Petit Parisien - 24/7 Paris News, Sensations, Lifestyle

Paris -
Turkey's inflation hovers near 60% after policy U-turn

Turkey's inflation hovers near 60% after policy U-turn

Turkey's annual inflation rate held steady near 60 percent last month, official data showed Thursday, offering the first evidence that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic policy U-turn was working.

Read more
Markets fall on rate concerns

Markets fall on rate concerns

Markets fell Tuesday on concerns over interest rates following hawkish comments by a senior Federal Reserve official indicating the central bank was likely to keep them higher for longer.

Read more
Squash desperate to end 'very weird' Olympic exile in 2028

Squash desperate to end 'very weird' Olympic exile in 2028

Squash has never been in the Olympics despite decades of trying, but players and officials hope that the 150-year-old sport will finally get its big chance in 2028.

Read more
Australian Indigenous rights vote fuels racism

Australian Indigenous rights vote fuels racism

A referendum aimed at elevating the rights of Indigenous Australians has instead triggered a torrent of racist slurs and abuse, with toxic debate spreading online and in the media.

Read more
US fraud trial of disgraced crypto star Sam Bankman-Fried begins

US fraud trial of disgraced crypto star Sam Bankman-Fried begins

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of one of the cryptocurrency industry's biggest exchanges, begins on Tuesday to determine whether he committed massive fraud against more than a million clients.

Read more
Vote on Indigenous rights opens in much of Australia

Vote on Indigenous rights opens in much of Australia

Early voting opened Tuesday across a swathe of Australia on a reform that would recognise Indigenous people in the 1901 constitution for the first time.

Read more
India must rapidly scale solar to reach renewable targets: study

India must rapidly scale solar to reach renewable targets: study

India needs to increase its solar energy capacity by 36 percent a year for at least the next half-decade to meet its energy mix goals, an analysis said Tuesday.

Read more
Japan sees hottest September since records began

Japan sees hottest September since records began

Japan has seen its hottest September since records began 125 years ago, the weather agency said, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history.

Read more
New rights for UK donor babies as they turn 18

New rights for UK donor babies as they turn 18

Around 30 young adults conceived via sperm or egg donation in the UK will soon be able to discover the identity of their biological parent.

Read more
Light or new materials tipped for Nobel Physics Prize

Light or new materials tipped for Nobel Physics Prize

Research into light, new materials and cosmic exploration are seen as possible contenders for Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, though experts warn it is difficult to predict a winner in the vast field.

Read more