‘I promised to come to your forest’:Macron honours tribal chief,reveals $1.6b plan to protect the Amazon

‘I promised to come to your forest’:Macron honours tribal chief,reveals $1.6b plan to protect the Amazon

The French and Brazilian governments have launched a four-year plan to protect the Amazon rainforest,in the process reviving their bilateral relationship.

  • byMauricio Savarese andSylvie Corbet

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French actor Juliette Binoche talks about turning 60,and starring in a new TV series and a movie – one of them with her ex-partner Benoît Magimel.

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‘It was never going to be a problem for me’:Juliette Binoche on acting with her ex

‘It was never going to be a problem for me’:Juliette Binoche on acting with her ex

In The Taste of Things,the French star’s former partner Benoît Magimel appears as a renowned 19th-century gourmet. She plays his live-in cook and sometime paramour.

  • byRobbie Collin
IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from Olympics ceremony in Paris

IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from Olympics ceremony in Paris

Athletes who were approved to compete at the Olympics under a neutral flag can only “experience the event” – likely watching from near the river.

  • byGraham Dunbar
This view of the Eiffel Tower for $1000 a month:How Paris is solving its housing crisis

This view of the Eiffel Tower for $1000 a month:How Paris is solving its housing crisis

Despite facing the same pressures as other global cities,Paris has a deliberate strategy to retain its poorer citizens – and it spends a lot of money doing so.

  • byThomas Fuller
How a gigantic,mechanical elephant help revitalise a struggling city

How a gigantic,mechanical elephant help revitalise a struggling city

It is enormous at 18 metres tall and 48 tonnes,with dozens of human passengers riding on its head,shoulders and flanks.

  • byNick Place
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This grand,800-year-old hotel overlooks one of the most beautiful cities in France

This grand,800-year-old hotel overlooks one of the most beautiful cities in France

With so many centuries of history seeped into its walls,it’s practically a portal to the Middle Ages.

  • byKristie Kellahan
Nobel laureates,Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up

Nobel laureates,Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up

More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  • byHelen Pitt
Olympic organisers draw up plan B for Paris opening ceremony amid terror attack fears

Olympic organisers draw up plan B for Paris opening ceremony amid terror attack fears

The French government,the City of Paris,and the 2024 organising committee remain determined to stage the ceremony on the Seine – but security agencies aren’t so sure.

  • byRob Harris
This hike from one perched village to another is tough (but worth it)

This hike from one perched village to another is tough (but worth it)

A five-day hike around Mont Ventoux,the southern France mountain that strikes fear into the hearts of Tour de France cyclists every few years,is equally confronting and rewarding.

  • byJimmy Thomson
France puts right to abortion in its Constitution,a world first

France puts right to abortion in its Constitution,a world first

France has become the first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its Constitution,a move welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.

  • byStephanie Lecocq andGonzalo Fuentes