Tag: Paris

Paris braces for record heat as Europe scorched again

PARIS: Parisians were on Tuesday bracing for potentially the hottest ever temperature in the French capital this week as a new heatwave blasted into...

Paris aims to beat Olympic traffic with flying taxis

Paris aims to give visitors to the 2024 Paris Olympics a flying start by offering airborne taxis to tournament sites straight from the airport. Arrivals...

Police clash with hardliners as thousands hit Paris for May 1

PARIS: Paris riot police fired teargas as they squared off against hardline demonstrators among tens of thousands of May Day protesters, who flooded the...

Queen Elizabeth deeply saddened by Notre Dame blaze, UK bells to...

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has sent a message to French President Emmanuel Macron to say she was deeply saddened by the fire which engulfed...

More violence in Paris as ‘yellow vests’ keep marching

PARIS: Thousands of French “yellow vest” demonstrators marched on Saturday for their 13th weekend of action, with scuffles in Paris and a demonstrator’s hand...

Two firefighters, Spanish tourist killed in Paris gas leak blast

PARIS: A powerful gas explosion tore through a building in central Paris on Saturday, killing two firefighters and a Spanish woman, injuring dozens of people...

Grosjean named France Davis Cup captain

PARIS: Former world number four Sebastien Grosjean was named as the new captain of France's Davis Cup team, the national federation announced on Monday. The...

Pakistani man held as teacher stabbed to death at French university

PARIS: A Pakistani man was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of stabbing to death a teacher outside a university in the Paris suburbs, a...

‘Yellow vest’ protesters battle riot police in Paris, 60 arrested

PARIS: French police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon in battles with “yellow vest” protesters trying to breach security cordons on the...

French protesters rail against Macron’s fuel taxes with road blocks

PARIS: Thousands of French protesters hit out at higher fuel taxes and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies in demonstrations across motorways on Saturday, sparking...

Police stops topless female protester from running towards Trump’s motorcade in...

PARIS: French police stopped two topless protesters who approached the motorcade of US President Donald Trump as he made his way up the Champs-Elysees to...

Federer, Djokovic to clash for 47th time with Paris final at...

PARIS: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet for the 47th time Saturday with a place in the Paris Masters final at stake. Federer, chasing...

International conference to promote adventure tourism in Pakistan concludes

First international conference on the majestic mountains of Pakistan was successfully held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. According to a press statement issued here...

Mountains galore as 2019 Tour de France route unveiled

PARIS: Tour de France organisers threw down the gauntlet to the climbing specialists when they unveiled the most mountainous edition in the 106-year history of...

Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: Bolton

MOSCOW: Donald Trump wishes to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin when the two visit Paris on November 11 for World War I commemorations, the...

Trump says DC rained on his military parade, will now go...

  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Friday he would attend a November celebration in Paris marking the end of World War I -- hours...

HEC, Campus France arrange event in Paris

ISLAMABAD: An event – Pakistan Day – was held in Paris as a joint initiative of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and its French counterpart...