The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into TikTok over allegations that the platform allows content promoting suicide and that its algorithms may encourage vulnerable young people to take their own lives.

Parisians can win burial spots in the world-famous cemeteries of Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre as part of a monument restoration scheme.

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.

This was supposed to be the year that global greenhouse gas emissions reach their peak levels in order to limit warming to 1.5°C.

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

While the pathway amounts to progress since the Paris climate agreement, when temperatures were headed for 4 C of warming, it still is far from enough, the report said. The U.N. reached the grim conclusion that multidecadal temperature increase will surpass 1.5 C for the first time within the next decade.

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.

Taliah Scott scored 12 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter to lead No. 16 Baylor past No. 7 Duke 58-52 in the women’s college basketball season opener in Paris.

The Paris agreement is at the heart of the international commitment to tackle rising global temperatures. It came into force on 4 November 2016 and saw almost all the nations of the world agree to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming. However, US President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw from the deal.