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☆ This couple plan to return to the US after their dream life in France became a ‘nightmare’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“I didn’t get married till I was in my 50s,” says Joanna, who is originally from San Francisco. Courtesy Joanna McIsaac-KierkloHowever, Joanna says they told themselves that things would be easier to “figure out” once they were actually in France. “I don’t miss gun violence. “But to live here is another story.”The couple is currently waiting to find out the cost of shipping their possessions back to San Francisco before taking the plunge. “We have a flight going back to San Francisco in January, and I think we’re not going to come back,” says Joanna.

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☆ France's Barnier announces targeted tax hikes to plug budget deficit
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Newly appointed France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrives for the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, September 5, 2024. Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced steep public spending cuts and targeted tax hikes for France's biggest companies and wealthiest individuals on Tuesday, saying there was no other way to narrow a gaping budget deficit. Tax increases would be targeted and temporary, he said, without giving further details. ING economist Charlotte de Montpellier said Barnier had been too light on detail to know if the timeline for cutting the deficit was credible and questioned whether the tax hikes would be temporary. "... the likelihood of these tax hikes becoming permanent is significant," de Montpellier said.

Persons: Michel Barnier, Gabriel Attal, Barnier, Charlotte de Montpellier, de Montpellier Organizations: France's, European Union, Le Parisien, ING Locations: Paris, France, Europe

☆ Police officer hurt in suspected arson attack on French synagogue
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —French anti-terror authorities are investigating a suspected arson attack on a synagogue Saturday morning that injured a police officer, the latest in a series of attacks in recent months that have unsettled France’s Jews. The incident took place in La Grande-Motte, a southern seaside town not far from Montpellier. Observant Jews typically go to synagogue on Saturday morning to celebrate the Sabbath. French anti-terrorism prosecutors confirmed in an email to CNN that they had taken charge of the investigation. Outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on X that a municipal police officer had been hurt in the incident.

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☆ The Olympic Flame Melts Parisian Cool
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Rory Smith | Ségolène Le Stradic | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He struts around the sold-out arena, prowling the floor, basking in the noise and the adulation. In that moment, that first flush of victory, Lebrun is not a bespectacled 17-year-old table tennis player from Montpellier. For everyone present — up to and including the French former soccer hero Zinedine Zidane — he is a rock star. At the fencing competition, held in the lavish surrounds of the Grand Palais, fans waving tricolors have produced enough noise to echo down the Champs-Élysées. The sound from the stadium at Invalides, home to archery, has been loud enough to wake Napoleon.

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☆ France is set for its most consequential election in decades. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —France’s snap parliamentary election is one of the most momentous in decades, for both the country and the rest of Europe. Politicians rarely call an election when their party trails in the polls and there is no need to do so. Although Macron was elected to a second presidential term in 2022, his party failed to win an outright parliamentary majority. One theory about why Macron called an election now is that France might soon have been forced to the polls anyway. With Le Pen seeming increasingly likely to succeed him as president in 2027, this election may force her party to take up responsibility beforehand.

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☆ Bay FC: NWSL expansion team wants to ‘change the face of American soccer,’ says new signing Jen Beattie
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Amanda Davies | Rebecca Hall | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Bay FC may be the new kid on the NWSL block, but recent signing Jen Beattie has insisted that the team isn’t there to make up the numbers, rather to “change the face of American soccer.”Beattie, a true legend of the women’s game, left Arsenal to join Bay FC in February. As well as Beattie, Bay FC has signed several high-profile internationals ahead of its inaugural season, including Zambian Racheal Kundananji for a reported $787,000 world record fee, Nigerian star Asisat Oshoala and Mexican forward Scarlett Camberos. It didn’t take very long to convince me, I’ll be honest … Everyone wants to lift trophies and everyone wants to be as successful as possible.”Jen Beattie joined Bay FC from Arsenal in February. Ed Szczepanski/USA Today Sports/ReutersBay FC, and its star-studded roster, is not the first expansion team to enter the NWSL attempting to shake up the status quo. However, eyes now turn to Bay FC and its impressive roster to see just how much of an upset the team can cause in the NWSL.

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☆ Mars Perseverance rover loses its trusty scout
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And it’s time to bid farewell to one of the most delightfully plucky robots ever to explore Mars. Other worldsThe Ingenuity helicopter, seen here on Mars in an image taken by the Perseverance rover on August 2, 2023, has flown for the last time. Ingenuity served as the Perseverance rover’s faithful companion and aerial scout for nearly three years since its maiden flight on April 19, 2021. A long time agoAiming to trace syphilis' origins, researchers used paleopathology techniques to study ancient human bones at the site Jabuticabeira II in Brazil's Santa Catarina state. They find wonder in planets beyond our solar system and discoveries from the ancient world.

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☆ Flowers are evolving in ways that could spell further trouble for the planet’s pollinators
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Ayurella Horn-Muller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The pansies of the past self-fertilized less and attracted far more pollinators than those of the present, according to the study. The changes could constrain the plants’ ability to adapt to future environmental changes and have implications for “all of floral biodiversity” — potentially diminishing flowering plants’ genetic, species and ecosystem variation. “This may increase the pollinator decline and cause a vicious feedback cycle,” study coauthor Pierre-Olivier Cheptou told CNN. Meanwhile, the “resurrected” flowers’ surfaces were 10% bigger, produced 20% more nectar and were frequented by more bumblebees than their modern counterparts. “(The study) is a really important demonstration of the tight linkages between plant and pollinator communities,” LeBuhn said.

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☆ The 'Prince of Persia' will speak Persian for the first time in 34 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview"Prince of Persia" released its first major installment in nearly 14 years and its first title since it was first unveiled in 1989 in which the characters will actually speak Farsi. Ubisoft released "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown" on Thursday for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation, Xbox, and PC. Related storiesThe game's designer, Mounir Radi, told the outlet that the developers wanted to "depict and to respect Persia and Iran" in the gameplay. Another Reddit user said under the same post that the option to use Persian dialogue in the game made him "finally feel seen" by others in the gaming community.

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☆ Trial Opens in Beheading of French Teacher Samuel Paty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A poster paying tribute to Samuel Paty was displayed in the city of Montpellier, France, a few days after his killing. Photo: pascal guyot/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesPARIS—Six teenagers went on trial Monday, accused of helping the man who beheaded French schoolteacher Samuel Paty three years ago after he showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as part of a class on free speech. The attacker, Abdoullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old Russian national of Chechen origin, was shot dead by police minutes after the assault.

Persons: Samuel Paty, pascal guyot, Prophet Muhammad, Abdoullakh Organizations: Agence France, PARIS Locations: Montpellier, France

☆ Trial Opens for Beheading of French Teacher Samuel Paty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Samuel Paty, pascal guyot, Prophet Muhammad, Abdoullakh Organizations: Agence France, PARIS Locations: Montpellier, France

☆ French football again left reeling by rioting fans as Olympics loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Grosso, a World Cup winner with Italy in 2006, sustained facial injuries during the incident, leaving league officials to deal with another episode of rioting fans. Some preliminary round Olympic matches will be played in Marseille, where violence erupted at the 1998 World Cup between England fans and French police. Marseille condemned the behaviour of their fans in a statement on Monday. Lyon condemned their fans' behaviour after some were seen making Nazi salutes at the Velodrome. "OL firmly condemns the unacceptable racist behaviour of individuals in the stands on Sunday," the club said in a statement.

Persons: Lyon, Fabio Grosso, Gerald Darmanin, Pablo Longoria, Marseille, Amelie Oudea, Castera, St Etienne, Julien Pretot, Sudip Kar, Tassilo Hummel, Michael Perry Organizations: Olympique de Marseille's Ligue, Olympique Lyonnais, Italy, Marseille's Stade Velodrome, French League, England, French, Olympique de Marseille, Stade Orange Velodrome, France, Stade Velodrome, Marseille, RC Lens, Lille, St, Thomson Locations: Grosso, Marseille's, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Angers

A French league game between Montpellier and Clermont was abandoned on Sunday after a firework thrown from the stands landed next to Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw, who was then stretchered off. Montpellier was leading 4-2 when the firework was thrown in the first minute of six minutes of injury time, and Diaw fell to the ground and received treatment before being taken off. The match was then definitively called off without the remaining stoppage time being played. After Diaw fell, Clermont defender Neto Borges was shown a red card after a video replay showed him making a gesture toward the Montpellier fans. It remained uncertain whether the French league would award Montpellier the win.

Persons: Mory Diaw, Diaw, Neto Borges Organizations: Montpellier, Clermont Locations: Clermont, Montpellier

☆ Springboks include injured skipper Kolisi in World Cup squad
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 8 (Reuters) - South Africa captain Siya Kolisi was included in the squad for next month’s Rugby World Cup but other key players left out because of injury, including influential flyhalf Handre Pollard and World Cup-winning centre Lukhanyo Am. There are 12 World Cup debutants but the Boks kept the bulk of the side that won the tournament in Japan four years ago. Also out is Lood de Jager, the giant lock who was also part of team four years ago. He heads a list of players who compete at a third World Cup tournament. South Africa play in Pool B at the World Cup where they also meet Romania, Ireland and Tonga.

Persons: Siya Kolisi, flyhalf Handre Pollard, Kolisi, Pollard, de Jager, Jacques Nienaber, De Jager, Nienaber, Frans Malherbe, Trevor Nyakane, Eben Etzebeth, Steph du Toit, Duane Vermeulen, Damian de Allende, Jesse Kriel, Kurt, Lee Arendse, Faf de Klerk, Andre Esterhuizen, Jaden Hendrikse, Cheslin Kolbe, Willie le Roux, Manie, Makazole Mapimpi, Canan Moodie, Cobus Reinach, Damian Willemse, Grant Williams, Pieter, Deon Fourie, Steven Kitshoff, Jean Kleyn, Vincent Koch, Malcolm Marx, Kubota Spears, Bongi Mbonambi, Franco Mostert, Nche, Marvin Orie, Kwagga Smith, Marco van Staden, Jasper Wiese, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Rugby, Lukhanyo, Scotland, Argentina, SA Rugby, Wales, New Zealand, Twickenham, Romania, Tonga, Squad, Panasonic, Knights, Canon Eagles, Harlequins, Suntory, Eagles, Toyota, Honda, Snyman, Leicester Tigers, Thomson Locations: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Marseille, Japan, Cardiff, New, Ireland, Montpellier, Ulster, Munster, Stormers

☆ Bublik powers past Rublev to win first grass title in Halle
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HALLE, Germany, June 25 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik battled his way past third seed Andrey Rublev 6-3 3-6 6-3 thanks to two service breaks to win the Halle Open title on Sunday, his first on grass just over a week before the start of Wimbledon. It was also the 26-year-old's second tour title after his win in Montpellier in 2022. Rublev, playing in his second Halle final in three years and looking to add to his Monte-Carlo title this season, got his revenge when he managed to convert his third break point of the match at 3-2. He held serve to level but Bublik recovered and went a break up thanks to a superb backhand crosscourt winner at the start of the third set. The Kazakh, who is no stranger to grass with two finals in Newport, did serve a dozen double faults throughout the match but finished it off in style, firing a second serve ace on his first match point to land his second tour title.

Persons: Alexander Bublik, Andrey Rublev, Bublik, Karolos, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Halle, Wimbledon, Montpellier, Kazakh, Thomson Locations: HALLE, Germany, Newport

☆ Paris 2024 flame to be lit on April 16, relay to visit overseas territories
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It's going to be spectacular and will showcase all our territories," Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said at a ceremony at the French capital's Sorbonne university. Following a brief domestic relay in Greece the flame is then handed over to the host city. Paris organisers have said they will use a three-masted ship the 'Belem' to take it the port city of Marseille, where the sailing competitions of the Olympics will take place. Usually the flame, held in a safety lantern, is flown by plane to the Olympic Games host city. Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters last month.

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☆ Swiss central bank signals more tightening to come after latest rate hike
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( John Revill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Although Swiss inflation ebbed to 2.2% in May from 2.6% in April, there was still more work to be done to tackle rising prices, Jordan told reporters. Although modest by international standards, Swiss inflation has remained above the SNB's 0-2% target range since February 2022. Reuters GraphicsThe latest SNB hike followed an increase by the European Central Bank, which last week raised euro zone borrowing costs to their highest level in 22 years. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsEven with the Thursday's rate increase, the SNB forecast Swiss inflation would remain above its 0-2% target by 2026. "Before today's meeting, I thought that this rate hike was going to be the last of the cycle," she said.

Persons: Thomas Jordan, Jordan, Gero Jung, Charlotte de, John Revill, Noele, Maria Sheahan, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Swiss National Bank, Swiss, Reuters, European Central Bank, U.S . Federal Reserve, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Charlotte de Montpellier, ING, Thomson Locations: ZURICH, Switzerland

☆ Risks the global economy still faces as threat of US debt default recedes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London CNN —With the threat of an unprecedented US debt crisis receding fast, the global economy looks to have dodged a huge shock. While an immediate crisis has likely been avoided, the litany of problems that had been temporarily overshadowed by the specter of a US default — among them, high inflation, rising interest rates and sluggish growth — haven’t gone away. Bloomberg/Getty ImagesInflation still too highAgainst that backdrop, inflation has eased in Europe’s second biggest economy, mimicking falls in Germany, Spain and Italy. But it could still arise from two longstanding threats: the Ukraine war and the climate crisis, both of which pose risks to global supply chains and food prices. The war helped drive international food prices to an all-time high last year.

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☆ Forget the pension protests. France’s economy has momentum
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

France’s economy grew 0.2% in the first quarter of this year, its national statistics agency said Friday, after stagnating in the previous quarter. Yet the long-running protests are unlikely to leave a lasting dent in France’s economy, according to Charlotte de Montpellier, a senior economist at Dutch bank ING. But its $2.8 trillion economy has held up comparatively well. Office buildings illuminated in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. ‘Momentum’ building for banksBritain’s exit from the European Union has also been a boon for France’s financial sector.

☆ Carnivorous plants may lure their insect prey with specialized scents
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Kate Golembiewski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Sarracenia pitcher plants, found in bogs throughout eastern North America, look like trumpet-shaped flowers, often in purplish or reddish hues. Different kinds of Sarracenia pitcher plants tend to eat different kinds of insects — some species trap more ants, while others feast on bees and moths. But recently opened pitcher plants that don’t stink of rotting bug carcasses provide an opportunity to identify the scents, she explained. The biggest challenge with the study, honestly, is that they did it in France,” rather than in the Sarracenia pitcher plants’ native North American bogs. It’s important to study pitcher plants due to the unique role they play in their increasingly fragile ecosystems, he added.

☆ Unexpected inflation jump adds to ECB headache
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone, jumped to its highest level since 2011 at 2.66% as traders ramped up bets that ECB rates will peak around 4% at year-end. Expectations for the peak in ECB rates have risen by over 40 basis points this month on fears that inflation will be more persistent than expected, particularly for core goods that exclude volatile fuel and food prices. Some investors even think there is a risk of the ECB raising rates by more than 50 basis points in March, despite its explicit guidance for the move. "The February data shows that French inflation has not reached its peak yet," ING economist Charlotte de Montpellier said. In Spain, core inflation also accelerated, adding to the ECB's worries that price growth is becoming persistent.

☆ PSG romp to 3-0 win over Marseille thanks to Mbappe-Messi double act
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - World Cup foes Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe inspired Paris St Germain to a 3-0 win at bitter rivals Olympique de Marseille on Sunday to extend their Ligue 1 lead to eight points. Third-placed Monaco slumped to a 3-0 home defeat against Nice, who prevailed thanks to a Terem Moffi double and a superb half-volley by Khephren Thuram. The result left Monaco on 50 points, ahead of fourth-placed RC Lens on goals scored after the northerners drew 1-1 at Montpellier on Saturday. Messi beautifully lifted the ball into the path of Mbappe, who volleyed home with his left foot for his 16th goal of the season in Ligue 1. PSG next face Nantes at home before travelling to Bayern Munich for their Champions League last-16 return leg after losing the first encounter 1-0 at the Parc des Princes.

☆ ATP roundup: Daniel Evans falls in Doha
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

February 22 - Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori took down sixth seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4 in their first-round match at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday in Doha. Ruusuvuori fired seven aces and won 29 of 38 first-service points (76.3 percent), holding on for the victory even as Evans saved six of 10 break points and converted both his opportunities to break Ruusuvuori. 7 seed Richard Gasquet of France battled past countryman Laurent Lokoli 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (5). 556 Alves, who had five aces and saved five of nine break points in his tour-level debut before the suspension. Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia and Juan Pablo Varillas of Peru were also winners Tuesday before the rain arrived.

☆ Medvedev seeks momentum after returning to top 10 with Rotterdam title
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"It's great, because it's still the beginning of the year," Medvedev, who is now ranked eighth in the world, said. Beating great players, playing great here. "In Adelaide I was playing great but lost to Novak Djokovic. Montpellier champion Sinner looked on course for back-to-back titles after claiming a tight opening set but Medvedev was not to be denied a 16th tour-level crown. "It was a tough match mentally for both of us," Medvedev said.

☆ Bublik smashes three racquets in Montpellier meltdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MONTPELLIER, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A raging Alexander Bublik laid waste to three racquets in a row at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Wednesday as the defending champion exited the ATP 250 event in the first round. Bublik, who was born in Russia but represents Kazakhstan, lost 4-6 7-6(12) 6-7(3) to local hope Gregoire Barrere. World number 50 Bublik saved three match points in a marathon second-set tie-breaker to level the contest and the 25-year-old was leading 4-2 in the third. Barrere wrapped up the match on his sixth match point, while Bublik finished with 14 double faults. Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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