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☆ French infrastructure was targeted for a 2nd time during the Olympics, with internet and phone cables cut across the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Internet and phone services in six regions of France were disrupted after fiber optic cables were cut overnight. It is the second attack on French infrastructure while the country hosts the Olympics. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFrench phone and internet services were targeted on Sunday night, in the second incident to affect French infrastructure while the nation hosts the Olympics. Multiple telecommunications operators were experiencing disruption after fiber optic cables were "sabotaged" across six regions of France, French police told Agence France-Presse.

Persons: — Organizations: AFP, Service, Agence France, Presse, Business Locations: France, Bouches, Aude, Hérault, Drôme, Oise, Meuse

☆ Rouen fire: Blaze breaks out in spire of French cathedral
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A fire broke out in the spire of the cathedral in the French city of Rouen on Thursday morning. The blaze erupted at the top of the spire of the gothic Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Rouen, in the northern region of Normandy. The prefecture confirmed on X that the cathedral was evacuated following the outbreak of the flames and that emergency services were working at the scene. “I turn around and I see the cathedral spire, the tarpaulin that was protecting the restoration work, which was burning, big flames, black smoke.”The construction of Rouen cathedral dates from the 12th century and it was built and rebuilt over a period of 800 years. This blaze comes five years after a massive fire broke out in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, devastating large parts of the 850-year-old church.

Persons: Stéphane, Patrick Waeselynck, ’ ”, Claude Monet Organizations: CNN, Assumption, Normandy’s, Reuters, Notre Dame Cathedral Locations: French, Rouen, Normandy, Normandy’s prefecture, Oise, Paris

PARIS (AP) — Planted in a field, Vincent van Gogh painted furiously, bending the thick oils, riotous yellows and sumptuous blues to his will. And it had a doctor who specialized in depression, Paul Gachet, who took Van Gogh on as a patient. The exhibit includes 11 paintings that Van Gogh painted on unusual elongated canvases, experimenting to stunning effect. Another version of the exhibition, with 10 of the elongated canvases, was first shown at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum earlier this year. “It’s a real fireworks show.”"Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months" runs at the Musée d'Orsay through Feb. 4, 2024.

Persons: —, Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh, Van Gogh's, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, Paul Gachet, ” Emmanuel Coquery, “ He’d, ” Coquery, ”, Jimi Hendrix, Sylvia Plath, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Gogh's, Coquery, “, Musée d'Orsay Organizations: PARIS, Orsay Locations: Wheatfield, Paris, French, Auvers, Oise, Van, Amsterdam, Dutch, York, Musée

☆ Seine-Nord Europe Canal: The $5.5B canal that will connect Paris to European waterways – and dig up the Western Front
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

After multiple false starts and much political back and forth, work is underway on the Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion) project designed to break up one of the continent’s major transport bottlenecks. Environmental impactThe Oise River is currently being redirected for 4 kilometers as part of ongoing canal construction. A new extension will be constructed to accommodate further war dead, including those discovered during the construction of the canal. Inland ports are planned along the SNEC route, aiding exports, as well as providing recreational opportunities, say its designers. Despite the canal’s stop-start history, the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe is confident its construction timeline can be met and the canal will become operational in 2030.

Persons: ’, ”, Jérôme Dezobry, Philippe Bourdon, Dezobry, Montmacq, ” Dezobry, Bourdon, “, ” Claire Horton, Xavier Bertrand Organizations: CNN, European Union, EU, Commonwealth, Commission, CWGC, Loos British, Hauts Locations: France, Nord Europe, Dunkirk, Escaut, Paris, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Compiègne, Aubencheul, Nord, Seine, Oise, Allaines, Thourotte, ”, Somme, Péronne, Cambrai, Beaurains, Loos, Pas, Calais, Loos British, Antwerp, de

☆ Paris protest over police violence banned in aftermath of riots
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

PARIS, July 8 (Reuters) - Paris police banned a protest on Saturday against violence by the force, a week after France was rocked by riots sparked by the killing of a teenager in a suburb of the French capital. French authorities and politicians including President Emmanuel Macron have denied institutional racism within the country's law enforcement agencies. The demonstration against alleged police violence and racial discrimination was initially planned as a march in Beaumont-sur-Oise, another Paris suburb, where Traore died in 2016. Separately, the French foreign ministry on Saturday denied a UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) allegation of racial discrimination and excessive use of force by French law enforcement officials. "Any accusation of systemic racism or discrimination by law enforcement in France is unfounded", the foreign ministry said, echoing similar statements it has made previously.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Nahel, Adama Traore, Frenchman, George Floyd, Traore, Mathilde Panot, Tassilo Hummel, Alexander Smith Organizations: la Republique, UN, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, la, United States, Beaumont, sur, Oise, Marseille, Strasbourg, Nahel

☆ Version française: 4e nuit de violences avant les obsèques de Nahel
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Le ministère de l'Intérieur a annoncé que 1.311 personnes avaient été interpelées, un chiffre en forte hausse par rapport aux 875 de la nuit précédente, mais souligné sur Twitter que "les violences commises cette nuit ont été d'une plus faible intensité en comparaison à la nuit précédente". "Nous appartenons à la même communauté de foi", a ajouté une femme. Reuters a également pu constater que les accès au cimetière seraient bloqués pendant l'inhumation de Nahel. Jeudi, une marche blanche en la mémoire du jeune homme avait réuni plusieurs milliers de personnes. Reportage Gilles Guillaume, avec Noemie Olive et Tassilo Hummel à Nanterre et Marc Leras à MarseilleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Franța: Un moldovean, bătut până la moarte. A fost găsit într-o pivniță
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Aliona Ciurca | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Cadavrul unui bărbat declarat dispărut a fost descoperit pe 8 ianuarie în pivnița unui pavilion. Cadavrul bărbatului a fost descoperit în seara zilei de vineri, 8 ianuarie, în beciul unui pavilion din Arnouville (Val-d’Oise). Corpul acestei persoane a fost găsit apoi în pivniță, ascuns sub o saltea și învelit cu o pătură. Primele constatări ale medicului legist au arătat că a fost vorba de o crimă. „Victima a fost bătută până la moarte”, a spus o altă sursă, citată de leparisien.fr.

Persons: R, Totul Locations: Moldova, Arnouville, Val

Potrivit presei franceze, cadavrul bărbatului a fost descoperit în seara zilei de vineri, 8 ianuarie, în beciul unui pavilion din Arnouville (Val-d’Oise). Inițial, la secția de poliție a sunat o persoană, care a reclamat dispariția bărbatului, de câteva zile. Corpul acestei persoane a fost găsit în pivniță, ascuns sub o saltea și învelit cu o pătură. Primele constatări ale medicului legist au arătat că a fost vorba de o crimă. „Victima a fost bătută până la moarte”, au menționat experții.

Persons: R Organizations: Casa Locations: Arnouville, Val, Moldova

Potrivit presei franceze, cadavrul bărbatului a fost descoperit în seara zilei de vineri, 8 ianuarie, în beciul unui pavilion din Arnouville (Val-d’Oise). Casa a fost verificată, însă nu au reușit să dea de bărbatul respectiv. Corpul acestei persoane a fost găsit apoi în pivniță, ascuns sub o saltea și învelit cu o pătură. Primele constatări ale medicului legist au arătat că a fost vorba de o crimă. „Victima a fost bătută până la moarte”.

Persons: Totul, R Organizations: Casa Locations: Arnouville, Val, Moldova

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