France orders air-conditioned shops to close their doors
The French government is set to force all air-conditioned shops to close their doors and switch off illuminated advertising overnight, in a bid to cut energy use.
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Macron confronts concerns over Paris 2024 Olympics
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday (Jul 25) hold a meeting of ministers to tackle issues overshadowing preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, almost two years to the day before the sporting extravaganza opens.
Au revoir, French presidency of the EU: A mixed bag of results for Macron
The role is supposed to be an opportunity for the country that holds the presidency to push its policy ideas and influence the agenda. But for France, the last six months have been dominated by the Russian war on Ukraine and to a certain extent, France's own presidential and parliamentary elections.
Wartime economy: Can G7 stare down Russia over Ukraine?
As energy prices soar at the outset of the summer travel season, we ask our panel who blinks first and whether Moscow's gains on the ground in eastern Ukraine are at all offset by sanctions that have now triggered Russia's first debt default since the 1990s.
New Aberdeen signings laid down marker: 'they have to prove themselves'
Ross McCrorie insists that Aberdeen’s new boys must prove that they are capable of living up to the club’s high expectations.
For France's Yellow Vest protesters, the fight goes on
Priscillia Ludosky (above) has been a Yellow Vest from day one. She is now participating in a programme created by personalities from the nonprofit world, the Academy of Future Leaders. The aim is to train in politics in order to eventually stand for election. Prisicillia, who long hesitated to enter politics because she does not trust "the institutions or the system", now feels that she cannot get there any other way. She believes that more and more Yellow Vests share her view, exhausted by the "lack of political response" to them turning out to protest every Saturday.
Zinedine Zidane breaks silence on why he could never manage Man Utd
Zinedine Zidane has explained why he could never manage Manchester United after being linked to the Old Trafford hot seat last season.
