PARIS – Virgil Abloh, the founder of luxury streetwear brand Off-White and artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, has died from cancer at the age of 41. One of the most influential designers of his generation, Abloh had been privately battling the disease for several years, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said in a statement on Sunday. The designer died in…
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France teacher had received ‘days of threats’ before his brutal killing
The teacher who was beheaded in a street in France had received threats after showing controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils, French media report. Nine people have been arrested, including the parents of a child at the school where the teacher was working, judicial sources are quoted as saying. The attacker was…
PARIS BURNS
PARIS (AP) — French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Large plumes of smoke rose above the rioting on Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees avenue, and a mother and her child were just barely saved from a…
Violence in Paris as police clash with protesters…
The battle for Paris: Violence erupts in French capital as police clash with rioters leading to 168 arrests – as Yellow Vest demonstrations rage into FIFTH week Security forces in riot gear with armoured trucks were positioned around famous Champs-Elysees boulevard Protesters are expected to again torch vehicles, destroy shops and vandalise buildings in protest…
PARIS BURNING
‘This is the start of a revolution’: Paris rioters steal police assault rifle, torch dozens of cars and vow to ‘stay in the streets until Christmas’ as fuel protests continue into the night and spread across France – and even to Holland ‘Yellow Vest’ supporters staged fresh protests on the Champs-Elysees which leads to…
Police in Paris fire tear gas
Police in Paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters, in a second weekend of demonstrations sparked by rising fuel prices. Violence erupted on the Champs-Elysées as protesters tried to get through a security cordon around sensitive sites. About 5,000 protesters had converged on the avenue. Dozens of people were arrested after…
In remembering WWI, world warned of resurging ‘old demons’
World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the globe’s new political fault lines. As Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and dozens of other heads…
