The Paris agreement is at the heart of the international commitment to tackle rising global temperatures. It came into force on 4 November 2016 and saw almost all the nations of the world agree to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming. However, US President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw from the deal.

This was supposed to be the year that global greenhouse gas emissions reach their peak levels in order to limit warming to 1.5°C.

Chinese ultra fast-fashion giant Shein on Wednesday opened its first-ever physical store inside Paris’s BHV department store. The brand’s rock-bottom prices and opaque supply chains have long been criticised for their environmental and human costs – while a recent scandal over child-sex-themed dolls sold on its website has added to the controversy.

Parisians can win burial spots in the world-famous cemeteries of Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre as part of a monument restoration scheme.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into TikTok over allegations that the platform allows content promoting suicide and that its algorithms may encourage vulnerable young people to take their own lives.

While the pathway amounts to progress since the Paris climate agreement, when temperatures were headed for 4 C of warming, it still is far from enough, the report said. The U.N. reached the grim conclusion that multidecadal temperature increase will surpass 1.5 C for the first time within the next decade.

Retailers Wish and AliExpress are also being investigated in relation to the offence of enabling minors to access pornographic content.

South Africa go into their Test against France in Paris on Saturday with full awareness of what the hosts will be trying to avenge, and forward Lood de Jager says they're preparing for a very 'tough' and 'direct' battle.

The marquee match-up of this Champions League matchday is Bayern Munich’s visit to Pari Saint-Germain (sorry Liverpool and Real Madrid, this is the best game on the docket). Two of Europe’s most powerful squads will square off in what should be a true battle.

On Tuesday night, Bayern Munich will face the greatest threat to their unprecedented 15-game winning streak on the road against the defending Champions League winners, Paris Saint-Germain. Both teams are sitting atop the table in their domestic leagues and will use this to establish their place in the Champions League race.

South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, was found dead outside a Paris hotel at the end of September 2025, after reportedly falling from the 22nd floor. In the weeks that followed, hundreds of clickbait social media posts circulated unfounded conspiracies about Mthethwa’s death.