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Pig heads, some with “Macron” scrawled on them, found outside nine Paris mosques

September 9, 2025 admin

France has Europe’s largest population of Muslims, over 6 million. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Pig heads appeared outside at least nine mosques in and around Paris on Tuesday (September 9, 2025), authorities said, with French President Emmanuel Macron’s name scrawled on five of them. Authorities did not say who could be behind the attacks…

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PM At AI Summit In France

February 11, 2025 admin

New Delhi: India is developing its own large language model in a public-private partnership (PPP) mode, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the AI Action Summit in Paris. The PPP model is used to bring resources together and make them available to startups, he said. “India is building its own large language model considering our…

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Watch: First mass at Notre Dame cathedral since 2019 fire

December 9, 2024 admin

First mass at Notre Dame after reopening | Video Credit: The Hindu Paris’s iconic Notre Dame cathedral is back. It reopened on December 7 following the devastating fire of 2019. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, rector of Notre-Dame de Paris, held the first mass open to the public after the 12th century cathedral was restored. Some of…

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Elon Musk A Surprise Guest At Notre Dame Re-Opening In Paris

December 8, 2024 admin

Paris, France: Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and one of Donald Trump’s closest allies, made a surprise appearance Saturday at the ceremony marking the re-opening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The boss of Tesla, SpaceX and social media network X landed during the afternoon at Le Bourget airport north of Paris, which is…

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Shootout Linked To Drug Trafficking Injures Five In France

November 1, 2024 admin

Paris: A massive shootout linked to drug trafficking has left a teenager and four others seriously wounded in western France, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday, in the latest such gunfight to injure children. The shootout erupted in front of a restaurant overnight in the western city of Poitiers, Retailleau told BFMTV/RMC radio. “What started…

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How Olympic Rings On Eiffel Tower Turned Into Political Battle In France

September 9, 2024 admin

The Eiffel Tower was a central backdrop for several Olympic events. Paris: The Olympic rings will remain on the Eiffel Tower until at least 2028, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has announced. The rings were mounted ahead of the Paris Olympics and became a popular tourist attraction. However, the mayor’s decision to keep them as is…

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This Small Cybercrime Unit In Paris Was Behind Telegram Founder’s Arrest

August 31, 2024 admin

Pavel Durov is suspected of allowing the posting of child sex abuse images, drug trafficking and fraud. Paris: The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov who has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within the Paris prosecutor’s office, led by 38-year-old Johanna Brousse. The arrest of…

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French train lines hit by ’malicious acts’ disrupting traffic ahead of Olympics, rail company says

July 26, 2024 admin

French railway company SNCF suffered a massive attack of sufficient magnitude to paralyze its TGV network on the night of July 25, 2024 to July 26, the group told AFP and TGV traffic on the Atlantic, North and East routes will be very disrupted, a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games…

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Gunman Shoots Two Officers In Paris Police Station: Report

May 9, 2024 admin

The incident happened in the French capital’s 13th district shortly before 10:30 pm. (Representational) Paris: A man shot and seriously wounded two officers in a Paris police station on Thursday after grabbing a weapon, a source close to the case told AFP. The officers had just arrested the man and were searching him when he…

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China’s Xi visits Pyrenees mountains, in a personal gesture by France’s Macron

May 7, 2024 admin

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping review the troops, on May 7, 2024 at the Tarbes airport, southwestern France. | Photo Credit: AP France’s President is hosting China’s Leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on May 7 for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by…

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