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January 21, 2020

France, US agree to extend digital tax row talks: French diplomat

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump have agreed to extend negotiations on a dispute over a French tax on digital giants to the end of the year, postponing Washington’s threat of sanctions against Paris, a French diplomatic source said Monday….

January 20, 2020

Dior stuns Paris fashion with its divine feminism

Dior staged arguably the most startling show in haute couture history Monday inside a temple to “The Female Divine”, with stars including Uma Thurman and Sigourney Weaver filing into the belly of an enormous reclining mother goddess through her stylised…

January 20, 2020

How US artist Judy Chicago rocked Paris fashion aged 80

American artist Judy Chicago had a glint in her eye — as well she might — as she posed in front of a giant golden banner embroidered with the legend, “What if women ruled the world?” At 80 the feminist…

January 20, 2020

CORRECTED: France, US agree to extend digital tax row talks: French diplomatic source

Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump have agreed to extend negotiations on a row over a French tax on digital giants, postponing Washington’s threat of sanctions against Paris, a French diplomatic source said Monday. The source said the French and US…

January 20, 2020

French police arrest seven for terror plot

Security forces on Monday arrested seven men believed to be planning a terror attack in France and preparing to travel to conflict zones in Iraq and Syria, sources close to the case told AFP. Thy were detained by France’s DGSI…

January 20, 2020

Eight EU nations back naval force to patrol Strait of Hormuz

The French foreign ministry said Monday that eight European Union nations had given their “political support” for a new naval patrol to help avoid potential conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically critical entry to the Gulf. Belgium, Denmark,…

January 20, 2020

Dior’s divine feminism stuns Paris fashion

Dior staged arguably the most startling show in haute couture history Monday inside a temple to “The Female Divine”, with stars including Uma Thurman and Sigourney Weaver filing into the belly of an enormous reclining mother goddess through her vulva….

January 20, 2020

‘Green Swan’: Bankers warn of climate change risks

Climate change could end up destabilising the entire global financial system, economists from the Switzerland-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the French central bank said in a report Monday. With economic damage and uninsured losses, climate risks could generate…

January 20, 2020

Balenciaga aims to rejoin fashion’s haute couture ranks

Balenciaga said Monday that it intends to enter the elite ranks of Paris haute couture — more than half a century after the founder of the storied fashion house staged his last couture show. Despite being called “the king of…