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How French jewellery house Chaumet designed the Olympic medals

Benoit Verhulle is the 13th head of workshop at Chaumet, the prestigious French luxury jewellery house, where he manages a team of 26 people. Chaumet designed the unique medals that were given to athletes during the Paris Olympics.

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France sends firefighters to help Greece battle blaze raging near Athens

France is sending firefighters to help Greece tame a massive wildfire burning through the northern suburbs of Athens. The move comes after Greece asked for help from the European Union.

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Significant drop in visitors to Louvre, Orsay museums during Paris Olympics

The Louvre, the world’s largest museum, and the Orsay, home to France's collection of impressionist art, saw clear drops in the number of visitors during the Games. While expected, given the focus on sport during the Games, the museums hope their autumn exhibitions will make up for the shortfall.

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French charities to redistribute 60 tonnes of food collected during Games

In the two weeks of the Olympic Games, organisers recovered nearly 60 tonnes of food, which they will redistribute to those in need via several charities.

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Paris Olympic fortnight sets high standard for future Games

It might be time to get existential. The Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which ended on Sunday night in a lavish closing ceremony, screamed chronicle of a stress foretold. But 16 medal-winning summer days and nights for French athletes brought a new vision of success, both at home and abroad.

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Deadly floods in Sudan displace thousands, hinder aid delivery

The United Nations refugee agency said that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing hunger and famine, including to a camp in North Darfur for those who have fled ongoing fighting.

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US elections: Who are the running mates for the key candidates?

The United States is gearing up for presidential elections in November and campaign rallies are in full swing. The Republican contender, former leader Donald Trump, has chosen J.D. Vance as his vice-presidential running mate, while Democratic candidate and current Vice-President Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz. RFI takes a closer…

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France, Germany, Britain call for Gaza ceasefire 'without delay'

The leaders of France, Germany and Britain said Monday that "there can be no further delay" in negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza, warning Iran and its allies against any "further escalation" of the conflict.

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Tour de France women's race gets underway in the Netherlands

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes starts this Monday from Rotterdam with a 123 km race to the Hague in the first stage. A pile-up upset the peloton a third of the way into the race, but all riders managed to get back up in the saddle.

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Tanzania arrests top opposition figure Lissu in mass round-up

Tanzanian police have detained leading opposition Chadema party figures including former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, and rounded up several hundred youth supporters, a Chadema official said on Monday.

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Broad powers given to Comoros leader’s son fuels fears of dynastic control

Comoros President Azali Assoumani's recent decision to grant new powers to his son has raised concerns among critics, who view it as a step toward entrenching the family's control over the small African island nation.

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Food and drinks for thought as Olympics show heads out of Paris to Los Angeles

On an unprepossessing street corner in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, the 2024 Olympics came to an end via a giant TV screen for around 30 people inside Le Mondial brasserie and 20 others listening and occasionally looking in from the chairs outside. Some 10 kilometres to the north in…

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Paris throws star-powered finale to bring down Olympic curtain

The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics took place on Sunday at a packed Stade de France, bringing the curtain down on a Games widely regarded as one of the most successful in history.

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France delivers Macron's wish securing best Olympic medal tally in a century

President Emmanuel Macron had set the bar high by calling for 50 to 60 French medals at the Paris Olympics and Les Bleus duly delivered, reeling in the country's biggest medal haul since 1900, as the Games came to an end on Sunday.

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USA fend off France for women's Olympic basketball gold

The United States held off France 67-66 to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games.

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Race to retain the Olympic cauldron begins as Paris Games come to an end

The Olympic cauldron rising over Paris beneath a huge balloon each night has become such a popular sight that it may become a permanent fixture in the City of Light.

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Cultural treasures in Africa and French Polynesia join Unesco heritage list

The World Heritage Committee has this month inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties to Unesco's World Heritage List, including five in Africa and one in French Polynesia.

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Five things we learned on Day 15 - Sweet 16

Et voilà. At the end of a Mexican wave at the Grand Palais, France had its 16th gold medal and Althéa Laurin had hers in taekwondo - France's first in the sport. Cue La Marseillaise.

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French cinemas record their best July ticket sales in over a decade

French cinema theatres have enjoyed an historic start to the summer, with box office figures boosted in particular by films such as The Count of Monte Cristo – released on 28 June – which attracted a total of 5.6 million spectators, including more than 4 million in July alone.

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Hollywood ending for Paris Olympics as LA enters the spotlight

Hollywood will help script a glittering ending to the Paris Olympics on Sunday with 14 gold medals to be decided before the French capital hands over the reins to 2028 hosts Los Angeles.

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French 'kleptomaniac' gets suspended sentence for massive wine theft

An employee of a Burgundy wine company has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence in Dijon for stealing thousands of bottles of wine worth more than €600,000. The man's lawyer said her client suffered from "kleptomania" and had not made any money from the theft.

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Laurin lifts France's first Olympic crown in taekwondo to take gold count to 16

Taekwondoist Althéa Laurin claimed the women's +67kg crown on Saturday night to give France its first gold medal in the sport and the country's delegation a record haul of Olympic titles.

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France 'happy' and 'united' in success as Paris Olympics draw to an end

As the 2024 Paris Olympics wind down ahead of Sunday's closing ceremony, organisers have celebrated the country as being 'united' and 'happy' during the widely hailed two-week sports extravaganza amid doubts about how long the feel-good mood will last.

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Sudanese delegation meets US mediators ahead of peace talks in Geneva

A Sudanese delegation has arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks with US mediators on conditions for the government's participation in ceasefire negotiations in Geneva next week.

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France warns against influx of Japanese beetles that can decimate ecosystems

A number of French departements across the east of the country have warned against the risk of an invasion of the highly destructive Japanese beetle following the detection of several outbreaks of the pest in Switzerland.

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