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US model Bella Hadid presents a creation for the Victoria Beckham Spring-Summer 2023 fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on 30 September, 2022.

Victoria Beckham makes star-studded debut in Paris

The former Spice Girl, 48, who has been away from the catwalk for two years, is hoping that joining the most prestigious date in the fashion calendar can help pull her business out of debt

A model presents a creation for Weinsanto Sping-Summer 2023 fashion show during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, on 26 September, 2022.

'Madness and humour' as Paris Fashion Week opens with Gaultier protege

As is traditional, the first day focused on young designers, and the opening show of womenswear spring-summer 2023 was that of 28-year-old Victor Weinsanto, a former dancer who studied under Gaultier ...

In this file photo taken on 17 February, 2019 British designer Victoria Beckham acknowledges the crowd during her 2019 Autumn / Winter collection catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London. After New York and London, Victoria Beckham created excitement by joining Paris Fashion Week, the most important fashion event of the year which begins on 26 September, 2022.

Victoria Beckham spices up Paris Fashion Week

The 48-year-old Brit joins 104 labels in the official line-up for the pret-a-porter spring-summer shows in Paris, the most commercially important week of the fashion calendar

France's forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Nations League, League A Group 1 football match between France and Austria at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on 22 September, 2022

France back on track as Netherlands close in on Nations League final

Mbappe showcased his phenomenal pace and strength on the way before finishing emphatically to put the hosts ahead in the 56th minute at the Stade de France

The Ballon d`Or trophy is displayed during a press conference to present the new Ballon d`Or trophy, on the outskirts of Paris, on 19 September, 2019

Ballon d'Or adds Socrates award for players who tackle social issues

The Ballon d'Or organisers said on Wednesday they are adding a humanitarian prize to this year's ceremony named for Socrates the elegant Brazil midfielder, who also held a medical degree

The "Pacific Egret", a purpose-built ship belonging to the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) nuclear materials shipping company, loaded with radioactive Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX), departs under military escort from the harbour of Cherbourg-Octeville, northwestern France on 17 September, 2022

France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan

Two ships carrying reprocessed nuclear fuel destined for Japan set sail Saturday morning from northern France, an AFP photographer said, despite criticism from environmental campaigners

Swiss director Jean Luc Godard (R) smiles as he stands with actress Cecile Camp (L) for their film ‘Eloge de L’Amour’ at the 54th International Cannes Film Festival, on 15 May, 2001

Swiss village mourns loss of ‘kind bear’ Godard

The French film legend had lived in the tiny village of just over 6,000 people on the shores of Lake Geneva for decades

Franco-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard

Leading New Wave film director Jean-Luc Godard dies aged 91

Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France's New Wave cinema who pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades after his 1960s heyday, died on Tuesday aged 91, ...

This photograph taken on 23 August, 2022, shows boarding pontoons on the Serre-Poncon lake in Ubaye Serre-Ponçon, in the French Alps as water levels decreased 14 meters due to the drought

Europe faces strongest drought over last 500 years: Researchers

Europe is probably facing the most severe drought over the last 500 years, the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission said on Tuesday

Cracked and dry earth is seen on the banks of Le Broc lake, as a historical drought hits France, 5 August, 2022.

Temperatures rise as France tackles its worst drought on record

French prime minister Elisabeth Borne's office has set up a crisis team to tackle a drought that has forced scores of villages to rely on water deliveries by truck

France's Paul Pogba holds the trophy as he celebrates winning the World Cup

Pogba decides against knee surgery to keep World Cup hopes alive

The Juventus midfielder damaged his meniscus in one of his first training sessions with his new club late last month while they were on tour in Los Angeles

People watch as smoke rises from a wildfire in Venda do Pinheiro in Mafra, Portugal, on 31 July 2022

Portugal, France battle big forest fires as mercury soars

Residents tried to slow the advance of the flames by hosing their gardens, as the flames also swept through neighbouring forests, according to television images

Ananta Group receives USD13.8m loan from French lender Proparco

Ananta Group receives USD13.8m loan from French lender Proparco

Proparco has given Ananta Huaxiang Limited, a subsidiary of Ananta Group, USD 13.8 million in a loan to for expansion of production facilities.

This picture taken on 26 July, 2022, shows flames raise during a forest fire near Gignac, southern France, as the country endures a dry summer with wildfires destroying numerous forests across France

France struggles with drought over punishing summer of heat

From farmers to fishermen, boat owners to ordinary households, communities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water ...

Liz Truss

UK's Truss urges French action as Dover delays snarl British summer getaway

British foreign secretary Liz Truss on Friday urged Paris to act to ease "unacceptable" delays at the English Channel port Dover, where officials blamed French border force understaffing for ...

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