IOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for Russians
The International Olympic Committee has pushed back against the mayor of Paris by insisting there are no plans for "a Russian or Belarusian delegationโ at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed.
Valentino gets 'pretty in pink' in bold Paris show
It was โla Vie en Roseโ for Valentino who headlined Sundayโs segment of Paris Fashion Week with a daring co-ed pink collection โ as VIP guests including Lewis Hamilton and Zendaya had to negotiate arrivals during a car-free day in the capitalโs center.
Many world leaders express hope, relief after Biden win
World leaders congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first female vice president. Other leaders who sent congratulations included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. Still, Iraqi President Barham Salih tweeted his congratulations to Biden, describing him as a friend and trusted partner. His rival, Juan Guaido, also thanked Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for their โfirmness and determinationโ in confronting Maduro. Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador, who struck up a cordial working relationship with Trump, also avoided congratulating Joe Biden.
Suspect claims prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings
From the left, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, anti-terrorism state prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard , and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin answer reporters after a knife attack near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Friday Sept. 25, 2020 in Paris. French terrorism authorities are investigating a stabbing of two people outside the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and two suspects have been arrested, authorities said. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)PARIS โ The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, France's counterterrorism prosecutor said Tuesday. The two brothers involved in the 2015 attack targeted Charlie Hebdo because they believed the newspaper blasphemed Islam by publishing the same Muhammad caricatures. Charlie Hebdo lost 12 employees in an al-Qaida attack in 2015 by French-born extremists who had criticized the prophet cartoons.