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Missing for 80 years, Holocaust victim's artwork is finally returning to Paris: Works by the early 20th-century Jewish artist Ary Arcadie Lochakov are being sent ...
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Missing for 80 years, Holocaust victim's artwork is finally returning to ...
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Waiters race for glory as Paris revives century-old tradition: Some 200 aproned competitors will take their places on the starting blocks Sunday for a tradition ...
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Waiters race for glory as Paris revives century-old tradition
Quick Glance: Parisian Waiter Race Before Olympic Games
  • Paris revives 110-year-old waiter race ahead of the Olympic Games.

  • Waiters and waitresses serve as crucial ambassadors for the French hospitality sector.

  • The race signifies Paris' readiness for the upcoming Olympics.

  • Highlighting the significance of cafes and restaurants in Parisian life.
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France will help Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, Macron says: President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that France would help Brazil develop nuclear ...
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France will help Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, Macron says
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Blinken and Macron to discuss Ukraine support and Gaza war in Paris talks: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss support for Ukraine during talks in ...
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Blinken and Macron to discuss Ukraine support and Gaza war in Paris talks
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Will Paris really host the first gender-equal Games?: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it had achieved full gender parity for the first time ...
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Will Paris really host the first gender-equal Games?
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Paris museum takes visitors back 150 years to Impressionism's birth: The Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism from Tuesday with an ...
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Paris museum takes visitors back 150 years to Impressionism's birth
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France raises terror alert level after Moscow attack claimed by IS group: France’s government increased its security alert warning to the highest level Sunday ...
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France raises terror alert level after Moscow attack claimed by IS group
Quick Glance: France Increases Terror Alert After Deadly Attack in Russia
  • France's government increased its security alert posture to the highest level on Sunday after the deadly attack at a Russian concert hall and Islamic State's claim of responsibility.

  • President Emmanuel Macron held an emergency security meeting after Friday's attack in a Moscow suburb killed over 130 people and was claimed by an Islamic State affiliate.

  • France was already on high security alert ahead of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics this year, expected to draw millions of visitors. Security concerns are notably high for the opening ceremony on July 26, with boats on the Seine River and large crowds watching from the embankments.

  • The country has been previously targeted by deadly Islamic State attacks, such as the Bataclan theatre massacre in 2015 where extremists shot concertgoers and held hostages for hours. French forces have also taken action against extremists in other regions.
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Notre-Dame rebuild 'meeting deadline and budget': Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral, ravaged by fire in 2019, is on track to re-open on time on December 8th ...
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Notre-Dame rebuild 'meeting deadline and budget'
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Comment: France threatens to become a risk for Europe: The French deficit for 2023 is 5.5 percent, well above estimates. Now President Macron's lax budget policy ...
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Comment: France threatens to become a risk for Europe
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Paris houseboats pump sewage onshore to help Olympic swimmers: As Paris races to clean up the River Seine for the Olympics, houseboat owner Stephane Bachot is ...
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Paris houseboats pump sewage onshore to help Olympic swimmers
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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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Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris apartment sells for $10.8 million: A Paris apartment owned by the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has sold for €10 ...
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Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris apartment sells for $10.8 million
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Moscow attack raise fresh concerns for Paris Olympics: The attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people has raised fresh security fears for ...
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Moscow attack raise fresh concerns for Paris Olympics
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Event caterer Stolzenhoff in Lünen turns 75: "The customers have made us great": Event caterer Stolzenhoff from Lünen also caters for guests in London ...
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Event caterer Stolzenhoff in Lünen turns 75:
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Paris: headscarf dispute - School principal resigns after death threats: At the end of February, a school principal in Paris got into an argument with a student ...
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Paris: headscarf dispute - School principal resigns after death threats
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Putin open to Macron's ceasefire proposal during Paris Olympics: Putin said he would consider the request if it was a serious move to build 'peaceful ...
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Putin open to Macron's ceasefire proposal during Paris Olympics
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Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar the Elephant’ author, dies aged 98: Laurent de Brunhoff, whose father created the “Babar” series before dying of tuberculosis ...
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Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar the Elephant’ author, dies aged 98
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Olympics 2024: 45,000 volunteers have been selected: Paris 2024: Training has begun for the 45,000 volunteers selected for the Olympic Games ...
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Olympics 2024: 45,000 volunteers have been selected
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Flying bells and giant omelettes: 8 ways the French celebrate Easter: Food, drink, family gatherings and egg hunts all feature at Easter in France - plus some ...
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Flying bells and giant omelettes: 8 ways the French celebrate Easter
Quick Glance: Opening Hours Over the Easter Weekend in Germany
  • The Easter weekend in Germany starts on Friday, March 29. Maundy Thursday falls on March 28, while Good Friday is a public holiday.

  • On Holy Saturday, normal opening hours apply. Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are holidays when shops are closed.

  • Schools are closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, as well as doctor's offices and pharmacies. Tourist attractions usually have altered opening hours.

  • Public transport operates throughout the holiday period, with a reduced schedule on Sundays.
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William Morris: Why We Celebrate the Paris Commune: Pioneering socialist William Morris on the Paris Commune and its legacy as a 'great tragedy which definitely ...
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William Morris: Why We Celebrate the Paris Commune
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Matildas face tough road to maiden Olympic medal in Paris: Already almost certain to be without captain Sam Kerr, Australia have the might of Germany and the USA ...
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Matildas face tough road to maiden Olympic medal in Paris
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Successful auction: Karl Lagerfeld's apartment is no longer for sale: Three, two, one ... off the market. Anyone who would have liked to snatch up the apartment ...
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Successful auction: Karl Lagerfeld's apartment is no longer for sale
Quick Glance: Karl Lagerfeld's Paris Apartment: Auction and Insights
  • Karl Lagerfeld's last Parisian apartment was auctioned for nearly 10 million Swiss Francs.

  • The 260-square-meter apartment on Quai Voltaire was his home with his cat Choupette.

  • The apartment, overlooking the Seine and the Louvre Museum, housed Lagerfeld's carefully curated designer furniture.

  • The auction required a one million Swiss Franc upfront payment, and the anonymous buyer was represented by a lawyer on-site.
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Race is on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free: France is scrambling to make sure that virus-carrying tiger mosquitos, a growing menace in Europe ...
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Race is on to make Paris Olympics mosquito-free
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For 2024 Paris Olympics, Colombes' historic stadium regains its former lustre: One of France’s most historic sporting venues, the Colombes stadium northwest of ...
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For 2024 Paris Olympics, Colombes' historic stadium regains its former ...
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France beefs up cybersecurity ahead of Paris Olympics : With Paris gearing up to host the 2024 Olympics the French armed forces are reviewing their cyber ...
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France beefs up cybersecurity ahead of Paris Olympics
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France's historical responsibility for Haiti: Violence by armed groups has escalated in Haiti, the poorest country in the Caribbean. The issues go back to the ...
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France's historical responsibility for Haiti
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Aya Nakamura's Olympic song proposal sparks French far-right backlash: The possibility that France's top-selling music artist Aya Nakamura might sing an Edith ...
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Aya Nakamura's Olympic song proposal sparks French far-right backlash
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Syrskyi: Ukraine's forces 'stabilize situation' in the east: The Ukrainian forces managed to "stabilize the situation" in the ...
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Syrskyi: Ukraine's forces 'stabilize situation' in the east
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Earth on the brink of key warming threshold after year of ‘chart-busting’ extremes, researchers say
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Earth on the brink of key warming threshold after year of ‘chart-busting’ ...
Quick Glance: UN Issues Climate Change Warning After Record Heat and Ice Melt
  • The UN weather agency is raising the alarm about climate change, warning that global efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.

  • The 1.5-degree limit of the Paris Climate Agreement is at risk as the average temperature from March 2023 to February 2024 exceeded this threshold.

  • In 2023, over 90% of ocean waters experienced heat wave conditions at least once, glaciers lost record amounts of ice, and Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest level.

  • Despite the alarming news, there is a glimmer of hope as renewable energy capacity has significantly increased, and calls for more climate action are growing.
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France pitches radical joint EU borrowing plan to pay for defense: “War is back” in Europe, Paris says as it floats idea to counter decades of underinvestment ...
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France pitches radical joint EU borrowing plan to pay for defense
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France raises terror alert level after Moscow massacre: Deadly attack in Russian concert hall heightens French fears with the Paris Olympics 4 months away.
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France raises terror alert level after Moscow massacre
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NZ chef at French restaurant awarded Michelin star: Nick Honeyman says he bought a French restaurant "as an excuse to get to Europe in summer".
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NZ chef at French restaurant awarded Michelin star
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Will the Paris Olympics really be the first gender-equal Games?: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been lauding itself for having achieved full ...
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Will the Paris Olympics really be the first gender-equal Games?
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Paris: France declares highest security level after attack near Moscow: Following the attack on a concert hall in Moscow that left more than 130 people dead ...
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Paris: France declares highest security level after attack near Moscow