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The Canadian WW2 memorial stands at the Juno Beach Center in Courseulles-sur-Mer, nearby Le Chant Des Oiseaux residence

No less than 18,000 names of Canadian heroes are engraved in those columns.. Last June 6th, 1944, also known as...

At the occasion of its bicentenary and Paris Déco Off, celebrate the Collection Anniversaire of Braquenié in the Château de Louye

..with large windows letting the sunshine coming inside. A typical Norman & British combined influence.. The bucolic and romantic Château de...

Christian Drouin tells you everything about Calvados in his book, Le Livre Des Calvados, and tells you where to enjoy a real Café-Calva in Paris!

Have you bought the book? Did you know that one of the Calvados headmasters, Christian Drouin was both of course...

Wet your lips in a Calvados glass, a typical Made In Normandy eau-de-vie

A genuine Norman brandy, Calvados is a famous elixir, nowadays from all over the world, where a new generation of...

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India recalls ambassador to Canada in dispute over assassination of Sikh activist

India said Monday it was recalling its ambassador and other diplomats from Canada, rejecting as "preposterous" a Canadian notification that the ambassador was a "person of interest" in the assassination of a Sikh activist last year in British Columbia.

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Not the Doliprane: French outcry over plan to sell popular painkiller to US

Politicians from across the political spectrum are up in arms over healthcare giant Sanofi's plans to sell France's best-known medical drug Doliprane to US investors, a move critics say would lead to a "loss of sovereignty" for the country in a sensitive industry.

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Trump fans fear for Second Amendment at festival of ‘God, guns and motorcycles’

The Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, a celebration of the US Second Amendment described by one festival-goer as “three days of God, guns and motorcycles”, took place in Pennsylvania this weekend. Along with gun auctions, a shooting range and right-wing guest speakers, the event was packed full of Donald Trump supporters, many of whom see […]

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Russia jails French researcher Laurent Vinatier for three years in 'foreign agent' case

A Russian court Monday sentenced French researcher Laurent Vinatier to three years in a penal colony for breaking a law on registering as a "foreign agent".

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The rooftops of Paris with the zinc craftsmen of the sky

Paris’s slate-grey zinc rooftops are a key part of the French capital’s visual identity. They have long inspired painters and filmmakers and only exist thanks to the expertise of the roofers who install and maintain the galvanised metal covering many of Paris’s buildings. Their expertise could soon be included in UNESCO's intangible heritage list, as […]

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French far right’s Marine Le Pen denies wrongdoing at EU embezzlement trial

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen strongly denied committing any wrongdoing at a Paris court hearing on Monday as she and her National Rally party stand trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds in a case that could put her long-held presidential ambitions in jeopardy.

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'Nobel economics prize' awarded to trio for work on links between institutions and prosperity

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson won the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

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NASA set to launch probe to study whether Jupiter's moon Europa can harbour life

NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of the solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth. Scientists say the mission will investigate whether Europa has the ingredients that would allow life to be present.

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South Korea military says ‘fully ready’ amid dispute with Pyongyang over drone flights

South Korea said Monday it was "fully ready" to respond after North Korea ordered army units on the border to be "ready to open fire" amid a dispute over drone flights into the North. Tensions between the neighbouring countries grew as the North accused the South of sending drones to scatter a "huge number" of […]

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Ex-Stasi officer jailed for 1974 shooting of Polish man trying to flee to West

A Berlin court found ex-Stasi officer Martin Naumann guilty for killing Czeslaw Kukuczka as he tried to flee to the West through Berlin's Friedrichstrasse border point in 1974. At least 140 people were killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989, and hundreds more died while trying to flee East Germany through other means.

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The Canadian WW2 memorial stands at the Juno Beach Center in Courseulles-sur-Mer, nearby Le Chant Des Oiseaux residence

At the occasion of its bicentenary and Paris Déco Off, celebrate the Collection Anniversaire of Braquenié in the Château de Louye

Christian Drouin tells you everything about Calvados in his book, Le Livre Des Calvados, and tells you where to enjoy a real Café-Calva in Paris!

Wet your lips in a Calvados glass, a typical Made In Normandy eau-de-vie

Have a stay in the Ker Moor Hotel in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, on the way to Saint-Brieuc and its amazing Maison Saint-Yves

From the Beauport Abbey, passing by the GwinZegal art center, until La Roche Jagu castle, discover the Côtes d’Armor through Les Minutes Bleues festival

Take some good time in Alsace at Le Parc Hôtel Obernai and its Yonaguni Spa, bordered by the Route des Vins

Why not diving into the Arcachon Bay, within Les 12 de Larros Hotel in Gujan-Mestras, nearby La Maison de l’Huître!

More culture in Nîmes with the Vieux Nîmes, Beaux Arts and Carré d’Art Museums, before swimming at the C-Suites Hotel!

Laurence Xu enhances the Prince Gong’s Mansion in his Paris Fashion Show in Salle Wagram

Highlighted by Luxus Magazine, let’s learn more about the French painter Charles Belle with an interview

Enjoy some true restored Paris heritage, with the Art Deco treasures of the Brasserie Mollard

Champagne Chassenay d’Arce presents its new Sélection Blanche cuvée, along a Ratafia Champenois and a collaboration with William Arlotti

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