielder Paul Pogba removed a bottle of Heineken beer placed in front of him at a Euro 2020 news conference on Tuesday, a day after Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo moved aside Coca-Cola bottles in a similar set-up. Pogba, a practising Muslim, removed the bottle when he sat down to speak to the media after […]

World

Macron says France will help Africa produce more COVID-19 vaccines locally

Editorial Bureau May 29, 2021

JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA) -President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between African and Western nations. Speaking at a joint news conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Macron said Africa made […]

Europe

France seeks access to UK waters in return of financial services deal

Editorial Bureau May 12, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – France has warned it will delay a European Union financial services deal with Britain until Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government grants European fishermen access to UK waters. The sources have reportedly informed, “We’ve made a link between the two.”

Europe

France approves health pass for attending events with large crowd

Editorial Bureau May 12, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) – As a government measure to help safely re-open the economy, France’s National Assembly has allowed creation of a COVID-19 “health pass” that people can use to attend sports events, festivals and theme parks with large crowds. The health pass, which will come into effect from June 9, will provide proof that a […]