Activist fined for dislodging African art from Paris museum
He streamed the incident online in a protest against colonial-era injustice like the plundering of African art. Diyabanza's museum action took place in June, amid global protests against racial injustice and colonial-era wrongs.
Suspect says prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings
France’s counterterrorism prosecutor says the chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris has claimed he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Paris Marathon canceled after coronavirus hits travel plans
The race was originally due to take place in April but was then moved to October. Organizers said they'd recently tried to rearrange the race for November but continuing travel restrictions made that unrealistic.
Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ will undergo a 4-year-long cleaning
The mammoth task of dismantling, cleaning and re-assembling France’s largest musical instrument started Monday and is expected to last nearly four years. Amazingly, the 8,000-pipe organ survived the 2019 fire that consumed the cathedral’s roof and toppled its spire.
Marchers chanted “It’s my body, it’s my choice!” and “Everyone hates the police!” as the young, ethnically diverse crowd wound peacefully from the Pigalle neighborhood in northern Paris to Republique plaza in the east. Many of the participants wore protective…
On Monday morning operations began to dismantle scaffolding that was already in place before the April 2019 fire amid previous restoration efforts on the old structures.
Tear gas choked Paris streets as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires amid growing global outrage over George Floyd's death in the United States. The protesters were also angry at injustice and heavy-handed police tactics in France, and…
Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, vegetables and soap. It was her first time accepting charity, but she had no choice. The coronavirus pandemic…
As much of the globe continues to stay home to practice social distancing, vibrant cities have gone quiet, and animals are freer to roam. The rare absence of human activity grants us a special glimpse of what the world might…
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