Author: Thomas Adamson
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5 more arrests as Louvre jewel heist probe deepens and key details emerge
PARIS (AP) — The dragnet tightened around the Louvre thieves on Thursday. Five more people were seized in the crown-jewels heist — including a suspect tied by DNA — the Paris prosecutor said, widening the sweep across the capital and its suburbs. Authorities said three of the four alleged members of the “commando” team, as…
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The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century
PARIS (AP) — The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale. The thieves slipped in and out, making off with eight pieces from France’s Crown Jewels at the…
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Chanel revisits Deauville roots as Ghesquière fetes 10 years at Louis Vuitton in Paris
In a cinematic homage blurring fashion and film, Chanel transported its audience at Paris Fashion Week to a fictional Deauville for its latest showcase
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Loewe fuses high and low, tailoring and couture, to wow Paris Fashion Week
At Paris Fashion Week, Loewe presented a serene, green labyrinthine art gallery at Chateau de Vincennes, immersing guests in woodland tranquility
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President’s intervention keeps Paris’ riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics
French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand booksellers’ boxes from the banks of the Seine River in preparation for the opening ceremony of the Olympics in July
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Paris 2024 unveils only purpose-built Olympics venue in city, five months ahead of Summer Games
In a significant stride in its preparations for the 2024 Olympics, Paris has inaugurated the Adidas Arena at Porte de la Chapelle
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Beluga whale lost in French river euthanized during rescue
PARIS • A beluga whale that became a French celebrity after a wrong turn took it up the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after experiencing health complications during an urgent rescue operation, authorities said. The sparkling white marine mammal appeared deep inside France last week, having accidentally veered off the normal ocean migration…
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Rescuers to move whale stranded in French river to saltwater
PARIS • French environmentalists prepared Tuesday to move a beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater basin in Normandy, hoping to save the life of the dangerously thin marine mammal. A medical team plans to transport the 13-foot-long whale to a coastal spot in the northeastern French port town…
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Paris cleans up riot debris as support fades for protesters
PARIS • Business owners, city employees and construction workers dug in Sunday to clean up one of the world’s most glamorous avenues, after riots by ultraviolent yellow vest protesters trashed the Champs-Elysees in Paris to express anger at French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies. Luxury stores, restaurants and banks on the famed avenue assessed the…
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French rioters set fire to Paris bank; mother, child saved
PARIS — French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Large plumes of smoke rose above the rioting on Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees Avenue, and a mother and her child were just barely saved from a building…