France promise tighter bubble after cleared of Covid breachPARIS: An internal investigation into the outbreak of Covid-19 within the France Six Nations squad has concluded that the health protocol was “well developed” and “respected” by the team, French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said on Friday.“Nobody broke.......
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Gigi Hadid Returns to the Runway in First Fashion Show Since Welcoming Daughter Khai!Gigi Hadid is back on the runway! The 25-year-old model walked in her first fashion show since welcoming daughter Khai for the Versace Fashion Show on Friday morning (March 5) from Paris, France. For the show, Gigi showed off her svelte, post-baby body in three different looks. Other models walking ....
5 star ride share: underwater taxi shows off the life in the Great Barrier ReefTourism and Events Queensland won the Travel and Tourism category at The Drum Awards for Marketing in 2020 with its 'ScUber' campaign. Here, the team behind the entry reveals the challenges faced and the strategies used to deliver this successful project.
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A Unesco World Heritage site....
The Open Reel Scores Sales on 'Boy Meets Boy,' 'Coalesce,' 'A Stormy Night' (EXCLUSIVE)International sales agency The Open Reel has scored a number of sales at the Berlin European Film Market (EFM). Daniel Sánchez López’s BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ Film Festival selection “Boy Meets Boy,” a German production, has sold to Peccadillo Pictures for the U.K. and Ireland and to O....
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[Lionel Laurent] Vaccine comparison shopping lets COVID winThe scientist in charge of France’s vaccine rollout, Alain Fischer, must sometimes feel like Sisyphus forever rolling his boulder up the hill. After months of patiently working to win over a doubting public’s acceptance of the groundbreak....
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E3 drops anti-Iran resolution at IAEA meetingBritain, France and Germany have scrapped a US-backed plan for the UN nuclear watchdog's board to criticize Iran for scaling back cooperation with the agency.....
After Sarkozy, ex-French PM Balladur in dock for corruptionParis, France, March 4 – A French court is set to hand down a verdict on former prime minister Edouard Balladur on Thursday over a decades-old campaign financing scandal, days after ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption. Balladur, 91, is accused of using kickbacks from &#....
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White truffles successfully cultivated in FrancePierre Cammalletti, technical manager for the controlled Mycorrhization program, shows a Tuber magnatum Pico (white truffle) in the laboratory of Robin's nursery in Saint-Laurent-du-Cros near Gap, southeastern France, Feb. 25, 2021. After more than 20 years of research, a nursery in the Hautes-Alpes....
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Justin & Hailey Bieber Cuddle Up in the Airport While Leaving ParisJustin Bieber wraps his arms around his wife Hailey while heading into the airport for a flight home on Wednesday (March 3) in Paris, France. The “Lonely” singer, who celebrated his 27th birthday this week, and the 24-year-old model were dressed comfortably for their flight back to Los A....
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Thunder: Lu Dort, Theo Maledon selected as NBA Rising StarsBy Joe MussattoThunder guards Luguentz Dort and Theo Maledon were among the 20 players named to the NBA Rising Stars rosters on Wednesday. The annual Rising Stars game will not be played this year due to a condensed All-Star schedule, but the league's assistant coaches still voted on the top fi....
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Pinterest Details New Research, Features at Its Pinterest Presents Global Advertiser SummitPinterest revealed several new and upcoming features at its Pinterest Presents global advertiser summit Wednesday, which featured sessions in six countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. Co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann said in the event opener that he speaks with a lot ....
Here's the true destruction brought on by damming riversThere's some good news amidst the grim global pandemic: At long last, the world's largest dam removal is finally happening.This article first appeared on Truthout and was produced in partnership with Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.The landmark agreement, which was ....
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Macron Enriches French Vocabulary and Impoverishes Political ThoughtFrance appears to be living through a strange transitional period that could be described as the waning of the Fifth Republic. It contains no sense of what a sixth republic might look like or why it might even be necessary. But today's republic, with its unique electoral system, has achieved a summi....
Swiss to vote on banning face veils in referendum criticised as Islamophobic"Stop Extremism!" urges a red billboard in a quiet village outside Zurich above an image of a scowling woman wearing a black headscarf and face veil.
The billboard is part of a campaign by the far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) to ban face coverings in public and which will be voted on in a bin....
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Turkey has stopped insulting us but still needs to take concrete action, France saysTurkey has stopped insulting France and the European Union, providing some reassurance, but ties will remain fragile until it takes concrete action, France's foreign minister said.
Ankara has repeatedly traded barbs with Paris over its policies on Syria, Libya, the eastern Mediterranean and other....
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2021 Hyundai Bayon breaks cover in EuropeNo, you're not looking at the new Hyundai Kona. Instead, what you're seeing is the 2021 Hyundai Bayon, the South Korean automaker's most recent and smallest B-segment crossover for Europe. Drawing its name from the French capital of Bayonne (one of the most scenic destinations in south-west France),....
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New technique reveals centuries of secrets in locked lettersIn 1587, hours before her beheading, Mary, Queen of Scots, sent a letter to her brother-in-law Henry III, King of France. But she didn't just sign it and send it off. She folded the paper repeatedly, cut out a piece of the page and left it dangling. She used that strand of paper to sew the letter ti....
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Pogacar signs new five-year deal with UAE Team EmiratesPARIS: Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar has committed his future to UAE Team Emirates by signing a new deal to 2026, the cycling outfit announced on Tuesday.The 22-year-old is one of cycling’s brightest prospects and the announcement comes days after he claimed the honours at the.......
Berlin Sales Drivers – Key Spanish Movies at the European Film MarketMADRID — Flushed by Netflix success with "Below Zero," Spain brings an extraordinary gamut of movie titles to Berlin. Some highlights: "All the Moons," (Igor Legarreta) A France-Spain co-production, "All the Moons" tracks two vampires in the northern Spain during the last Carlist war. S.A. Fi....
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New restrictions take effect on the French-German borderNew restrictions have taken effect along the French-German border. In France's Moselle region, which shares a border with Germany, the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly than in the rest of France. DW's Barbara Wesel went to region to find out more.....
'The Peasants,' by Oscar-Nominated 'Loving Vincent' Director, Sells to Germany (EXCLUSIVE)Jan Naszewski's Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales continues its pre-sales of "The Peasants," the hotly anticipated follow-up from Oscar-nominated “Loving Vincent” director Dorota Kobiela, selling rights for Germany and Austria to Koch Media. As reported earlier, New Europe brokered a de....
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Top seed Alexandrova loses in Lyon Open first roundLYON, France (AP) — Top-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova was knocked out of the Lyon Open in the opening round by 139th-ranked Clara Tauson of Denmark on Monday.
Tauson won convincingly 6-3, 6-4, showing a better second serve.Read more on NewsOK.com....
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The Party Film Sales Closes Further Deals on Oscar-Shortlisted French Entry 'Two of Us' (EXCLUSIVE)The Party Film Sales has closed further deals on Filippo Meneghetti's romance "Two of Us,” which represents France in the international feature film race at the Oscars and is part of 15 shortlisted films. Headlined by Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa, the Golden Globe-nominated feature de....
Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed prison sentenceA French court found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge and influence peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three years in prison, a stunning fall from grace for a man who led France and strode the world stage for five years.....
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The unseen crisis facing France's youngAfter nearly a year of on and off lockdowns and restrictions, France's health minister is warning of a looming mental health crisis facing the country's young. CNN's Melissa Bell reports.....
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France's Former President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced to Jail in Corruption CaseFrance’s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was on Monday sentenced by the Paris judicial court to a three-year jail term after being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling in a case dating back to 2014, according to French news channel BFMTV. The three-year sentence includes just o....
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Holidays: Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Portugal - latest FCDO travel adviceHOLIDAYS are on hold for the time being but Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "roadmap" out of lockdown has offered some home for holiday hungry Britons. However, this will also depend on how the Covid pandemic is faring abroad. What is the latest Foreign Office travel advice for Spain, France, Italy, ....
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French ex-president Sarkozy convicted for corruptionParis, France , March 1 – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption on Monday and handed a three-year prison sentence after a court in Paris convicted him for trying to illegally influence a judge during his time in office. The sentence includes two years suspe....
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France's Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jailPARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.
The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tri....
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Stephan steps down as Rennes coach following dismal runRENNES, France (AP) — Rennes coach Julien Stephan has stepped down from this position following a poor run of results this year.
The French soccer club thanked Stephan on Monday for all the "exceptional results" secured with the Brittany team, which slumped to a fourth consecutive loss in all c....
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France's Sarkozy faces jail sentence, denies corruption pactPARIS (AP) — The verdict is expected on Monday in a landmark corruption and influence-peddling trial that has put French former President Nicolas Sarkozy at risk of a prison sentence if he is convicted.
Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, firmly denied all the allegations against him ....
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Josef Aschbacher is new ESA Director GeneralAs of today, 1 March 2021, ESA has a new Director General: Dr Josef Aschbacher, who has taken up duty at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France.....
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African American sacrifice in the killing fields of FranceThe modest granite monument at the entrance to Séchault, a village in eastern France, commemorates the sacrifice of the US 369th Infantry Regiment, African Americans who came from Harlem to fight in the last months of World War I. A single word in brackets, "Coloured," alludes to the official name ....
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Justin & Hailey Bieber Cuddle Up on a Romantic Stroll Through ParisJustin and Hailey Bieber are having a romantic day together! The 26-year-old Justice singer and the 24-year-old model were spotted stepping out in style as they take in the sights on Sunday (February 28) in Paris, France. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Justin Bieber The two were seen cuddling ....
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Germany limits travel from French region over virus variantBERLIN (AP) — Germany announced Sunday that travelers from France's northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions due to the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there.
Germany's disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, said it would add Moselle to the list of "varia....
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Newspaper photographer attacked, seriously hurt in FrancePARIS (AP) — Authorities in France have opened an investigation for attempted murder after a news photographer was attacked and seriously injured while reporting on a suspected outbreak of youth violence, his newspaper said.
The newspaper L'Union said Sunday that Christian Lantenois, 65, was in....
