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Paris Olympics 2024: Life set to be 'not like usual' for Parisians amid restrictions

The decision to use Paris' monuments as a backdrop is part of organisers' vision of an "iconic" Olympics, but it has many locals worried about their freedoms

Paris Olympics 2024: Heatwave risk hovers over Summer Games

A new all-time temperature peak was set in July 2019 when the Meteo-France weather service clocked 42.6 degrees Celsius (108.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris

3 injured in knife attack at train station in Paris

Police have detained the attacker. One of the people injured is in a serious condition, police said. The attacker was armed with a sharp weapon. Police had no other immediate details

Soup thrown at Mona Lisa, tractor protest coming to Paris: What’s going on in France?

Two climate activists hurled soup at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, as they drew attention to the right to sustainable food and the plight of farmers. This comes amid ongoing tractor protests across France with farm workers vowing to put Paris ‘under siege’

Car rallies in the US, rath yatras in France: How the world is celebrating opening of Ram Mandir

From the US to France and Australia, events to commemorate the momentous Ram Temple consecration in Ayodhya have been scheduled around the globe. From car and bike rallies to rath yatras, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is organising these activities in more than 60 countries

1 killed, 2 injured in Paris attack near Eiffel Tower

What President Emmanuel Macron called "a terrorist attack" on Saturday night had a man attacking visitors in central Paris close to the Eiffel Tower, leaving one German tourist dead and two others injured

Prayer by Muslim travellers at Paris airport stirs controversy in France

The images showed several dozen travellers in the departure area of Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris praying together before their flight to Jordan

High alert in France: Paris's Louvre museum evacuated 'for security reasons'

The French government raised the threat alert level and is deploying 7,000 troops to increase security after Friday's school attack. The government is also concerned about the fallout in France from the war between Israel and Hamas.

First Paris, now London? Why the bedbug menace is spreading

A video that has gone viral on social media shows a tiny, brown insect scurrying up the trouser leg of someone on London’s Victoria Line. Though London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said bedbugs are a source of ‘real concern’, experts seem divided on whether London is dealing with an infestation of critters

A French Crisis: Can dogs sniff out bedbugs from the country?

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics, reports of bedbug infestations have sent France into a tizzy. Sniffer dogs will be deployed to deal with the problem. The canines will help inspect French trains and the Paris metro, which the transport minister feels is 'the most effective means of detection'