The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will be inaugurated in Paris on July 26, 2024. To entertain the wait, EFE proposes a weekly question and answer questionnaire with the aim of learning about Olympic history and its great protagonists. 1. What are the three Olympic equestrian events? (a) Jumping, Steeplechase and Dressage (b) Jumping, eventing […]
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Before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the hunt for clandestine taxis
“We’re already late for our flight!” exclaims a British tourist, when a group of plainclothes police, appearing out of nowhere, stops his clandestine taxi on the access ramp to the airport Parisian from Orly. For this family who visited Disneyland Paris, their stay in France ended with an attraction of a different kind: the hunt […]
France and Germany sign agreement on the tank of the “future”
France and Germany They signed this Friday in Paris an agreement to activate the development phase of a demonstrator of its future tank, the MGCS, after managing to establish the distribution of tasks between industrialists from both countries. The Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) is called to replace the French Leclerc and German Leopard tanks […]
Greece hands over the Olympic flame to the organizers of Paris-2024
The torch of the Paris Olympic Games It will be handed over this Friday to the French organizers of the event during a ceremony in Athens, before embarking on Saturday aboard the three-masted sailing ship Belem to depart for Marseille. A symbol of unity and peace, the flame, lit on April 16 in ancient Olympia, […]
Paris 2024 will offer better protection for the mental health of athletes
French athletes competing in the Olympic Games of Paris They will receive greater protection for their mental health, mainly in relation to cyberbullying and abuse. The Minister of Sports of France, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, and the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, Marina Ferrari, have discussed how to guarantee the protection of mental health during the […]
EU asks TikTok for information about new plan to remunerate users
The European Commission, the executive arm of the EUasked this Wednesday for information from the network TikTok about a new product launched in Spain and France that remunerates its users, and that could cause addiction. In a note, the Commission announced that it required TikTok to present information on risk studies on the new initiative, […]
In 100 days, Paris opens its first Olympic Games in a century
On the outskirts of Parisan enthusiastic girl is excited that the Olympic Games and Paralympics end soon. This is because 10-year-old Lyla Kebbi’s swimming club will inherit an Olympic-size pool. It will be dismantled after the Games and moved from the headquarters in the skyscrapers of the financial district to Sevran, a less prosperous commune […]
The most powerful MRI in the world shows its first images of the human brain
The scanner magnetic resonance (MRI) in the world has managed to scan with an unknown level of precision the brain human, those responsible announced in Francea feat that could be decisive in detecting diseases. Researchers from the French Commissariat for Atomic Energy (CEA) first used the machine to scan a pumpkin in 2021. Recently, health […]
France asks China to send “clear messages” to Russia on Ukraine
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné urged on Monday China to send “very clear messages” to Russia about the war in Ukraine. “We expect China to pass very clear messages to Russia,” declared the French minister at a press conference in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, advocating “a relationship of forces favorable to Ukraine.” […]
The Olympic Games, a gold medal for the suburbs of Paris?
Less than 500 meters separate the Stadium from France of the Francs-Moisins neighborhood, devastated by the poverty and crime, in the suburb of Saint-Denis north of Paris, that with the Olympic Games could experience its long-awaited rebirth. Samia Achoui, a secretary who lives in one of the gray blocks hit by drug trafficking, does not […]