- 5h ago
Léon Marchand to swim at European Championships despite adductor injury, scratches 200m breaststroke and weighs 400m medley risk
French star Léon Marchand will compete at the European Championships in Saint-Denis from 10 to 16 August, though a lingering adductor injury has forced him to drop the 200m breaststroke and leaves his participation in the 400m individual medley in doubt.
- 13h ago
France's prime minister says wildfires are under control as the Gironde megafire is fixed and 208,000 evacuees return home
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says wildfires across France are now generally under control, ten days after the country's largest blaze since 1949 tore through 42,000 hectares in the Gironde wine region. A separate fire in the Var remains active and has forced fresh evacuations.
- 16h ago
Thirteen dead as tourist plane crashes near Peru's Nazca Lines, seven Italians among victims
A Cessna Caravan C-208 operated by Aerodiana came down shortly after takeoff from Pisco on Saturday, killing all 11 tourists and two crew on board; strong winds had disrupted flights the day before.
- 18h ago
PSG agree personal terms with Ajax's Mika Godts, but Dutch club demand €60m and resist sale
Paris Saint-Germain have reached an agreement in principle on personal terms with Ajax winger Mika Godts, but the Dutch club insists no formal offer has been made and wants to keep the 21-year-old for at least another season.
- 19h ago
Alexandri sisters claim second gold in Paris with narrow free duet win at European Championships
Anna-Maria and Eirini Alexandri added the free duet title to their technical duet gold, edging Spain by less than a point at the 38th European Aquatics Championships in Paris.
- 20h ago
Met Gala 2027 to honor John Galliano as exhibition confronts his 2011 antisemitic remarks and hate-crime conviction
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will dedicate its spring 2027 Costume Institute show to John Galliano, the third living designer to receive a solo exhibition at the museum, while directly addressing the antisemitic outburst that ended his Dior tenure and led to a hate-crime conviction.
- 20h ago
Iris Tió wins two artistic swimming silvers on one day at European Championships in Paris
At the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, Spain's Iris Tió and Dennis González claimed mixed duet free silver with 257.9733 points, just 0.265 behind Great Britain; hours later Tió returned with Lilou Lluis to grab women's duet free silver (315.6442), 0.6 shy of Greece.
- 21h ago
Remco Evenepoel storms to record fourth Clasica San Sebastian win, beating Carapaz after a puncture
Six days after finishing second in the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel overcame a late puncture to win the Clasica San Sebastian for the fourth time, setting a new event record.
- yesterday
Italy opens European Aquatics Championships with mixed team diving gold, silver in artistic swimming
Chiara Pellacani, Matteo Santoro, Sarah Jodoin Di Maria and 17-year-old debutant Raffaele Pelligra claimed the first title of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris, edging Russian neutral athletes and Ukraine with a total of 410.60 points.
- 2d ago
Lorena Wiebes wins Tour de France Femmes opener in Lausanne uphill sprint, takes yellow jersey
The Dutch sprinter held off attacks on the final climb to win the 85.5-mile stage and claim the overall lead. Océane Mahé took the polka-dot jersey after a long breakaway.
- 2d ago
Alphabet pulls Earth AI image tool after 24 hours as users fabricate warzone and disaster scenes
Users generated fake aerial scenes of a nuclear facility in Iran, a bombed Moscow, and a plane crashing into a Manhattan skyscraper, all layered onto real coordinates inside Google Earth. Google reversed the feature on Friday while it works on stronger guardrails.
- 2d ago
17% of French smokers admit tossing cigarette butts from car windows as wildfires burn 117,000 hectares
An Ipsos BVA survey for the Vinci Autoroutes Foundation finds 17% of smokers discard butts on motorways, a habit the foundation calls 'alarming' as over 14,000 fires have scorched 117,000 hectares in France this season.
- 2d ago
French inflation rises to 2.1% in July as energy costs surge, eurozone hits 2.9%
Consumer prices in France rose 2.1% year-on-year in July, up from 1.8% in June, as energy costs jumped 12.4% amid Middle East tensions. Eurozone inflation edged up to 2.9%.
- 2d ago
Spain's artistic swimming revolution faces Russian tradition at European Championships in Paris
Spain's artistic swimming team faces a resurgent Russia at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, the first major head-to-head since Russia's return to international competition.
- 3d ago
Dozens of homes lost in Greek wildfires as France contains historic blaze
Strong winds up to 130 km/h grounded firefighting aircraft in Greece, where dozens of houses burned near Porto Germeno and up to 150 are believed damaged. Meanwhile, France declared its largest wildfire since 1949 under control after 42,000 hectares burned.
- 3d ago
George Clooney evacuates French estate as wildfire burns 130 hectares near Brignoles; pledges to help rebuild
The actor and his family left their Domaine du Canadel estate in Var after a fast-moving fire broke out Wednesday, though the property was outside the official evacuation zone. He wrote to the mayor promising community support.
- 3d ago
Paul de România to be extradited after French Court of Cassation rejects final appeal
France's highest court has cleared the way for the extradition of Paul de România, ending a six-year pursuit by Romanian authorities after his 2020 conviction in a 145-million-euro fraud case.
- 4d ago
France orders expulsion of Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova and freezes her assets; she decries censorship
Xenia Fedorova, former head of RT France and now a regular on Vincent Bolloré's media outlets, was served with an expulsion order on Wednesday and placed under house arrest; on Friday the government froze her assets for six months, accusing her of relaying Kremlin propaganda.
- 4d ago
Fourth heatwave of 2026 hits France: 23 départements on orange alert as fires burn in Landes and Gironde
Temperatures reached 42°C in Bordeaux and 40°C in Lyon on Wednesday as Météo France placed 16 départements under orange heatwave alert. On Thursday seven more will be added, bringing the total to 23, while firefighters in Landes and Gironde battle a megafire that has consumed 42,000 hectares.
- 4d ago
French DJ Kavinsky, known for 'Nightcall' and Olympic performance, found dead at 50 in Paris home
The body of Vincent Belorgey, the electronic musician who performed at the 2024 Olympic closing ceremony, was discovered Tuesday evening; prosecutors have opened an inquiry with no suspicious elements found.
