French woman who refused sex with husband vindicated by European Court of Human Rights over divorce ruling
A French woman who stopped having sex with her husband was vindicated this week by Europe's highest court of human rights, which ruled that he could not be held liable for the divorce. The European Court of Human Rights said on Thursday that a 69-year-old woman's decision to respect her private life and family rights […]
French man on death row in Indonesia expected to return home in two weeks, minister says | France
A French man who has been on death row in Indonesia since 2007 on drug charges is expected to return home in the coming weeks after Indonesia's minister announced on Friday that a deal would be signed to allow his transfer. . Senior Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusuru Isa Mahendra told Reuters on […]
Cheddargate: why is a leading French chef turning down Michelin stars? | Michelin Guide
name: michelin guide year: The famous restaurant guide was created in 1900. Interestingly, there is also a tire company called Michelin. It's exactly the same. The Michelin brothers, Edouard and André, came up with the idea of publishing a restaurant guide, initially only in France, to encourage people to get in their cars. Cunning! And […]
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far right, dies aged 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far-right National Front party, has died at the age of 96. Le Pen has run for president five times. In 2002, he advanced to the runoff election, but lost in a landslide to conservative conservative Jack Chee. Le Pen was succeeded by his daughter Marine as leader of the […]
Nearly Nine in Ten Expect French Government to Fall This Year
Nearly nine in 10 French voters believe the recently formed government will collapse this year, but a majority say they want President Emmanuel Macron to resign. Less than a month after being deployed to the Hôtel Matignon, French citizens are already predicting the fall of François Bayrou's government. According to Odoxa's backbone public opinion poll […]
‘Potato cartel’ colluded to artificially hike french fry, hash brown prices: lawsuits
A “potato cartel” allegedly conspired to artificially raise the prices of fries and hash browns in order to corner the $68 billion frozen spud market, according to multiple lawsuits. After decades of consolidation, Lamb Weston, Canada-based McCain Foods, J.R. Simplot Company and Cavendish Farms Inc., according to an antitrust lawsuit filed in the U.S. District […]
New Orleans attacker had ‘remote detonator’ for explosives in French Quarter, Biden says
The New Orleans attacker, Shamsud Din Jabbar, acted alone, hours before plowing his pickup truck into a crowd of New Orleans celebrants at high speed. A “remote detonator” explosive device was planted. “The year of Bourbon Street,” President Biden said during a press conference Thursday. “We have no information that anyone else was involved in […]
NFL Releases Statement About Super Bowl Security in New Orleans Following French Quarter Terror Attack
New Orleans' Superdome is just a mile away from the deadly terrorist attack just a few dozen hours after New Year's Day, and is also the venue where the NFL will host its most important game, the Super Bowl, in less than six weeks. . Given the severity of the terrorist attack that killed 15 […]
Sugar Bowl Postponed Until Thursday Following Deadly Attack in French Quarter
The Sugar Bowl matchup between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs, scheduled for Wednesday night, was canceled due to a deadly shooting on Bourbon Street Wednesday morning that left dozens dead and injured, WDSU in New Orleans reports. The event has been postponed until Thursday due to the terrorist attack. The early […]
New Orleans French Quarter driver rams car into crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing at least 10
At least 10 people were killed when a driver plowed into a large crowd on New Orleans' famous Bourbon Street, hours after the city rang in the New Year, according to multiple reports. The mass-related incident occurred around 3:15 a.m. at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Iberville in the city's French Quarter neighborhood. WGNO […]