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Melinda French Gates is donating $150 million to a battery of nonprofits to help remove barriers for women in the workplace. Nearly a third of the cash is going toward advancing women in AI and the tech industry. Why it matters: The announcement from Gates’ nonprofit advocacy group Pivotal comes at a time when companies […]
An Argentine court on Tuesday dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after playing a match in the country earlier this year. The judge in Mendoza, some 1,000km (620 miles) west of the capital, Buenos Aires, dismissed the case against the 21-year-old athletes, Hugo Auradou and […]
A chocolatier to cherish Of all the chocolatiers’ windows in Paris, Au Chat Bleu at 85 Boulevard Haussmann never fails to lure me in. It reminds me of an old-fashioned sweet shop I thought only existed in England – but it’s also very, very French. It brims with seasonal specialities and delicacies you never knew […]
The French president faces calls from the farthest ends of the political spectrum to resign. They are likely to grow louder the longer he takes to resolve the political crisis. Source link
How did it come to this? The roots of the debacle lie in President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve parliament in June and the resulting snap election, which returned a parliament divided into three roughly equal groups with no majority. That meant Barnier’s minority centrist and centre-right government was, in effect, at the mercy of […]
Simose Art Museum in western Japan said Tuesday it has received this year’s Prix Versailles award naming it the world’s most beautiful museum. The French world architecture and design awards, established in 2015, are announced annually at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The museum category was added this year, and the Japanese museum was nominated […]
French Onion Cornbread Dressing with Zatarain’s Smoked Andouille Sausage is the cozy, savory holiday side with a Louisiana twist your table needs this season. The holidays are the perfect time to turn simple ingredients into something extraordinary. Humble cornbread gets a glow-up with caramelized onions, fresh sage, and Zatarain’s Smoked Andouille Sausage for a side […]
Marine Le Pen said her party would table its own no-confidence motion but will also vote for any similar bill by other parties. (AP pic) PARIS: The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they will vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel […]
Nov 28, 2024, 06:12 AM ET PARIS — Yannick Noah, the 1983 French Open champion, has been appointed as the new head of France’s para tennis beginning next year. The French tennis federation said in a statement Thursday that Noah will be in charge of coordinating wheelchair, visually impaired as well as deaf and hard-of-hearing […]
In a city that’s known for its bright stars’ shine, the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Feliz proves that celebrity isn’t the only local institution capturing the spotlight. Los Angeles, California, boasts an architecture as infamous as some of its residents. One such case is this Nottingham Avenue Residence originally built in 1950 by famed local […]