Russian and Belarusian athletes who have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics will be allowed to participate as neutrals, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed. The conditions of their inclusion include competing without flags, emblems or anthems of their country. Athletes from those nations were banned following Russia’s invasion of […]
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Russian athletes could only compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics – which took place prior to the invasion of Ukraine – as Team ROC because of a ban on Russia over doping violations Olympic sports federations have asked the International Olympic Committee to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete […]
The Iranian Islamist who killed a German-Filipino tourist and attacked two others, including a British father, near the Eiffel Tower has been unmasked. Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, 26, is a convicted terrorist who has been arrested for allegedly starting a bloody rampage in Paris on Saturday night, using a kitchen knife and […]
Embattled billionaire Elon Musk picked a fight with Paris Hilton on Sunday – days after the celebrity influencer’s company pulled an ad campaign from X amid an uproar over antisemitic content on the app. Hilton’s 11:11 Media followed several major companies, including IBM and Apple, pulling ad campaigns from X […]
A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near the Eiffel Tower shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday. The suspect was then Tasered by police and […]
The Englishman was later described as stable affter he was rushed to hospital. Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for planning a violent offence. After his arrest, he expressed anguish about Muslims dying, notably in Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, and […]
A tourist has been stabbed to death while a British man is reportedly among two others badly injured after a knifeman screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ launched a frenzied attack in central Paris last night. The suspect, identified by local media as Armand R., attacked any passersby he saw while shouting ‘Allahu […]
One person was killed and two others injured after a man attacked tourists in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, the French interior minister said on Saturday. Police quickly arrested the 26-year-old man, a French national, using a Taser stun gun, Gérald Darmanin told reporters. The suspect was on the […]