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World's best chef starts again with takeaway soup
Not any old soup, of course, but Guy Savoy's legendary artichoke soup with truffles, which comes delivered with a brioche speckled with mushrooms and truffles...
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France to reopen on Monday, Paris region to unwind lockdown more slowly
Beyond the Paris area, administrative regions around Calais, Strasbourg and Dijon will also remain classified as “red zones”, where some restrictions will remain - such as keeping parks, gardens and secondary schools shut.
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Paris climate goals failure 'could cost world $600 trillion'
Under the landmark 2015 accord, countries pledged to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels in order to limit global temperature rises to 'well below' two degrees Celsius.
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Macron rushed from Paris theatre during protest
Riot police were out in force as dozens of people staged a demonstration outside the theatre where Macron and Brigitte were watching 'The Fly'.
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French police downplay terrorism fears after stabbing leaves 1 dead
Eyewitnesses had initially reported a man wearing a mock explosive vest went on the rampage at a shopping centre in a Paris suburb.
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French officials warned over encouraging 'franglais' spread
Franglais is the mixing of spoken French with English words, either for effect, humour or because the speaker believes an English word can express the idea better.
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Paris police use tear gas, water cannon on 'yellow vest' protests anniversary
On the Place d’Italie in the south of the city, demonstrators, many clad in black and hiding their faces, vandalised an HSBC bank branch.
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Macron vows to push pension reform 'to the end' despite strikes
Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio that there would be "no complacency or weakness" in pushing through the changes, even if it risked making him more unpopular.
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Customer kills French waiter in sandwich spat
Colleagues of the victim called police after he was shot him with a hand gun at an eatery in the eastern Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand on Friday night, the source said.
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Notre-Dame cathedral 'still at risk of collapse' after fire
France's culture ministry insisted that the urgent need to make the cathedral safe had dictated the pace of the works, following criticism that it had ignored the risks of lead poisoning.
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French police shoot dead homeless man after knife threat
Bystanders called the emergency services when they saw the man, who was in his fifties, trying to kill himself.
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Shops looted, woman dead in France after Algeria football win
Two stores near the Champs-Elysees in Paris were looted, including a Ducati motorcycle shop where people took helmets, gloves and even bikes, an AFP journalist said.
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Paris declares 'climate emergency'
The declaration also said Paris city hall would create a 'climate academy' with the aim of better educating the young and the public about the issue.
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Paris bans old diesels to tackle pollution
Paris on Monday banned all diesel vehicles aged 13 years or over from the city centre, the latest move in a campaign to tackle pollution on the city's streets.
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Europe set to sizzle again as heatwave continues
With France, Spain, Italy and parts of central Europe hard hit by the record-breaking temperatures, officials pleaded with people to take precautions.
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Paris's Notre-Dame holds first mass since devastating blaze
Dressed in a white robe and helmet, Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit led the service, which was attended by just some 30 people - half of them clergy.
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Strike over staff shortage shuts Louvre in Paris
The museum said staff were striking on the grounds that their numbers were no longer sufficient to cope with ever-increasing visitor numbers.
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Eiffel Tower shut down as man scales iconic landmark
A man who sparked a mass evacuation of the Eiffel Tower by scaling the iconic Paris landmark has been admitted into a psychiatric hospital.
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Eiffel Tower celebrates 130th birthday
Built for the 1889 World's Fair, the tower - which soars to 324 metres in height and weighs 7,300 tonnes - still attracts nearly seven million visitors every year.
