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Paris police bust knock-off Eiffel Tower network exploiting migrants, bag tons of trinkets
French police have broken up a suspected criminal gang who sold miniature copies of the Eiffel Tower at tourist sites around Paris often using illegal immigrants. The six-week operation also seized more than 20 tons of the trinkets stored in depots outside the capital. Police ...
'Show must go on': Stranded in Europe, Boston orchestra improvises, ends on high note
The Boston Symphony Orchestra might want to consider naming its next album "Songs in the Key of A" — as in airport, abandoned and Amsterdam. The renowned orchestra very nearly missed the last stop on its 12-concert, eight-city European tour when it got stuck in ...
French police have arrested a man suspected of having punched a young woman in front of a Paris terrace in an attack which prompted widespread outrage after CCTV footage of the assault went viral. The video of the attack on student Marie Laguerre, which she ...
The Louvre has a new seat of power
Kohei Nawa talks about his 3-ton golden "Throne," which takes a seat of honor at the Louvre as one of the works for Japonismes 2018, Paris' large-scale event celebrating 160 years of France-Japan relations.
Man with mental health issues kills mother and sister near Paris; Islamic State group claims attack
A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The killer had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior ...
Michelin-starred French master chef Joel Robuchon dies at 73
Joel Robuchon, a master chef who shook up the stuffy world of French haute cuisine by wowing palates with the delights of the simple mashed potato and giving diners a peek at the kitchen, has died at 73. His career was one of superlatives: Named ...
Eiffel Tower shuts as workers strike over 'monstrous' visitor lines
Staff at the Eiffel Tower walked out on strike on Wednesday in a dispute over lengthening lines at the Paris landmark, forcing it to close during the peak summer tourist season. Talks between the CGT trade union and the tower's management over a new access ...
Tightrope walker stuns Parisians with netless Montmartre performance
PARIS Reuters French tightrope artist Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga impressed hundreds of Parisians on Saturday with a performance that featured a walk on a rope suspended 35 meters (115 feet) above the ground in the city's hilly northern district of Montmartre. Bongonga, 34, walked on a rope suspended by ...
Six arrested in Europe over plot to attack Iran opposition rally
Belgium, France and Germany have detained six people, including an Iranian diplomat, over an alleged plot to bomb a weekend rally by an exiled Iranian opposition group in Paris, authorities and sources said Monday. The apparent foiled attack was to have targeted a meeting of ...
Chinese vase forgotten for decades in French attic fetches €16.2 million at Sotheby's
An 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten for decades in a shoe box in a French attic sold for €16.2 million ($19 million) at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday — more than 30 times the estimate. Experts at the auction house said the exquisite porcelain vessel was ...
Rare dinosaur skeleton found in Wyoming fetches €2 million at Eiffel Tower auction
The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than €2 million ($2.3 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday. The bones of what scientists believe to be "probably a new species" of the carnivorous allosaurus were discovered during a ...
Aid groups warn of growing health and security risks as Paris migrant camps swell
Aid groups working at two large migrant camps that have sprung up in Paris called on authorities Thursday to address deteriorating conditions, which they say could lead to security and health risks. Around 1,600 migrants, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, have constructed makeshift shelters under ...
