Satoshi Sekimoto: Decorated in France
"When I was little, there was a room with a big lock on the door in my house — my mother's studio. The lock came off when I finished elementary school," says embroiderer Satoshi Sekimoto over coffee at a Parisian cafe in the 13th ...
The Louvre museum in Paris reopened to the public Wednesday after management took steps to allay staff fears over the coronavirus spread which had sparked a two-day work stoppage. In a statement, the world's most visited museum said that faced with the "legitimate concerns" of ...
Maison: The house that Sota Atsumi built
Chef Atsumi says luck was the key ingredient to his culinary success in Paris.
Climate activists invade BlackRock office in Paris, demanding firm exit from fossil fuels
Dozens of climate activists invaded U.S. asset manager BlackRock's office in central Paris on Monday, calling for the fund to pull out of fossil fuel investments. Green activists from the campaign groups Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future managed to enter the building and to ...
Kei Kobayashi first Japanese chef to get three Michelin stars in France
Chef Kei Kobayashi became the first Japanese chef ever to win the maximum three Michelin stars in France on Monday. The flamboyant 42-year-old, who was born in Nagano Prefecture, was the biggest winner on a night when Japanese cooks triumphed in the backyard of French ...
Paris shops' sales halved as strikes bring chaos to the city
Five weeks into strikes crippling French transport, Emile Sebbag is agonizing over how to keep afloat his two Parisian clothing stores, deserted by shoppers as the backlash against France's pension reform drags on. The start of winter sales on Wednesday — traditionally a big event ...
Stowaway child found dead in plane's landing gear well at Paris airport after arrival from Abidjan
A child stowaway was found dead Wednesday in the undercarriage of a plane at a Paris airport, officials said, having probably frozen to death or asphyxiated on the flight from Cote d'Ivoire. The child, aged around 10, had clambered into the underbelly of the Air ...
Thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday against French President Emmanuel Macron's proposed pension reforms that have sparked a monthlong transport strike. Some protesters donned the yellow vests that over the past year have become symbolic of opposition to Macron's attempts at reforms that he says ...
Notre Dame restoration enters risky phase with removal of mangled scaffolding
The operation to shore up fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral is entering a risky stage as engineers resume preparations for the removal of scaffolding that could provoke a further collapse. The Paris landmark lost its roof and spire in the April 15 blaze, but the main bell ...
Christmas crawl as French transport strike enters fourth week, exacts financial toll
Christmas Day brought no respite for travelers in France as a transport strike entered its fourth week, ruining the plans of thousands wanting to celebrate with loved ones. Many people scrambled at the last minute to make alternative arrangements as the protest against pension reform ...
Christmas Eve 2019 was an unusually gloomy one for France as the 20th day of a transport strike left many scrambling on Tuesday to reach their loved ones for the traditional family feast, while others simply gave up. The protest against pension reform has led ...
