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November 10, 2019

Thousands join French march against Islamophobia

Over 10,000 people turned out north of Paris on Sunday for a march against Islamophobia that drew criticism from both the government and the far right. It was called following last month’s attack on a mosque in the southern French…

November 10, 2019

British rocker Pete Doherty arrested again in Paris

French police arrested British rocker Pete Doherty after a drunken brawl in Paris Sunday, a day after they released him following cocaine bust, prosecutors and his lawyer said. Doherty, 40, the front man of the Libertines, was arrested for assaulting…

November 10, 2019

From comic book to the mat: chessboxing bout thrills French creator

French comic book writer Enki Bilal laps it up as he watches two proponents of his creation combine the cerebral nature of chess with the physicality of boxing in a “sporting” first. Bilal watched spellbound as Paris’s Cabaret Sauvage hosted…

November 10, 2019

Pressure mounts on Polanski over latest rape charge

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski faced mounting pressure Sunday after threatening to sue over claims by a former actress that he violently raped her in the 1970s, the latest in a string of sexual assault accusations against him. The 86-year-old film-maker…

November 10, 2019

Shock in Russia as Napoleon expert confesses to chopping up lover

A prominent Saint Petersburg-based Napoleon expert has confessed to murdering his young lover and former student and dismembering her body in a grisly crime that sent shock waves across Russia. Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old history lecturer who received France’s Legion…

November 10, 2019

France probes drug packages washing up on Atlantic coast

French prosecutors said Sunday that they had opened an investigation after finding a “significant amount” of cocaine and other drugs on beaches all along the Atlantic coast since last month. The cocaine is particularly pure and therefore dangerous, according to…

November 10, 2019

Roman Polanski weighing legal riposte after latest rape claim

Roman Polanski may sue the French newspaper that published accusations he raped a former actress in the 1970s, his lawyer said Sunday, as he comes under renewed fire over the latest claim of sexual assault to emerge against the Oscar-winning…

November 10, 2019

Russia’s Napoleon expert confesses to chopping up lover

A prominent Saint Petersburg-based Napoleon expert has confessed to murdering his young lover and former student and dismembering her body in a grisly crime that sent shock waves across Russia. Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old history lecturer who received France’s Legion…

November 10, 2019

Russia’s Napoleon expert confesses to dismembering lover: lawyer

A prominent Saint Petersburg-based Napoleon expert has confessed to murdering his young lover and former student and dismembering her body in a grisly crime that sent shock waves across Russia. Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old history lecturer who received France’s Legion…