Tag: paris
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FIBA opens road to Paris 2024
MIES, Switzerland, April 18 (Xinhua) — The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) will organize Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments this year to open the road for 40 teams to earn tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the world basketball governing body announced here on Tuesday. 12 highest-ranked teams that did not qualify for the Second Round of…
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Paris suburb grants paid menstrual leave in a first for France
The town of Saint-Ouen on the northern edge of Paris has become the first French municipality to grant paid medical leave to female staff suffering from period pain, hoping to “break a taboo” on the subject and inspire similar moves at the national level. The scheme, which came into force on March 27, allows the…