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Protesters blocked entrances to the Louvre museum in Paris on Monday in support of a nationwide high school student protest

The UN World Food Programme has warned that funding shortages will leave about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip without

The Louvre is gradually plugging the security gaps exposed by the spectacular burglary of October 19 last year, but its

A year after thieves stole $100 million worth of crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre Museum, four suspects remain jailed awaiting trial, but the treasures are still missing. The October 19 heist saw thieves disguised as workers steal eight historic items, including jewellery belonging to Empress Eugenie, Napoleon III’s wife. Source link

The town hall in the French city of Limoges was “largely lost” to a fire set by masked protesters on

Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people hospitalised after a fire broke out during military training at a base in Alberta on Saturday, officials said. Premier Danielle Smith said Sunday that at least 19 patients were in critical condition, with some suffering severe burns requiring prolonged intensive treatment. Source link

French president Emmanuel Macron said that ‘nothing justifies’ the violence seen across France on Saturday night, but promised a series

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday vowed there would be “full transparency” over the response by security forces to protests

Saturday’s wave of riots, looting and burning in cities across France was a “generational insurrection”, writes John Lichfield. But the

France on Sunday is dealing with the aftermath of nationwide protests that damaged around 1,500 businesses and caused losses estimated