The shopping windows of the historic La Samaritaine store, which only reopened following a renovation on June 23, were colored with black paint and had the slogan “Dirty Money” painted over them. The activists also attached a banner to the storefront, on which they attacked France’s richest man, LVMH boss …
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Christophe Galtier’s Lille had only lifted the top-flight title in France once since 1954 – securing their last triumph when Mbappe was 12 years old – and are thought to pay their entire squad a salary that is little more than half of Neymar’s reported annual earnings of around $64 million. …
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An activist group called Association France-Palestine Solidarity plans to hold a rally on the Place de la Republique square in downtown Paris on Saturday. Another demonstration, organized by the Association of Palestinians in Ile-de-France, is planned on Sunday between the Barbes-Rochechouart subway station and the Place de la Bastille square. …
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L’Equipe broke news of the story at the turn of the week and claimed that the mystery man scaled the perimeter wall of the Brazilian’s luxury residence before approaching its front door. Neymar scored the first of PSG’s goals in the 4-0 rout at the Parcs des Princes, which meant …
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Multiple fireworks were let off in the Stalingrad area of the city’s 19th arrondissement on Friday and Saturday nights. Videos filmed from balconies on both sides of Avenue de Flandre and shared online purportedly captured several fireworks being launched towards a group of people gathered outside an office building. On …
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May Day protesters took over the streets of multiple French cities, with the worst of the early clashes happening in the city of Lyon. By mid-afternoon, however, Paris was the epicenter of unrest, as ‘black bloc’ anarchists marching alongside the traditional trade unionists and workers’ groups started smashing banks and …
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BFM TV is reporting that one person has died, after a man and a woman were hit by bullets. One victim is said to be the hospital’s security guard. The shooter is at large, the report said. Photos posted by journalist Philippe Gault on social media show crime scene tape and …
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In the wake of an undercover TV news report on France’s M6 channel showing what appear to be private dinner parties in luxury venues, the home of French celebrity chef Christophe Leroy was raided and investigations launched. “We will verify whether the gatherings were organized in violation of sanitary rules …
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Among the country’s departments – or regions – targeted by health chiefs in the latest restrictions is Alpes-Maritimes on the French Riviera, which contains the city of Nice and was already put under weekend lockdown last month. Non-essential retailers in the 16 areas will be forced to close and …
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People carried lit flares and placards saying, ‘My camera against your baton.’ They shouted anti-police slogans and demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. The Global Security Bill, introduced by President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party last year, would ban the showing of the faces of on-duty police officers “with …
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