Tag: Paris

China’s homegrown aircrafts come under spotlight at Paris Air Show

PARIS, France (Reuters) – The 52nd Paris Air Show on Monday unveiled products by 2,300 firms in over 50 countries, including some new models from China. French President Emmanuel Macron was present at the opening session of the air show at Bourget. Amid various civil and military aviation products, China’s home-grown aircrafts drew spotlights. Also on show are civilian aircraft, warplanes, drones and military hardware from other countries. The high-profile event is expected to attract 350,000 […]

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Car explodes after hitting police van on Paris’s Champs-Elysees

by Gina DOGGETT Agence France-Presse PARIS, France  – A car burst into flames after it crashed into a police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Monday, police and investigators said, adding that the driver was armed and it appeared to be a “deliberate” act. Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said police had pulled the driver out of the flaming vehicle and he was “very likely dead.” Police had said earlier that the driver […]

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France’s Macron opens Paris Air Show

LA BORGUET, France (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron landed at Le Bourget in an A400M military plane on Monday (June 19) for the official opening of the 52nd Paris AirShow. He attended demonstration flights by fighter jets and helicopters with French Defence Minister, Sylvie Goulard, and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. The June 19-25 gathering takes place against the backdrop of surprisingly strong airline traffic driven by economic growth, but a steep drop […]

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Ariana Grande resumes tour in Paris amid tight security

PARIS, France (AFP) — Fans turned out Wednesday evening for the resumption of United States singer Ariana Grande’s world tour in Paris, more than two weeks after it was interrupted by the Manchester suicide bomb attack. Security was extra tight in the French capital, a day after police shot and injured a man who attacked an officer outside the world-famous Notre Dame cathedral. “Merci, Paris. Je t’aime,” the Dangerous Woman singer wrote on her Twitter […]

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Police shoot, injure attacker outside Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral: authorities

PARIS, France (AFP) — A French police officer shot and injured a man who attacked him with a hammer outside Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday, authorities said. Police sealed off the area in front of the cathedral, where the attacker lay injured on the ground. The attack comes with France on high alert for more jihadist strikes after a weekend attack in London, where extremists used a van and knives to crush to death and […]

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Trump announces US withdrawal from Paris climate deal

by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord Thursday, a policy shift with potentially wide-ranging repercussions for the environment and Washington’s ties with the world. In a staunchly nationalist statement from the White House Rose Garden, Trump announced the US would stop implementing the “bad” 2015 deal and look to renegotiate it — or begin work on a new one. “I […]

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Newly inaugurated Macron vows to nurture success across France

PARIS, France (Reuters) — New French President Emmanuel Macron went for a walkabout outside Paris town hall on Sunday (May 14) to greet well-wishers in the last stop of a busy inauguration day. He was welcomed by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and pledged to nurture success across the French territory during his five-year term in front of an audience of Parisians. Macron took power as president of France on Sunday morning, vowing to restore the […]

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Johnny Depp and the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean surprise Disneyland Paris visitors

CHESSY, France (Reuters) — Disneyland Paris rolled out its red carpet on Sunday (May 14) for Walt Disney Studio’s latest outing of “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Hundreds of fans lined up to watch the pirate-themed show in front of the iconic sleeping beauty castle and tried to catch a glimpse of stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Javier Bardem. A surprise for most visitors, as they were not warned in advance of their visit. The […]

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Los Angeles throws down gauntlet to Paris in 2024 hosting battle

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Los Angeles 2024 made a final pitch to the International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission on Friday (May 12) and now will wait and see if they hit a home run to win the right to host the Summer Games for the third time. The bid, however, was not without a few thorny issues, including concerns over President Donald Trump’s proposed travel restrictions on some nations, which could prevent Olympic athletes […]

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Exclusive interview: More holistic approach to education seen in new UNESCO approach to achieve dev’t goals

Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Alma Angeles, together with Robert Capistrano and Caesar Vallejos interviewed officials of UNESCO in its headquarters in Paris, France where Alexander Leicht, chief of the Section of Education for Sustainable Development of UNESCO, explained how UNESCO changed its approach to education, incorporating even technical and vocational component, to achieve sustainable development goals. “The first thing that’s important to  note is that we’re working now on a more holistic approach to education,” Leicht […]

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Eiffel Tower goes black in memory of St Petersburg victims

  PARIS, France (Reuters) — Paris’s Eiffel Tower went black an hour earlier than usual in memory of the 14 victims of the St Petersburg attack on Tuesday (April 4). The lights went out at the monument just before midnight (2200GMT), echoing a similar tribute to the victims of the London stabbings last month. Previously the Eiffel Tower had been lit up in the colors of the French, German, Belgian and rainbow flags as a […]

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Thousands march in Paris after Chinese man’s death by police

PARIS, France (AFP) — About 6,000 people took part in angry protests in Paris on Sunday against the death of a Chinese man shot and killed when police responded to a call at his apartment last month, police said. The rally was organized by several Chinese associations in France, and as with previous rallies held over the past week, there were sporadic skirmishes between protesters and security forces. Some of the demonstrators threw bottles, eggs […]

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