Durant hauls USA men’s basketball past France to fourth straight Olympic gold
Kevin Durant scores 29 points in 87-82 victory over France
France
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France moves to restrict restaurants to those vaccinated or testing negative for COVID-19
More than 20,000 French people a minute booked vaccine appointments in the hours after Emmanuel Macron announced that cafés, restaurants, shopping malls and trains would be out of bounds for unvaccinated customers from next month.
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French far right irked by election results, southern region in play
France’s far right performed worse than predicted in Sunday’s regional elections, exit polls showed, leaving victory in the southern battleground of Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur and a platform for the 2022 presidential election in the balance.
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Paris prepares for new lockdown at midnight
After gambling France could dodge new COVID lockdown, Macron forced to back down.
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AstraZeneca vaccine: Europe divided over suspensions as investigation continues
There has been chaos and confusion in Germany and Italy after their decisions to suspend use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, with vaccination centres closing their doors and appointments being abruptly cancelled.
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Covid-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU countries halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.
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Sarkozy: Former French president sentenced to jail for corruption
Sarkozy found guilty of corruption and influence peddling but is unlikely to spend time in prison
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Macron defends decision not to order third lockdown as third wave spreads
President Emmanuel Macron defended his decision to hold off on a third lockdown on Saturday, telling the public he had faith in their ability to rein in COVID-19 with less severe curbs even as a third wave spreads and the vaccine rollout falters.
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