Match Report – Ireland 17 – 13 Scotland

Match Report – Ireland 17 – 13 Scotland

Dan Sheehan and Andrew Porter score tries as Ireland get past Scotland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin to seal a repeat Six Nations title victory; Jack Crowley adds a penalty and both conversions; late Huw Jones try not enough for Scots By Michael Cantillon Last Updated: 16/03/24 7:59pm Ireland are the 2024 Six Nations … Read more

A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France’s lower house. Next stop the Senate

A pioneering bill to slow fast fashion gets approval from France’s lower house. Next stop the Senate

PARIS (AP) — A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the lower house of the French Parliament, making France one of the first countries worldwide to target the influx of low-cost, mass-produced garments predominantly from China. The fashion industry is among the world’s biggest producers of greenhouse … Read more

Romania’s president launches bid for NATO top job against Mark Rutte – POLITICO

Romania’s president launches bid for NATO top job against Mark Rutte – POLITICO

“Russia will remain the most significant and direct threat to the Alliance for the foreseeable future,” he wrote. Iohannis would be the first NATO chief from a country that was once in the Soviet bloc, but he faces an uphill struggle to edge out Rutte. The U.S., Britain, France and Germany — the four biggest … Read more

French government hit with cyberattacks of ‘unprecedented’ intensity – POLITICO

French government hit with cyberattacks of ‘unprecedented’ intensity – POLITICO

Teams mobilized from the interministerial digital affairs department DINUM and France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI continue to fend off the attacks, added the prime minister’s office. It is still unclear who is behind the attacks. Pro-Russian hacker group Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for “a massive cyberattack” on the infrastructure of the French Interministerial Directorate of Digital … Read more

Wales 24 – 45 France

Wales 24 – 45 France

Gael Fickou, Nolann Le Garrec, Georges-Henri Colombe, Romain Taofifenua, Maxime Lucu scored tries as France eventually pulled away from Wales in final quarter to clinch bonus-point Six Nations win at Principality Stadium in Cardiff; Rio Dyer, Tomos Williams, Joe Roberts scored Wales tries By Michael Cantillon Last Updated: 10/03/24 4:53pm Gael Fickou scored one of … Read more

Czech Republic backtracks on finding cash to buy 800,000 shells for Ukraine – POLITICO

Czech Republic backtracks on finding cash to buy 800,000 shells for Ukraine – POLITICO

Prague is leading an initiative to purchase 500,000 155 mm and 300,000 122 mm caliber artillery shells for Kyiv. Overall, 18 countries have agreed to finance the purchases within the Czech-led initiative. While some governments — including from Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands — have announced actual financial commitments, others, such as France and Germany, haven’t provided exact figures. … Read more

Australia’s uniform for 2024 Paris Olympics has a big problem

Australia’s uniform for 2024 Paris Olympics has a big problem

Australians have weighed in on the new Olympics uniform that was unveiled a few months out from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games — and a clear issue has been spotted. The world is counting down to the most-anticipated event of the sporting calendar with the Games due to get underway in France from July 26. … Read more

Australian team uniform reveal, Olympians prepare for Games

Australian team uniform reveal, Olympians prepare for Games

Australia’s top athletes have sported the new national uniform just a few months away from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The world is counting down to the most-anticipated event of the sporting calendar with the Games due to get underway in France from July 26. This latest edition of the green-hand-gold garb was designed in … Read more

Ukraine Allies Line Up Funds for 800,000 Artillery Shells

Ukraine Allies Line Up Funds for 800,000 Artillery Shells

Ukraine’s allies have lined up nearly all the funding required for a Czech-led initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds, according to a government official familiar with the arrangements. The commitments mean that the shells could be delivered to Ukraine in a matter of weeks, according to separate people, who spoke on the … Read more

French lawmakers approve bill to make abortion constitutional right

French lawmakers approve bill to make abortion constitutional right

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy. The historic move was proposed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to prevent the kind of rollback of abortion rights … Read more