Retailers Wish and AliExpress are also being investigated in relation to the offence of enabling minors to access pornographic content.

Instead of a cash prize, entrants can instead win the chance to be buried in one of the French capital’s most celebrated cemeteries.

Protesters bearing "Shame on Shein" placards gathered outside a Paris department store on Wednesday, hours before the opening of the online fast-fashion retailer's first ever permanent shop amid fierce criticism of its low-cost business model.

French authorities have warned they may block access to Shein after it emerged that the online fast fashion giant had been selling sex dolls with a childlike appearance.

South Africa go into their Test against France in Paris on Saturday with full awareness of what the hosts will be trying to avenge, and forward Lood de Jager says they're preparing for a very 'tough' and 'direct' battle.

Online retail platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated in France over alleged dissemination of contents including child pornography on their marketplaces, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.

South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, was found dead outside a Paris hotel at the end of September 2025, after reportedly falling from the 22nd floor. In the weeks that followed, hundreds of clickbait social media posts circulated unfounded conspiracies about Mthethwa’s death.

November 13, 2015 was supposed to be about the friendly match between Germany and France - until several explosives detonated at the stadium. The new Sky documentary 'The Night of Paris: Terror at Stade de France' explores the exceptional situation from back then.