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French protesters against Covid health curbs, reject passes,vaccine mandate

Some 160,000 people in France protested across the country against a bill requiring everyone to have special virus pass to enter restaurants and mandating Covid vaccinations for all health care worker

Mexico opens Olympics with 4-1 victory over France in soccer

Alexis Vega scored the first of four second-half goals for Mexico in a 4-1 victory over France on Thursday in the men's Olympic soccer tournament. Mexico, which won gold at the 2012 Olympics, had the better chances in the first half but the game was scoreless at the break. Vega scored first in the 47th minute and Sebastian Cordova added a second in the 55th. Andre-Pierre Gignac, who plays for Mexican club Tigres, scored from the penalty spot in the 70th minute to narrow the gap for France, which won the Olympic title in 1984. But Uriel Atuna put Mexico ahead 3-1 in the 80th and Eduardo Aguirre added a goal in stoppage time for El Tri. While the Olympics is for under-23 squads, coaches are able to name three players born after 1997. So teams in Tokyo are dotted with stars, including Florian Thauvin, who won the 2018 World Cup with France and also plays for Tigres. Mexico's team featured goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, a 36-year-old veteran of four World Cups, and Club America teammate .

France requires Covid pass from visitors for Eiffel Tower, tourist venues

Visitors need a special C pass to ride up the Eiffel Tower or visit French museums or movie theaters from Wednesday

France investigates alleged spyware use against dissidents: Report

The prosec­utor's office said on Tuesday that it opened an investigation into a raft of pote­n­tial charges, inclu­ding viola­tion of privacy, illegal use of data and illegally selling spyware

World Coronavirus dispatch: Delta variant accounts for 83% of US cases

UK suffers worst death toll in months, Delta variant accounts for 83 per cent of US cases, Virus spread grows in France

Britain retains mandatory quarantine for vaccinated travellers from France

Britain announced on Friday that it is lifting mitigation measures against the spread of Covid for visitors from France, which should take effect on Monday due to the presence of a beta variant

UK reverses plan to open up travel to France due to Covid-19 variant

British government threw holiday plans of tens of thousands of people into disarray Friday night when it reversed plans to open up travel from France because of concerns about a Covid-19 variant

France urges its citizens to leave Afghanistan amid Taliban offensive

France called on all its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country as the Taliban pressed ahead with a major offensive amid the withdrawal of foreign troops

Google fined $593 mn by French antitrust agency over news content issue

Google ignored a 2020 decision to negotiate in good faith for displaying snippets of articles on its Google News service

France going 'childfree' to control over-population, reverse global warming

French nationals are going 'childfree' in order to control overpopulation and reverse global warming as the world's population exceeds 7.8 billion people

Blacked out

Kanika Datta discusses the hidden racism in the institutions of European football

Best of BS Opinion: Repeal UAPA, bankruptcy process needs a re-look & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

Ex-Madrid captain Sergio Ramos signs 2-year deal with PSG

Obsessed with winning the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain added precious experience to its squad by recruiting former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos on Thursday

Humiliating seizure

Govt should have settled the Cairn case long ago

Point of vulnerability

Rafale controversy reflects a systemic weakness in defence deals

French winemaker halts Bubbly supply after Moscow says champagne is Russian

A new law has sparked controversy and the renowned winemaker Moet-Hennessy said Monday it was suspending champagne shipments to Russia

CPI(M) demands JPC probe into role of govt, PM Modi in Rafale deal

The CPI(M) on Sunday demanded the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the role of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rafale deal

Opposition parties renew demand for a probe into Rafale jet deal

A French judge has been appointed to lead a "highly sensitive" judicial probe into suspected "corruption" and "favouritism" in the Rs 59,000 crore Rafale fighter jet deal with India, a report said

France begins judicial probe into Rafale deal with India: French media

Dassault Aviation has rejected the allegations of corruption, saying no violations were reported in the frame of the contract.

Delta variant accounts for 20% of new cases in France: Health Minister

The highly contagious Covid-19 Delta variant 'now accounts for about 20 per cent of new cases' in France, Health Minister Olivier Veran said