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Transport won’t be ready, Paris mayor says ahead of 2024 Games

Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo attends the 105th session of the Congress of Mayors organised by the “France’s Mayors’ Association” (AMF), in Paris, France, November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Paris will not be ready for the Olympics and Paralympics in terms of transport and sheltering the homeless, […]

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Rioters assault home of French mayor, injure his wife

PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) – Rioters ram-raided the home of a Paris suburb mayor, set the car alight and launched fireworks at his wife and young children as they fled during a fifth night of nationwide unrest over Tuesday’s police shooting of a teen of North African descent. Vincent Jeanbrun, 39, the centre-right mayor of […]

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Home of French mayor ram-raided and torched by rioters

[1/7]L’Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun reacts at the city hall in L’Hay-les-Roses, the city where his home was ram-raided and set alight while his wife and children were asleep inside during the unrest that has gripped the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a… Read more PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) – […]

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Analysis: Lockheed-Airbus face lengthening odds in U.S. tanker re-run | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON/PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) – European hopes of winning at the second attempt a groundbreaking U.S. military order for refueling planes are fading after the Pentagon scaled back its potential order, cooling the prospect of a new transatlantic “Tanker War,” industry sources said. Aerospace titans Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) clashed in an epic contest […]

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PSG to explore alternatives as Paris mayor says Parc des Princes not for sale

PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) – French champions Paris St Germain said they will explore “alternative options” for their home stadium after Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said the Parc des Princes was not for sale. The stadium, owned by the Paris city council, has been PSG’s home since they entered France’s top division in 1974. French […]

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Race for mayor of Peru’s capital is neck and neck among two conservatives, exit poll shows

LIMA, Oct 2 (Reuters) – An Opus Dei businessman and a retired military officer accused of murdering a journalist entered a technical tie in Sunday’s run to become Lima’s next mayor, according to an exit poll carried out by the firm Ipsos for Peru’s local elections. Rafael Lopez Aliaga, a hotel businessman who claims to […]

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