King Charles Will Travel to France and Germany for First State Visits
Britain’s new monarch and his wife, Camilla, the queen consort, will attend state banquets in Paris and Berlin later this month.
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King Charles to make first state visits to France and Germany
Monarch will become first UK sovereign to address French senate and Bundestag on six-day tripThe king will make his first state visits to France and Germany, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.King Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, will travel to Pa…
More than 2 tonnes of cocaine washes up on shores of northern France
Sealed bags containing 2.3 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated 150 million euros have washed up on the northern French coast this week. This comes as Europe faces a surge in trafficking and use of the illicit drug.
Paris Opera Ballet names New Zealand dancer among two new ‘stars’
The Paris Opera Ballet named New Zealand’s Hannah O’Neill and France’s Marc Moreau on Thursday as their two new star dancers, the former a rare non-French dancer in the world’s oldest ballet company.
Bags containing 2.3 tonnes of cocaine wash up on Normandy coast
Drug with street value of £133m found in two batches of watertight packagesSealed bags containing a total of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the northern French coast in the past few days, a source with knowledge of the find has said.The drug w…
France’s controversial pension reform bill arrives in Senate
Debate over French President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension reform legislation starts Thursday in the Senate, where the right – which controls the chamber – is expected to treat the text more favourably than opposition parties did in the National…
French woman ‘obsessed’ with joining Islamic State in Syria sentenced to 12 years in prison
A Paris court sentenced a French woman to 12 years in prison for two stays in Syria and territory controlled by the Islamic State armed group
European and American tourists to France brought record revenues in 2022
After years plagued by Covid-19, France has seen a major return of European and American visitors who helped bring in record revenues in 2022.
Paris pays tribute to futuristic fashion of late Paco Rabanne
Designer Julien Dossena thanks maison’s founder, who died last month, for his ‘radical expression’In silver chainmail hoods and Perspex dresses, aluminium-foil suiting and gleaming white space boots, the faithful came to pay their respects. At the firs…
France steps up monitoring of diabetes drug used for weight loss
The French drug safety agency on Wednesday announced it was stepping up monitoring of Ozempic, a diabetes drug promoted by influencers on social networks who flaunt its weight-loss properties. As well as health concerns, the authorities say the increa…