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‘I can’t wait for 2024’: The candidates keen to volunteer at the Paris Olympics

Olympics run-up
France

Who are the riders to watch in the 2023 Women's Tour de France?

Stiff competition
Sport

Spanish PM Sanchez pins snap election hopes on ‘fear of far right’

Interview
Europe

Soviet spies in Africa: How the KGB expanded Russian influence during the Cold War

Global history
Africa

From Khrushchev’s KGB to Putin: the deep roots of Russian influence in Africa

Spy games
Africa

Parisians are most at risk of dying in European heatwaves

Climate change
Environment

US special envoy John Kerry in China to restart stalled climate talks

CLIMATE DIPLOMACY
Asia / Pacific

Legacy of 2014 coup haunts Thai reformist’s bid for PM

Democratic transition
Asia / Pacific

‘Building bridges’ in a Parisian suburb amid unrest fears

On the ground
France

'A strong gesture': French delivery of SCALP missiles to Ukraine marks shift in Western strategy

Turning point
Europe

'Fire, enthusiasm, zeal': Indian troops prepare to march at France's Bastille Day parade

France

REPLAY: India's Modi arrives in France

Bastille Day: A brief history of France’s July 14 national holiday

EXPLAINER
Europe

Arms, not democratic values, on parade as Macron hosts India’s Modi on Bastille Day

BASTILLE DAY DIPLOMACY (PART I)
Asia / Pacific

Modi gets a Bastille Day red carpet, but China can rain on the geostrategic parade

BASTILLE DAY DIPLOMACY (PART II)
Asia / Pacific

‘Three times the Soviet-Afghan war’: New data sheds light on scale of Russian deaths in Ukraine

WAR IN UKRAINE
Europe

France’s Murdoch? Right-wing media swoop threatens ‘pillar of French democracy’

PRESS FREEDOM
France

NATO Summit: How the Alliance is strengthening its eastern flank

WAR IN UKRAINE
Europe

Police violence: How can France tackle racial profiling without first addressing race?

DEATH OF NAHEL
Americas

How Russian state media is tearing down Prigozhin’s reputation as a ‘man of the people’

FALL FROM GRACE
Europe

‘We have to listen to them’: Youth associations on the front lines during Nahel riots

Death of Nahel
Europe

French suburbs: Fresh protests against police violence rooted in decades of harassment, inequality

Death of Nahel
Europe

President Macky Sall rules out third-term re-election bid, spelling relief for tense Senegal

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION
Africa

Teen’s killing raises a French policing issue that dare not be named

DEATH OF NAHEL
France

Macron government shifts stance on police violence to quell unrest after death of teen

DEATH OF NAHEL
France

China, AI and a say on world order: Why the US rejoined UNESCO

WORLD ORDER
Americas

Why deadly police shootings are on the rise on France’s roads

DEATH OF NAHEL
Europe

Putin's defence chief Shoigu survived Wagner’s challenge – but for how long?

Wagner rebellion
Europe

Open rebellion against Russia may be Wagner chief Prigozhin’s last stand

March on Moscow
Europe

Why the Spurs are a perfect match for French prodigy Victor Wembanyama

BASKETBALL
Sport

Main suspect in Khashoggi killing reappears in public as MBS visits Paris

Impunity
Middle East

Paris summit aims to overhaul global financial system for 'climate solidarity' with South

Fighting inequality
Environment

Will travelling by plane ever be carbon neutral? Researchers have their doubts

PARIS AIR SHOW
Environment

New Chinese premier’s visit to Germany, France highlights strained relations with EU

China-EU tensions
Asia / Pacific

Paris joins celebration of Irish language’s renaissance as it marks 50 years in EU

On the ground
France

‘Gateway to Hell’: Turkmenistan urged to plug gas leaks driving climate change

GLOBAL WARMING
Asia / Pacific

Evacuation of Kyiv icons takes fight for Ukraine’s heritage to Louvre in Paris

CULTURE WAR
Culture

Rebranded Saudi crown prince meets Macron as rights groups decry ‘hypocrisy’

FRENCH CONNECTIONS
Middle East

South African ties to Russia shadow Ukraine peace mission

MAKING PEACE
Africa

French minister in hot seat over allegations her foundation embezzled public money

Political scandal
Europe

A necessary ‘sacrifice’: Nigeria ends almost 50 years of fuel subsidies

Unpopular move
Africa

‘A large part of the Ukrainian counteroffensive hasn’t been put into action yet’

INTERVIEW
Europe

China, AI and a say on world order: Why the US wants back in UNESCO

WORLD ORDER
Americas

Silvio Berlusconi, master populist who dominated Italian politics, dies at 86

Obituary
Europe

Iran and Afghanistan dispute Helmand water rights as climate change deepens crisis

WATER CRISIS
Asia / Pacific

El Nino is back, and it's brought the threat of extreme weather with it

RISING TEMPERATURES
Environment

Is the Kakhovka dam breach a hard blow to the Ukrainian counteroffensive?

War in Ukraine
Europe

Democracy at stake, say Senegalese youths protesting controversial arrest

ANALYSIS
Africa

In the latest chapter in UK press phone-hacking scandal, Prince Harry gives testimony

Harry vs UK tabloids
Europe

Why Macron is reading sci-fi thrillers to prepare for the wars of the future

THE FUTURE OF WAR
France

‘Last French player standing’: Roland Garros crowd adopts Ukraine’s Svitolina

FRENCH OPEN
Sport

At French Open, Ukraine war shatters myth of sport as an apolitical bubble

ROLAND GARROS
Sport

Le Pen’s far right served as mouthpiece for the Kremlin, says French parliamentary report

RUSSIAN INFLUENCE
France

Erdogan backs Kurdish Islamist party – and women pay the price

On the ground
Middle East

Taiwan-US trade agreement: ‘It’s not about economics anymore, it’s politics’

Asia / Pacific
Asia / Pacific

For China’s male tennis players, signs of a new dawn at the French Open

ROLAND GARROS
Sport

Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’

Environment
Environment

Forty years after Noah’s triumph, French tennis seeks path to Grand Slam glory

FRENCH OPEN
Sport

'No amateur': Identity politics, media crackdown help propel Erdogan to victory

TURKEY VOTES 2023
Asia / Pacific

Turkey’s Kurdish areas serve as petri dish for illiberal democracy test

TURKEY VOTES 2023
Asia / Pacific

‘They should be embarrassed’: Ukraine’s Kostyuk calls out French Open crowd after boos

ROLAND GARROS
Sport

Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or wraps up vintage year for women in Cannes

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Culture

The unlikely rise of orange juice as a stock market darling

stronger than oil
Business

Nationalism is ‘definitely a winner’ in Turkey’s presidential elections

TURKEY VOTES 2023
Middle East

Symbolism, history and nationalism put Erdogan in strong position ahead of presidential runoff

TURKEY VOTES 2023
Middle East

Cannes serves up a parade of ageing maestros and a Tarantino masterclass

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Culture

Migrants bear the brunt of rising nationalism ahead of Turkey’s presidential runoff

TURKEY VOTES 2023
Middle East

Cannes spotlights Cameroonian film: ‘It’s high time African stories influence world cinema’

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Culture

A look at the Free Russia Legion, the pro-Ukrainian group that attacked Belgorod

WAR IN UKRAINE
Europe

France unveils security plan for Olympics opening ceremony in central Paris

2024 Olympic Games
Europe

Russian tourists seek new destinations as Europe shuts its doors over Ukraine war

WAR IN UKRAINE
Europe

‘In the Rearview’: Polish filmmaker brings Ukrainian refugees' plight to Cannes

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Culture