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Blond vs pink: French-Swiss battle for 'fourth' chocolate: A fourth chocolate -- "blond" -- has been slowly making inroads into French confectionary ...
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Blond vs pink: French-Swiss battle for 'fourth' chocolate
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Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time itself
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Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time ...
Quick Glance: Earth Spinning Faster: Time Could Lose a Second
  • A faster spinning Earth could cause the world to lose a second, changing the future.

  • Melting ice at the poles has delayed the Earth's faster rotation.

  • The study discusses the transition from atomic to astronomical time and technological challenges with leap seconds.

  • Despite difficulties with leap seconds, changes in time management are planned from the 2030s onwards.
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Olympic flame to burn in front of Louvre museum during Paris 2024 Games: The Olympic flame is set to burn in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Louvre museum ...
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Olympic flame to burn in front of Louvre museum during Paris 2024 Games
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Bulldogs are prone to health problems. New Hampshire could limit their breeding: French bulldogs have soared in popularity, but they and other short-nosed dogs ...
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Bulldogs are prone to health problems. New Hampshire could limit their ...
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France studies a bill against hair discrimination | Africanews: “It's about time ,” exclaims Estelle Vallois , a 43-year-old consultant who gets her short ...
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France studies a bill against hair discrimination | Africanews
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French school principal’s resignation over headscarf death threats sparks uproar: French politicians from across the political spectrum Wednesday denounced what ...
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French school principal’s resignation over headscarf death threats sparks ...
Quick Glance: Resignation Following Headscarf Incident: Politicians Condemn 'Islamist' Attack on Education
  • After an incident involving a student where a headmaster faced death threats, he resigned from his position at a high school and college in eastern Paris.

  • Secularism and religion are contentious topics in France, leading to deep tensions in the country.

  • Politicians from various political spectrums expressed shock over the resignation, labeling the incident as a collective failure.

  • A 26-year-old man has been arrested for making death threats against the principal on the internet and is set to stand trial in April.
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Marine Le Pen to go on trial in September for embezzling EU funds: Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, her father and their party Rassemblement National ...
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Marine Le Pen to go on trial in September for embezzling EU funds
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Bad food but good culture: What the French really think of the UK: They might not love British cuisine but the UK remains a very popular destination for French ...
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Bad food but good culture: What the French really think of the UK
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'Disturbing': Rough sleepers removed from Paris ahead of Olympics : Hundreds of migrants and rough sleepers have been relocated from Paris to regional ...
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'Disturbing': Rough sleepers removed from Paris ahead of ...
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Haiti: France evacuates French and EU citizens: More than 1,000 French nationals reside in Haiti, many of whom hold dual citizenship. Haiti faces a security and ...
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Haiti: France evacuates French and EU citizens
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Americans in France: Changes for motorists and French tax breaks: From changes to French driving laws to tax guides and how the French celebrate Easter ...
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Americans in France: Changes for motorists and French tax breaks
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Parisians get ready to leave city with rental cash in pocket: Like many Parisians, Martin Cassan will be heading the other way when the tidal wave of Olympics ...
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Parisians get ready to leave city with rental cash in pocket
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PODCAST: Is France heading for a Greek-style debt crisis and the most beautiful French train journeys
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PODCAST: Is France heading for a Greek-style debt crisis and the most ...
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School principal resigns after receiving death threats in hijab row: French politicians from across the spectrum Wednesday expressed dismay over the resignation ...
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School principal resigns after receiving death threats in hijab row
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UAE: Missing French teenage girl found in desert, father confirms - News | Khaleej Times
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UAE: Missing French teenage girl found in desert, father confirms - News | ...
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Climate disasters cost French insurers €6.5bn in 'worrying uptick': Climate disasters in France cost insurers €6.5 billion in 2023 – a worrying increase in ...
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Climate disasters cost French insurers €6.5bn in 'worrying uptick'
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DHL Aviation renews warehouse handling contract with WFS in France: DHL Aviation has recently extended its partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in ...
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DHL Aviation renews warehouse handling contract with WFS in France
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Maria Leitner: What happened to Maria?: Maria Leitner was one of the best reporters in the German language of her time. In 1941 she disappeared without a trace ...
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Maria Leitner: What happened to Maria?
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The Netflix series "Crooks" with Frederick Lau is the better "4 Blocks": In "Crooks", the theft of a coin from the Bode Museum becomes the prelude to a ...
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The Netflix series
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France football boss Deschamps calls on players to keep calm ahead of Chile game: France football coach Didier Deschamps urged his squad to maintain their ...
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France football boss Deschamps calls on players to keep calm ahead of ...
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Budget deficit: France's government has a financing problem: The French budget deficit is significantly higher than expected. Domestic political pressure on ...
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Budget deficit: France's government has a financing problem
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Sir Russell takes a rough ride on an ocean of obstacles: Opinion: The SailGP boss is dogged by extremes and red tape but overlooks how caring for dolphins aligns ...
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Sir Russell takes a rough ride on an ocean of obstacles
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‘Nobody can hold a candle to it’: David Attenborough backs BBC’s nature shows: Presenter, whose series Mammals airs on Sunday, says broadcaster has changed ...
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‘Nobody can hold a candle to it’: David Attenborough backs BBC’s nature ...
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French and Italian wines set to lose out to British vineyards, claims study: English wines could benefit at the expense of French and Italian vines as climate ...
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French and Italian wines set to lose out to British vineyards ...
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President hosts dinner for Clinton, French Foreign Minister: President Irfaan Ali hosted dinner for former US President Bill Clinton, the French Minister of the ...
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President hosts dinner for Clinton, French Foreign Minister
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Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William 'extremely moved' by support since her cancer reveal
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Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William 'extremely moved' by support ...
Quick Glance: British Royal Family Left with Only 9 Working Members
  • Kate Middleton and King Charles have announced cancer treatments and temporarily stepped back from royal duties.

  • The royal family now consists mainly of older members who are taking on responsibilities.

  • Prince William is supporting his wife and taking on duties while King Charles and others are absent.

  • The royal family is in a vulnerable position, relying on few working members who are mostly in their 70s and 80s.
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What are the 10 most popular French regional words you need to know?: Here are the most frequently used regional terms that you won’t have learned in French ...
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What are the 10 most popular French regional words you need to know?
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Laurent de Brunhoff, artist who made Babar the elephant famous, dies at 98: He popularized a character imagined by his mother and drawn by his father when he was ...
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Laurent de Brunhoff, artist who made Babar the elephant famous, dies at 98
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What changes in France in April 2024: From a day off from work and practical jokes to extended café terraces, plus changes for motorists and spring festivals to ...
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What changes in France in April 2024
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An Irishwoman in Marrakesh: ‘Many Moroccans are obsessed by Riverdance’: Down woman set up travel company Boutique Souk, then moved to Marrakesh and ...
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An Irishwoman in Marrakesh: ‘Many Moroccans are obsessed by Riverdance’
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A portrait of the past: What is the Archaeological Atlas of France?: 50,000 archaeological sites in France - from prehistory to the present day - have been ...
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A portrait of the past: What is the Archaeological Atlas of France?
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la latche: This French expression probably won't come up in your English-French dictionary.
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la latche
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France launches several anti-drug raids across country in major crackdown ahead of elections
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France launches several anti-drug raids across country in major crackdown ...
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Hurry up and wait: Servers speed-walk through Paris, reviving a century-old race: Some 200 servers speed-walked through Paris balancing trays of beverages and ...
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Hurry up and wait: Servers speed-walk through Paris, reviving a ...
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Isabelle Huppert: ‘I was never the woman behind the man… the only place I could take was the main place’
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Isabelle Huppert: ‘I was never the woman behind the man… the only place I ...
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Japanese chocolatier conquers Belgium: When Yasushi Sasaki moved from Japan to Belgium at the age of 19, he spoke not a word of French and had no clue what he ...
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Japanese chocolatier conquers Belgium
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ATP: Hamburg tournament directly before the French Open from 2025: The ATP Tour 500 tournament in Hamburg will move up a few weeks in the tennis calendar again ...
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ATP: Hamburg tournament directly before the French Open from 2025
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France to charter evacuation flights for citizens stranded in Haiti: France will provide special flights for its "most vulnerable" citizens to leave Haiti ...
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France to charter evacuation flights for citizens stranded in Haiti
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la banane: This usually has nothing to do with fruit.
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French Expression of the Day: Avoir la banane
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Michael Feinstein doesn't hide his Jewish pride - feature: To some audience members, Michael Feinstein's Jewish pride was startling ...
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Michael Feinstein doesn't hide his Jewish pride - feature