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A long-lost diary from China is shedding light on a D-Day landing mystery

The diary was by Lam Ping-yu — a Chinese officer who crossed the world to train and serve with Allied forces in Europe.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025

Harry Kane out to avenge World Cup heartache after ‘worst moment’ in Qatar

Harry Kane says that his penalty miss against France at the last World Cup changed him as a player and has given him extra motivation to lead England to glory

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

History, Humor, and the Streets of Europe: The Unconventional Tours of Can You Handle It?

From Belgium to Berlin, the Netherlands, France, and beyond, CYHIT has carved a niche in cultural tourism by offering experiences that allow tourists to feel like they're exploring the city through the lens of a knowledgeable companion rather than attending a conventional guided tour.

International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025

France’s parliamentary permacrisis is the dawning of a new political reality

Sébastien Lecornu may have lived to see another day, but this crise de régime could yet prove terminal for the Fifth Republic

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy

Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country’s first head of state postindependence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025

How Europe is using taxes to slow down fast fashion

Did you know that making one cotton t-shirt uses around 2,700 litres of water, around the amount that a person drinks in three years? Fast fashion may offer cheap, on-trend clothes, but it also generates an annual 12kg of textile waste per person in Europe, only 1% of which is…

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2025

Paris museum welcomes Courbet’s 'The Desperate Man' for five years

This week, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris will unveil The Desperate Man, the renowned self-portrait by French painter Gustave Courbet, marking its first display in France in nearly twenty years. The painting has been loaned to the museum for a minimum of five years by Qatar Museums.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15, 2025

Iran gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens for ‘spying’ for France and Israel

Their sentencing comes just days after Tehran suggested the pair could be released in a prisoner swap

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2025

French telecom bid: Orange, Bouygues, and Free offer €17bn for SFR

The three French groups submitted a joint non-binding offer to take over the telecom activities of the Altice Group in France, which includes most of SFR.

Euronews · Oct 15, 2025

Humanitarian groups challenge UK-France migration deal in French court

Seventeen humanitarian and activist groups filed an appeal on Tuesday in France to block a British-French migration deal that lets the UK return migrants arriving by boat in exchange for taking an equal number of visa-approved migrants from France.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15, 2025