Air France-KLM Q2 2025 results: Strong profit growth, solid outlook, and sustainability progress

Air France-KLM reported a strong performance for Q2 2025, driven by higher revenue, improved margins, and ongoing fleet renewal efforts. Key Financial Highlights Revenue: €8.4 billion (+6.2% YoY) Operating result: €736 million, up €223 million YoY...

Cycling-Local hero Squiban aces mountain test to win Tour de France Femmes stage six

(Reuters) -Frenchwoman Maeva Squiban made a solo ride to the finish line with a perfectly-timed attack on the final climb to win the mountainous stage six of the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday. Squiban of UAE Team ADQ finished one minute and...

Ben Healy wins Tour de France criterium twice after finish line celebration blunder – Video

Ben Healy won the post-Tour de France criterium in Lisieux twice on Tuesday night, accidentally revealing the playful and pre-established 'narrative' of the post-Tour exhibition events. Healy was the big-name star of the Lisieux crit in Normandy...

'We have nothing to lose' – Down to four riders, aggressive racing saves UAE Team ADQ's Tour de France Femmes

Earlier this week, UAE Team ADQ's Tour de France Femmes campaign looked to have hit a roadblock after the illness and withdrawal of team leader and GC hope Elisa Longo Borghini. However, three days and countless attacks later, the four remaining...

Gigante on the radar, Niewiadoma-Phinney gets an edge, Vollering and Ferrand-Prévot conserve – Revealing movements on first Tour de France Femmes mountain day

Stage 6 may have been the first time the Tour de France Femmes of 2025 ventured out on a day with the mountains label, but it turned out to be more a testing of the general classification waters and a scene-setter rather than an explosion of the...

After UK, France, Canada set to recognise Palestinian State

New Delhi, Jul 31: Canada has announced plans to formally recognise a Palestinian state in September, joining the United Kingdom and France in a growing international push for a two-state solution amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Prime Minister...

Bonus seconds launch Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney onto Tour de France Femmes GC podium in first mountain test

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes winner, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), wears the bib number 1 and has the clear goal of winning the race again, with stage 6 bringing the first real mountain test for the overall contenders. The...

Sixth stage: Squiban solos to Tour de France stage win, Le Court maintains lead

Maeva Squiban secured a home win on the sixth stage of the women's Tour de France on Thursday, as history-maker Kim Le Court held on to her overnight lead. Frenchwoman Squiban broke free from the chasing pack with 30km to go and soloed home to...

Tour de France Femmes stage 6: Maëva Squiban takes biggest victory of career with 32km solo attack

Maëva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) won stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes after a 32km solo move. The 23-year-old from Brest, the start town of stage 2, attacked on the Col du Chansert and was let go as she was no danger in the general classification,...

Evotec offloads France biosimilars plant to Sandoz for $300M

Evotec has inked a deal to sell its biologics manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France, to generics giant Sandoz for around $300 million. The transaction advances Evotec's plan to forge an "asset-lighter and capital-efficient" model for its...

'Defence isn't fun, for spectators or him' – Tadej Pogačar's need to protect big lead took shine off Tour de France in final week, says UAE sports manager

Tadej Pogačar's team sports manager has given insight into why the Slovenian raced defensively in the final week of the Tour de France, describing it as neither fun for him nor for the spectators. In a marked contrast to the world champion's...

'The Tour is still long' - Demi Vollering drops out of top three at the Tour de France Femmes

For a rider who had just fallen off the provisional podium at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Demi Vollering cut a relaxed figure after stage six. Beyond the finish line in Ambert, the Dutchwoman reached for a fan’s bottle, and signed it...

CEPR renews funding agreement with the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research

CEPR is delighted to announce that we have renewed our agreement with the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research until 2029. It enables CEPR to carry out a range of activities aimed at supporting and promoting post-graduate economics...

Women's Tour de France: Squiban’s perfect attack earns home favourite stage six win

Maëva Squiban from Brittany won stage six of the Tour de France Femmes after a 32km breakaway through the forestclimbs of the Livradois-Forez national park to Ambert. The 23-year-old held off the pursuing peloton of favourites on the final climb...

As it happened: French one-two in first mountain test at Tour de France Femmes 2025

Refresh Get notified of updates 2025-07-31T16:34:28.515Z Tomorrow's stage is the third longest of the race at 159.7km long. There are three categorised climbs which all come in the final 60km of the stage. The day starts in Bourg-en-Bresse with a...

Quran Burning in France Punished with One Year in Prison

On the night of June 2nd, Lionel M., aged 27, stole a Quran and burned it in front of the Errahma mosque in Villeurbanne, in the suburbs of Lyon. He has now been sentenced to twelve months in prison and banned from entering the municipality of...

Canada Joins France and UK in Saying It Will Recognize Palestinian State

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, flanked by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2025. (Dave Chan / AFP via Getty Images) Philissa...

UK, France and Canada recognising the state of Palestine has serious implications

The UK, France and Canada have drawn a line in the sand and are saying in concert that they will recognise Palestinian statehood in September. Now, unlike in the past, none of these countries really has the power to redraw borders or create new...

Tour de France Femmes 2025 - PM Highlights - Stage 6

Tour de France Femmes 2025 - AM Highlights - Stage 5