Opinion | France Is in a Deep, Deep Hole
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Opinion | France Is in a Deep, Deep Hole

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines François Bayrou, France’s fourth prime minister in a year, knew he had trouble ahead. In his inaugural speech in December, he acknowledged “all kinds of difficulties”: a debt mountain, political strife and, alarmingly, “the splintering of society itself.” So far, he’s at least…

Far-Right Leaders Rally in Spain to ‘Make Europe Great Again’
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Far-Right Leaders Rally in Spain to ‘Make Europe Great Again’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since taking office, President Trump has threatened European countries’ security and economies, angled to take control of Greenland, and promised to “definitely” slap the nations with tariffs. Even parties that would seem to be his natural allies are nervous. Some have quietly tiptoed…

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked. Yuen Hop left their home…

French Court Convicts Director Christophe Ruggia in #MeToo Case
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French Court Convicts Director Christophe Ruggia in #MeToo Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A French court convicted the director Christophe Ruggia on Monday of sexually assaulting the actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor, handing him a four-year sentence — two years under house arrest and the rest suspended. It was the first major case…

Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre
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Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Louvre Museum in Paris will move the Mona Lisa to a newly created exhibition space, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on Tuesday as he unveiled sweeping plans to renovate the world’s biggest and most visited museum. Speaking in front of La…

French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping
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French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A founder of a French cryptocurrency company and his wife were freed in France this week after being brutally kidnapped and held for ransom, the authorities announced on Thursday. David Balland, a founder of Ledger, a company that sells physical devices to store…

Victor Wembanyama Prepares to Become ‘Genuine’ Face of the N.B.A.
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Victor Wembanyama Prepares to Become ‘Genuine’ Face of the N.B.A.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One day last summer, Harrison Barnes, a longtime N.B.A. veteran, was finishing up an off-season workout with Victor Wembanyama, his 7-foot-4, then-20-year-old San Antonio Spurs teammate and one of the league’s most dazzling young stars. Barnes was new to the team — he…

Jean-Marie Le Pen Is Laid to Rest in France. The Dispute Over His Legacy Endures.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen Is Laid to Rest in France. The Dispute Over His Legacy Endures.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hundreds of mourners flocked to Paris’s venerable Val-de-Grâce church on Thursday to pay their final respects to Jean-Marie Le Pen, the architect of France’s modern far-right movement who was known for his racist and antisemitic remarks. A speaker at the requiem Mass praised…

Opinion | Europe Wasn’t Built to Be Like This
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Opinion | Europe Wasn’t Built to Be Like This

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When I crossed a bridge spanning the Rhine last year, a checkpoint blocked the route between France and Germany, on the Pont de l’Europe. Borders are closing in Europe, for reasons ranging from “ongoing crises in Eastern Europe and the Middle East” to…