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Orient Express to abandon London: what does this mean for travellers?

Operator is ‘worried that the enhanced checks of all passports will introduce risks to our guest’s journey’

The Independent UK

Court clears Air France, Airbus over 2009 Rio-Paris crash

A French court has cleared European plane manufacturer Airbus and Air France of "involuntary manslaughter".

The New Daily

Despair, dismay and anger as court acquits Air France, Airbus over Rio disaster

A French court on Monday acquitted Air France and plane manufacturer Airbus in a trial over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight in which 228 people lost their lives.

Radio France Internationale

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Air France and Airbus cleared of manslaughter in Flight 447 Rio-Paris plane crash

The ruling effectively means that ‘sleeping’ pilots Marc Dubois, David Robert and Pierre-Cedric Bonin were fully responsible

Evening Standard

Jojo Gronostay: capturing the close-up brutalism of the everyday

Photographer Jojo Gronostay presents his series "Brutalism" at the 104 cultural centre (Le Centquatre) in Paris. With this series of photos of used shoe heels, found in Accra, Ghana, which looks like a succession of monuments of brutalist architecture, Jojo Gronostay questions the economic, political and cultural exchanges between the…

Radio France Internationale

Air France and Airbus cleared of involuntary manslaughter over 2009 crash

Paris court clears aviation giants over disaster that killed 228 people flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris

The Guardian - UK

Air France NOT guilty of manslaughter of 228 on flight which crashed into Atlantic

Five British nationals and three Irish doctors were among the 228 passengers killed after the doomed Flight 447, an Airbus 330 that was travelling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean

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Slovakia joins Poland, Hungary in banning imports of Ukrainian grain

Slovakia's government on Monday approved a ban on imports of Ukrainian grain and other food products, following similar moves by Poland and Hungary. The news came after US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said she had made a first visit in jail to Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter…

France 24

Poem of the week: The Bin-Men Go on Strike by Raymond Queneau

Discovering treasure in what the world has discarded, this freewheeling reverie carries with it radical ideas about art

The Guardian - UK

Airbus, Air France face verdict over 2009 Rio-Paris crash

A French court is ruling Monday on whether Airbus and Air France are guilty of manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Flight 447 en route from Rio to Paris

The Independent UK

Chilling last words of pilot before Air France plane crashed into Atlantic killing 228

Daily Mirror

Turning the tide: Olympic organisers hope to make murky Seine swimmable again

A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine in the French capital just in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The city and its region aim to turn the Seine's clouded waters into a venue for outdoor swimming events.

Radio France Internationale

Designer Philippe Starck shakes up Paris icons in playful exhibition

If anyone can turn Paris upside down and inside out, it’s world-renowned designer Philippe Starck. Given carte blanche by the Carnavalet History of Paris museum, Starck revisits the City of Light with a bold and bizarre exhibition “Paris is pataphysical”.

Radio France Internationale

Watch: A Honda XL125R Paris Dakar Gets A Restoration

Watch this video of a Honda XL125R Paris Dakar under the care of Restoration of Everything on YouTube.

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Why are talks between Paris and New Caledonia’s rival groups deadlocked?

The French government is trying to renew dialogue between New Caledonia’s pro and anti-independence groups. Negotiations broke down after a third referendum in 2021 rejected full sovereignty for the Pacific Ocean island group.

France 24

China minister hails 'strong' Russia ties in meeting with Putin

Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu on Sunday hailed ties with Moscow during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. "We have very strong ties. They surpass the military-political alliances of the Cold War era... They are very stable," he said in translated remarks broadcast on Russian TV.…

Tribune News Service

Macron enacts pension law after clearing constitutional test

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron enacted his controversial pension reform on Saturday after clearing a constitutional hurdle, allowing the French president to try to move past the episode that’s sparked months of protests and dented his popularity.

The Guardian - UK

Models, muses and a rich cat: new film spotlights unusual life of Karl Lagerfeld

A BBC Two documentary looks at the late designer’s life and finances through the eyes of his friends

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Two Basquiat exhibitions in Paris shine light on art superstar

American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat is the subject of two major exhibitions in Paris this spring, one focusing on music, the other on his collaboration with Andy Warhol.

Chronicle Live

Wowcher launches four-star Disneyland Paris holiday from just £159

The deal includes a two, three, or four-night getaway to Disneyland Paris' magical hotels, park tickets for one day as well as flights

The Guardian - UK

Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit

Luxury train operator cuts service ahead of biometric passport checks so passengers will have to join train in Paris

Radio France Internationale

Paralympics chief hails unity on ban of Russian and Belarusian competitors

International Paralympics Committee (IPC) supremo Andrew Parsons hailed the solidarity of his organisation over the ban imposed on Russian and Belarusian competitors in international para events following the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022.

Radio France Internationale

Notre-Dame's spire to be majestically restored by end of year

Four years after the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris, the Gothic cathedral will have its spire back in place by the end of the year.

Radio France Internationale

French union leaders outraged as Macron signs pension reform into law

French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law in the early hours of Saturday morning, prompting angry reactions from union leaders and opposition MPs. They are calling for a 'tidal wave' of protests and strikes on 1 May.

France 24

Death toll rises in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Sloviansk

The death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine's city of Sloviansk rose to 11 Saturday as rescue crews tried to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building, Ukrainian authorities said. Earlier in the day, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the US should…

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