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Fire ravages ancient French monastery, Notre-Dame of the Ardennes
AFP, Published on 03/11/2025
» LILLE, France - A fire on Sunday tore through the ancient monastery of Mont-Dieu, destroying the centuries-old French heritage site's main building, the local mayor and firefighters told AFP.
France expected to adopt consent-based rape law
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» PARIS — French senators are on Wednesday expected to back a bill defining rape as any non-consensual sexual act, making France the latest European country to pass a consent-based law.
Two dead after US shooting, fire at Mormon church
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» GRAND BLANC (UNITED STATES) - At least two people were killed and several others injured Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said, in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national "epidemic of violence."
France's military pigeons race in memory of brave predecessors
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» MONT VALéRIEN (FRANCE) - These days, French military pigeon number 193-529 is no longer needed to carry tiny messages during war-time communication blackouts.
Osaka Expo 'Grand Ring' a symbol of unity: architect
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» OSAKA (JAPAN) - A towering wooden "Grand Ring" built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan's architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says.
Mont Blanc shrinks by 2 metres in 2 years
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» CHAMONIX, France - France's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two metres in height over the past two years, researchers said on Thursday, measuring the Alpine peak at 4,805.59 metres (15,766.4 feet).
Mont Blanc: The Holy Grail of ultra-trail running
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» CHAMONIX (FRANCE) - More than 2,000 runners will on Friday set off for the 20th edition of the Mont Blanc Ultra Trail, a hellish 170-kilometre trail run in weather that is already turning wintry.
Head of Notre-Dame restoration dies
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» TOULOUSE, France: A former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral following a devastating 2019 fire has died during a mountain hike, prosecutors told AFP on Saturday.
Pope winds up Portugal visit with big outdoor Mass
AFP, Published on 06/08/2023
» LISBON: Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass before a huge crowd on Sunday at a riverside park near Lisbon to wrap up an international jamboree of Catholic youth.
Armenian Resistance fighter joins France's Pantheon greats
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» MONT VALéRIEN (FRANCE) - An Armenian poet and communist fighter in World War II will enter the Pantheon mausoleum and join an elite group of France's revered historical figures, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday.