Petit Parisien - 24/7 News from Paris and the World

Alldritt back to captain France against Fiji after South Africa loss

Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial law, dies at 101: daughter

'Ready' Rees-Zammit back in Wales's starting team to face Japan

Spinners decide Tests in India, Gill says before South Africa opener

K-pop group NewJeans ends feud with record label ADOR

Asian stocks rise with focus on Fed, tech as US government reopens

UK economic gloom deepens before budget

Scott Barrett returns to skipper All Blacks against England

Burberry narrows first half loss on turnaround plan

Sri Lanka to stay in Pakistan after bomb, games move to Rawalpindi

Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat up

Israel’s Haredi Challenge

The Fall of South Korea?

A new vision for Japan

Pension crisis engulfs France

Adobe down 40%: Kodak moment?

Boomers: Selfish or Scapegoats?

Miracle in Germany: VW soars

Gaza on the cusp of civil war

France's Macron to name PM to end political crisis

France's Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government tasked with pulling the country out of a political gridlock, in a move that staves off fresh elections for now.

Unstoppable Pogacar targets more history at season-ending Il Lombardia

Tadej Pogacar is red-hot favourite to match a feat only ever achieved by cycling icon Eddy Merckx as the Slovenian superstar bids to win the Tour of Lombardy for the fifth consecutive year.

Ex-All Black Kerr-Barlow relishing Top 14 reunion with 'juggernauts' La Rochelle

Stade Francais's ex-New Zealand scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow said he is looking forward to facing former team La Rochelle and their international-packed squad in the French Top 14 on Saturday.

Australia in 'tight' race to have Cummins fit for Ashes opener

Australia is in a "tight" race to get injured captain Pat Cummins ready for the first Ashes Test in November, coach Andrew McDonald admitted Friday, while insisting he was "still optimistic".

Giants stun Super Bowl campion Eagles 34-17

Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart piloted the New York Giants to a 34-17 NFL victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, handing the reigning Super Bowl champions a second straight NFL defeat.

Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water: UN environment chief

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this week.

Major quake strikes off southern Philippines

A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Asian nation as well as neighbouring Indonesia and Palau.

'Backyard fireworks' of WWII bombs still litter Solomon Islands

Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was ploughing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk -- one of the countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II.

Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief

Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

Myanmar air strikes force youth into bunker schools

Before a Myanmar student descends into a classroom entombed in a concrete bunker, she prays for compassion and her community's safety, knowing her appeal will go unanswered.

In The News

Asian markets limp into weekend as AI bubble fears grow