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780 people arrested in Paris and other parts of France after champions league football

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 31 May

Every football victory parade in France always turn to violent attacks. PSG has won the champions league final for this season, and instead of celebrating in peace, the fans turn it to protests , setting vehicles alight and...

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French eying East Africa after rejection in West Africa?

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 13 May

Having keenly followed the recent Forward Africa Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya where the French leader Macron was a key person, I tend to believe France is serious in building strong and lasting relations with East African states....

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A cute baby hedgehog

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 31 Mar

When we were in France and staying in a caravan park in Availles-Limousine in our motor-home, a little girl found a baby hedgehog that seemed to be lost. The little girl was very intrigued with it and her expressions changed by...

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France and Italy begins talk with Iran over safe passage of vessels

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 16 Mar

The smarter countries like France and Italy have begin negotiations for safe passage of their vessels through the straight of Hormuz while countries like America still believe a military solution is the only way. Should every...

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The priceless jewel stolen from Louvre Museum in France

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 20 Oct

The whole heist lasted for just few minutes and some priceless jewels were stolen at the world's most visited museum in France. The French monarchy jewels were reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars and authorities are...

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A roundabout honouring an aviation pioneer

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Sep

Here is another roundabout photo. There is a model of plane and the sign, Henri Farman, with birth and death dates. Farman was a British-French aviator, aircraft designer and manufacturer. Before turning to aviation, he was an...

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Some roundabouts from Europe

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Sep

A comment someone made today reminded me of the decorated roundabouts that we saw when we were touring in Europe. I think I might have written about some of these in Bubblews. I think most were in Germany but if anyone recognises...

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Two Things From History

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 17 Aug

The first one I had read about before but will bring up again here is about the Tower of London. In the 17th century King Charles II heard of a legend that held that if the ravens ever abandoned the Tower both the Crown and the...

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Israel angry with France over recognition of Palestine as a state

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 26 Jul

Israel has called out France and even called Palestine as a proxy of Iran after France recognizes Palestine as an independent state. Is France justified for this action or is Israel just irrational with the way they are handling...

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Proud to be an autorickshaw rider

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 3 Jul

I like to take autorickshaws for short rides and have a few phone number of owners who pick me up and get me back too. This open vehicle is far from stifling compared to taxis and cars. I now understand France is having them...

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The syringe attack in France

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 1 Jul

This thing probably happened 2 weeks ago but has received very little attention worldwide. roughly 150 people were attacked with syringes containing unknown substances at a music festival. Some of the victims reported feeling numb...

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David's in Europe

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 20 Jun

I haven't watched "My Lottery Dream Home" in a long time. I'm a big fan of David's though. He is such a dear and so fun. So the third episode of my marathan watch he surprised me. He's in Champagne, France helping a military...

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Indian PM Modi France Visit

BANKIM @banksim (5347) 10 Feb 25

Modi visited France for a three-day trip, the objectives of which were to strengthen Indo-French relations and inaugurate the first Indian consulate in France. This newly established Indian consulate is located in Marseille. While...

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A fascinating bit of history!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 17 Jan 25

For some reason the picture I tried to add to this post just wouldn't appear! It has finally allowed me to add it now. Every now and then you stumble across something really fascinating online, and this morning was one of those...

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Trying different cuisines

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 25 Nov 24

One of the novelties of going on holiday is getting to eat meals out, something we virtually never do otherwise. And our trip to Paris was a great opportunity. Little One is rather a fussy eater, she has certain favourites and is...

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Divide and conquer!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 15 Nov 24

Sometimes it isn’t easy to try to please everyone. Most of the time on our Paris trip we tried to do things together, but one day we decided to split into two groups. My partner and Little One wanted to go up the Eiffel tower, but...

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Fascinating geology

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 13 Nov 24

On one of our days in Paris we visited the geology section of the Natural History Museum. The Natural History Museum encompasses several separate buildings as well as the botanic garden, menagerie and various other sites. We...

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The start of our Paris trip

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 11 Nov 24

The train tickets were all arranged. The accommodation was booked. On the day of travel we actually managed to leave the house in time - something of a miracle for us, although it was helped by having booked a taxi to pick us up –...

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A trip to grey Paris

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 9 Nov 24

Last week was half term and since we haven’t been out of the country (apart from to Jersey, which doesn’t really count) since 2019 I fancied going somewhere a bit different. However we are trying to avoid flying, with its massive...

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The Olympics|!

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 9 Aug 24

Are we enjoying The Olympics? No positive doping scandals yet so maybe that's been covered up until after the games to protect the brand. team GB doing well in the medal table. My fav sports are athletics, boxing,cycling and...

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