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After Paris Design Week, explore some last decoration trends for 2024, with AM.PM, CFOC, BoConcept, Marin Montagut, Tollens and Flamant

CFOC is counts as the main decorative French players, reflecting many assets from Orient.. Every year, the Paris Design Week,...

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Spend a French Christmas, through a selection of last minute gifts!

Christmas is just around the corner and it's an opportunity to discover our selection of last minute gifts, spreading an...

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AFP photographer Mahmud Hams wins top award for Gaza war coverage

Gaza-based photographer Mahmud Hams won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize on Saturday for his coverage of the conflict in the war-torn Palestinian territory. In a statement released by AFP, Hams spoke of a war "unlike any other", in which journalists have been repeatedly targeted.

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French delight as hosts beat Argentina to Paralympic gold in blind football

Hosts France defeated Argentina in a penalty shootout on Saturday to win their maiden Paralympic gold medal in blind football, sparking boisterous celebrations at the Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris.

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US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine for 'audacious' Russia incursion

The heads of the CIA and Britain's spy service said in an op-ed on Saturday that "staying the course" in backing Ukraine's fight against Russia was more important than ever as they warned that the world order was "under threat in a way we haven't seen since the Cold War".

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Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ wins top prize at Venice Film Festival

"The Room Next Door", Pedro Almodovar’s English-language debut starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award Saturday. The Spanish director said dying with dignity should be a "fundamental right" as he accepted the award for his end-of-life drama.

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French protesters rage at ‘stolen election’ as Macron picks conservative Barnier for PM

Two months after snap parliamentary elections that threw France into political turmoil, thousands of left-wing demonstrators rallied in central Paris on Saturday in protest at French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to name conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister in what they termed a “power grab” and a “stolen election”. FRANCE 24 reports.

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How Russia spread a fake rumour about Kamala Harris and a hit-and-run

A fake news report posted online in early September by a fake news site claims that presidential candidate Kamala Harris was responsible for a hit-and-run back in 2011 that left a young girl in a wheelchair. Pro-Russian and pro-Trump social media accounts have been widely circulating a video featuring the alleged victim of the hit-and-run […]

Gaza war enters 12th month with slim hope for Israel-Hamas truce

After 11 months of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, chances appear to be slim for a ceasefire or hostage-prisoner exchange between the warring sides.

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Critics blast new French PM Barnier for having twice voted against gay rights

French media and some political opponents of freshly appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier quickly dug up that, while serving in parliament in 1981, he had been among 155 lawmakers who voted against a law decriminalizing homosexuality.

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Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam after leaving deadly trail in China, Philippines

The death toll in Vietnam rose to at least four after Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall on Saturday with winds exceeding 149 kilometres (92 miles) an hour. More than a dozen others have so far been reported missing. Yagi earlier pummelled southern China and Philippines, killing at least 24, with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reporting […]

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Italy's Meloni pledges unwavering support for Ukraine after Zelensky talks

Italy's Giorgia Meloni said her country would not waver in its support for Kyiv after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of a business forum on Saturday. Zelensky earlier rejected calls for a ceasefire voiced by Hungary's Kremlin-friendly Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who was also attending the summit in northern Italy. […]

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After Paris Design Week, explore some last decoration trends for 2024, with AM.PM, CFOC, BoConcept, Marin Montagut, Tollens and Flamant

Spend a French Christmas, through a selection of last minute gifts!

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!

Let’s celebrate Oktoberfest 2024 in Munich or not, with a selection of Coofandy’s bavarian chemises!

For the Olympics 2024, LVMH exclusively introduces the ateliers of Berluti in Paris and Louis Vuitton in Asnières, with La Malle Courrier exhibition

Le Printemps Beauté welcomes in 2024 new niche perfumes, such as Estoras, Les Bains Guerbois, Miller Harris & Cra-Yon

Exploring Loire Valley sparkling wines, from Côteaux du Vendômois, De Chanceny Vouvray and Crémant de Loire

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