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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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This controversial ‘Titanic’ prop sold for more than $700,000 at a memorabilia auction
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This controversial ‘Titanic’ prop sold for more than $700 ...
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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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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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Atos CEO says group's current struggles don't affect Olympics IT: The current financial troubles at French IT firm Atos won't harm the company's ability to ...
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Atos CEO says group's current struggles don't affect Olympics IT
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Was there room for Jack? Cinema’s most-debated prop sells for $700K.: The simulated piece of driftwood that saved Kate Winslet’s Rose in “Titanic” was the ...
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Was there room for Jack? Cinema’s most-debated prop sells for $700K.
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Wood panel from Titanic fetches more than $700k at Dallas auction: The controversial wood panel from Titanic sold for more than $700,000 at a Dallas auction.
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Wood panel from Titanic fetches more than $700k at Dallas auction
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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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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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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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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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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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It's time to honour the late Kiptum with Olympic medals: French sports envoy Ducroquet says Miramas is yearning to welcome Team Kenya.
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It's time to honour the late Kiptum with Olympic medals
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Faltering French right-wing party slams Macron and Le Pen ahead of EU elections: France’s right-wing Les Républicains (EPP) party took aim at President Emmanuel ...
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Faltering French right-wing party slams Macron and Le Pen ahead of EU ...
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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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Where to go for a long overdue catch-up with friends: Been batting “it’s been too long!” back and forth for a while? Here’s where to put the world to rights
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Where to go for a long overdue catch-up with friends
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War of the ski instructors in the French Alps: In the French ski resort of Courchevel, foreign ski instructors report attacks by French colleagues ...
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War of the ski instructors in the French Alps
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Report: French police put migrants at risk with aggressive tactics against small boats
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Report: French police put migrants at risk with aggressive tactics against ...
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Haiti’s ‘deal with the Devil’: A malicious tale that emerges each crisis: Blaming Haiti’s struggles on a Faustian bargain diminishes its Black-led revolution and ...
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Haiti’s ‘deal with the Devil’: A malicious tale that emerges each crisis
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Massive meltdown as French town breaks world raclette record: What do you get if you combine 620kg of cheese, 350kg of charcuterie and a tonne of potatoes? The ...
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Massive meltdown as French town breaks world raclette record
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900.care secures $22.7 million for its refillable products: The French startup wants to make refillable products the norm in the beauty and hygiene industry.
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900.care secures $22.7 million for its refillable products
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A British woman and a French man met on the Channel Tunnel train. Here’s what happened next
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A British woman and a French man met on the Channel Tunnel train ...
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Japan's Itochu to team with SKY Perfect JSAT in anime business: TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Itochu will enter the animation business by partnering with ...
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Japan's Itochu to team with SKY Perfect JSAT in anime business
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France open women's Six Nations campaign with victory over Ireland: France got their Women's Six Nations campaign off the mark with a five-try 38-17 bonus-point ...
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France open women's Six Nations campaign with victory over Ireland
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France Pushes Law to Curb Devastating Impacts of Fast Fashion: French lawmakers advanced a bill that seeks to rein in fast fashion’s impact on the climate ...
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France Pushes Law to Curb Devastating Impacts of Fast Fashion
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The Chef Behind Martha Stewart’s Truly Unholy “Chobster” Dish Explains Why He Did It
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The Chef Behind Martha Stewart’s Truly Unholy “Chobster” Dish Explains Why ...
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Amazon appeals $34.6 mln fine by French regulator over staff monitoring: E-commerce giant Amazon.com said on Friday it has appealed French regulator CNIL's ...
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Amazon appeals $34.6 mln fine by French regulator over staff monitoring
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France now face the question of the striker: Marcus Thuram is not convincing as a French striker, and the Equipe Tricolore have hardly been able to challenge ...
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France now face the question of the striker
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Abel Prize goes to mathematician who “tamed chance”: Random processes are omnipresent. The French mathematician Michel Talagrand contributed to a better ...
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Abel Prize goes to mathematician who “tamed chance”
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Google balks at $270M fine after training AI on French news sites’ content: Google agrees to end sketchy negotiations based on flat rates and limited data.
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Google balks at $270M fine after training AI on French news sites’ content
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Viggo Mortensen warns Real Madrid: They don't need Mbappe, it's only for Florentino's ego
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Viggo Mortensen warns Real Madrid: They don't need Mbappe ...
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Hermès accused of antitrust violations by customers who tried to buy a Birkin bag
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Hermès accused of antitrust violations by customers who tried to buy a ...
Quick Glance: Hermès Faces Legal Action Over Birkin Bag Sales - Antitrust Lawsuit
  • French luxury brand Hermès has been sued for allegedly manipulating customers to purchase the coveted Birkin bag.

  • A federal class-action lawsuit in California accuses Hermès of only allowing customers with sufficient purchase history to buy Birkin handbags, violating antitrust laws.

  • The lawsuit aims to compel Hermès to limit these practices and support thousands of US customers.

  • Kering, the owner of Hermès rival Gucci, has also warned of declining sales in Q1 2024, primarily due to falling sales in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in China.
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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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French films with English subtitles to watch in April 2024: Lost in Frenchlation – the cinema club that screens French films with English subtitles – has seven ...
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French films with English subtitles to watch in April 2024
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The French bulldog sits, stays at the top of U.S. dog owners' hearts: The dog popularly known as the Frenchie has held its crown as America's most popular dog ...
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The French bulldog sits, stays at the top of U.S. dog owners' hearts
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Rumors about Aya Nakamura's Olympic show spark right-wing fury: The choice of Aya Nakamura to sing Edith Piaf songs at the 2024 Olympics is a "humiliation of the ...
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Rumors about Aya Nakamura's Olympic show spark right-wing fury
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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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Emmanuel Macron's boxing photos show off his muscles - but he's not the first leader to try to flaunt his strength
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Quick Glance: Emmanuel Macron showcases political strength with boxing photos
  • French President Emmanuel Macron released photos displaying his muscular strength in action, sparking discussions on social media.

  • Macron took a more aggressive stance against Russia and suggested sending Western troops to Ukraine to counter Russian expansion.

  • The photos, portraying Macron as a determined boxer, serve as a message to Putin, emphasizing Macron's fitness and determination.

  • The images received mixed reactions in France, with some praising Macron's warrior-like appearance while others criticized the political implications of the photos.
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Ukraine War: Possible deployment of French troops - they could be stationed here: French President Macron is considering deploying ground troops to Ukraine ...
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Ukraine War: Possible deployment of French troops - they could be ...
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French schools sent threatening messages and beheading videos, says ministry: At least 30 schools in the Paris region have this week received threatening ...
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French schools sent threatening messages and beheading videos ...
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French regulator hits Google with $272m fine over media licensing deal: French Competition Authority says tech giant fails to respect commitments and negotiate ...
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French regulator hits Google with $272m fine over media licensing deal
Quick Glance: Google Fined €250 Million by French Authorities for Media Payment Deal Breach
  • French authorities fined Google €250 million for breaking a deal regarding payment to media businesses for online reproduction of their material.

  • Google was accused by the French competition authority of violating four out of seven agreements included in the settlement, including lack of transparency and failure to negotiate in good faith with publishers.

  • The competition authority stated that Google's AI-powered chatbot Bard, later renamed Gemini, used material from publishers and news agencies without permission.

  • Google stated that it has signed licensing agreements with 280 French news publishers and pledged to collaborate with them, while disputing the proportionality of the French competition authority's fine.