Italian weightlifter won Paris Olympics bronze while on trial for gang rape in Italy
An Italian Olympic weightlifter won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Games while on trial for rape in his home country, according to new reports on Tuesday. Antonino Pizzolato finished third for Italy in the 81kg snatch, clean and jerk event this summer, but it was a 29-year-old Finnish tourist's journey to Sicily that […]
Big Oil turns on Trump over Paris accord exit for all the wrong reasons
One of Donald Trump's priorities when he returns to the Oval Office in January is to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord. The move is welcome news for those opposed to decarbonization policies that undermine freedom, prosperity and mobility. Given that oil is the biggest culprit in the global climate change […]
Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035 | Pacific islands
Australian Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen declared the landmark Paris Agreement, which saved the world from “the brink of catastrophic 4°C warming”, was “working”, but countries are still looking ahead to 2035. and the need to set the most ambitious emissions targets possible. Limit worsening global warming. Delivering Australia's National Statement on the floor of […]
Palestinian Flags, Scuffles at Heavily Policed Paris Israel Football Match
A week after fans visiting Tel Aviv were attacked, a so-called “high-risk” soccer match between France and Israel in Amsterdam saw scuffles and protests, thanks to a massive police operation. Very little violence occurred. On Thursday night, during a widely discussed and closely policed soccer match between France and Israel, the Israeli national anthem was […]
France Israel soccer fan fight leads to two arrests in Paris
Paris police chief Laurent Nunez announced on Friday that French police officers had arrested two people after a brief fan scuffle during a Nations League soccer match between France and Israel. Nuñez said the jury “immediately quelled” a brawl inside the Stade de France national stadium on Thursday night. French and Israeli soccer fans argue […]
Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen | Marine Le Pen
Paris prosecutors have sought five years in prison and five years ban from public office in a trial in which far-right leader Marine Le Pen and 24 others were charged with embezzling EU funds. The trial, which comes almost a decade after the initial investigation began, threatens to undermine efforts by the National Rally (RN) […]
Exxon chief presses Trump to stay in Paris climate agreement
Exxon CEO Darren Woods urged President-elect Donald Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord as the oil and gas industry prepares to take office. In an interview with wall street journalWoods said the United States should not withdraw from the agreement, an international commitment aimed at reducing the effects of climate change. Woods argued […]
U.N. Climate Alarmism Summit Opens with Expectation Trump Will Leave Paris Agreement
The COP29 climate change summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, saw President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House and deliver a stern lecture to rich countries to stop thinking about climate finance to developing countries. Nevertheless, it opened Monday with a declaration that climate alarmism remains in vogue. The state as a “charity”. UN Climate Change […]
Starmer to join Macron on Armistice Day in Paris to show European solidarity | Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is scheduled to join Emmanual Macron at Armistice Day services in Paris, days after Donald Trump's re-election, with Ukraine and national defense among the topics of the two leaders' private talks. It is planned to include this in a sharp demonstration of European unity. The visit will have the symbolic element of Mr […]
Paris Deploys over 4,000 Police to France-Israel Soccer Match
PARIS (AP) – Paris police said Sunday that police will be present at the France-Israel soccer match to ensure safety in and around the stadium and on public transportation, a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam. It was announced that 4,000 government personnel and 1,600 stadium staff would be deployed. France and Israel […]