Paris on edge after fatal shooting of 17-year-old boy by police officer
PARIS: Tensions erupted in Paris on Tuesday after a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old delivery driver in a suburb of the capital, with residents setting barricades alight and police responding with tear gas. The teenage boy was fatally shot by the officer earlier in the day in the suburb of Nanterre after he […]
Riots break out in Paris suburb after teen shot dead
PARIS: Street riots rocked the Paris suburb of Nanterre, following a fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old youth during a traffic stop on Tuesday, reported German news agency (dpa). An angry mob set garbage cans, cars and an elementary school on fire and emergency forces were pelted with fireworks, authorities said. Rioters erected barricades between […]
Call for Russian, Belarusian athlete ban from Olympics
PARIS: Hosts France are among 34 countries to have asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia are also among those to have called for a ban to be imposed, reported STATS Perform/dpa. A joint-statement released on […]
Unesco fears earthquake damage to Syrian, Turkish heritage sites
PARIS: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) yesterday (Feb 7) expressed concerns over damage to Syrian and Turkish heritage sites and vowed support for the two earthquake-devastated countries, reported Xinhua. Following an initial survey of damage to heritage carried out alongside national authorities, Unesco said: “In Syria, Unesco is particularly concerned about […]
Dozens of flights cancelled on third day of Paris airport strike
PARIS: Chaos reigned at airports in Paris as workers continued their protest for better pay for the third consecutive day on Saturday, reported Anadolu Agency. Dozens of flights were cancelled at Paris’ main Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and passengers faced a raft of problems, including lost luggage and long, winding queues. One in five flights […]
Djokovic, Nadal clash for 59th time in French Open blockbuster
PARIS: Novak Djokovic renews his 16-year rivalry with Rafael Nadal at the French Open on Tuesday with a semi-final spot at stake and where victory for the world number one could end the 13-time champion’s Roland Garros career. Nadal, who turns 36 on Friday, puts his record of 109 wins and just three losses in […]
Pollution kills 9 million in 2019
PARIS: Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published yesterday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the “horrifying” toll of lead poisoning. Human-created waste in the air, water and soil rarely kills people immediately, but causes instead heart disease, […]
Paris rabbits win reprieve after ‘nuisance’ order reversed
PARIS: The rabbits of Paris can breathe a furry sigh of relief and continue merrily feasting on the French capital’s vegetation after the city reversed an order classifying them as a nuisance. The order had been adopted in 2021 to stop what authorities said was damage being caused by the animals, notably on the large […]
Eiffel Tower is now six metres taller
PARIS, France: The Eiffel Tower grew by six metres (20 feet) on Tuesday when vertigo-defying engineers fitted a new radio antenna on top of the Paris monument with the aid of a helicopter. The tallest building in Paris, known affectionately as the Iron Lady, measures 330 metres in height after the new addition. A smattering […]
Azizulhasni gets RM350,000 reward from Terengganu for Olympic silver medal win
KUALA TERENGGANU: Track cyclist Datuk Azizulhasni Awang has received incentives worth RM350,000 from the Terengganu government for his silver medal win in men’s keirin at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The reward comprises a single-storey terrace house in Dungun worth RM300,000 and RM50,000 cash. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said the reward […]
