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Paris and Los Angeles tussle for 2024 Olympics after Budapest’s withdrawalBudapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been withdrawn according to a government spokesman.
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Police raid French parliament in François Fillon investigationSearch carried out as part of ‘Penelopegate’ inquiry into allegation that presidential candidate paid wife for work she did not do
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Tate Modern to host 'once in a lifetime' Picasso exhibitionLandmark show will focus on ‘year of wonders’ 1932, at height of painter’s affair with young lover Marie-Thérèse Walter
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Paris tries something different in the fight against smogWorld Pollutionwatch Under a new French scheme cars are labelled according to the pollution that they emit. This allows the worst offenders to be banned when necessary
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Passport to Paris? City rolls out red carpets to arrivals from Brexit LondonIn Europe’s major capitals, the race is on to scoop up the windfall from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, and Paris is actively showering Brexit-wary businesses in London with promises to lure them across the Channel
From the Guardian archive Christian Dior, the rising star of French fashion – archive, 1947