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New York Times World News
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In France, American Universities Lose Their Allure in the Trump Era
Worries about visas, academic freedom and safety are making foreign schools, like Sciences Po in Paris, more attractive to some students than the Ivy League.
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El País in English
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Frustration in Los Angeles over Olympic Games tickets: Soaring prices, steep fees and instant sellouts
No matter how athletic you are — active or just a couch potato — the Olympic Games are one of those once-in-a-lifetime events. So, the residents of Los Angeles were thrilled when, in late 2025, they learned they would have priority access to a ticket sale for their third Games, the 2028 Summer Olympics. Registration began in early January, after zip code verification. They had to wait until the end of March, when the purchase period would open. Well, the wait is over. And so is the hope.Seguir l
Frustration in Los Angeles over Olympic Games tickets: Soaring prices, steep fees and instant sellouts
No matter how athletic you are — active or just a couch potato — the Olympic Games are one of those once-in-a-lifetime events. So, the residents of Los Angeles were thrilled when, in late 2025, they learned they would have priority access to a ticket sale for their third Games, the 2028 Summer Olympics. Registration began in early January, after zip code verification. They had to wait until the end of March, when the purchase period would open. Well, the wait is over. And so is the hope.

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The Guardian World news
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‘Hairdryer or lighter?’: French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets
Forecasting service raises alarm over data from Paris airport used to settle Polymarket wagers on temperatureFrench police are investigating alleged tampering with national weather forecasting service equipment after a series of unusual temperature readings coincided with suspicious winning bets made on Polymarket.Data from a Météo-France weather station at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport was used to settle bets between online gamblers on what the temperature would be in Paris for March and th
‘Hairdryer or lighter?’: French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets
Forecasting service raises alarm over data from Paris airport used to settle Polymarket wagers on temperature
French police are investigating alleged tampering with national weather forecasting service equipment after a series of unusual temperature readings coincided with suspicious winning bets made on Polymarket.
Data from a Météo-France weather station at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport was used to settle bets between online gamblers on what the temperature would be in Paris for March and the first weeks of April.
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© Photograph: Éric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Éric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images
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Hollywood Reporter
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Naomi Watts to Play Ballet Legend Margot Fonteyn in ‘Margot & Rudi’
WestEnd handles sales on the romantic drama from 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris' director Anthony Fabian, which looks at the star's Swinging Sixties pairing with Rudolf Nureyev and will be introduced at Cannes.