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Laurent Bachelier Identified As Man Who Allegedly Sent $500K To Far-Right Activists Organizing Capitol Protest

Laurent Bachelier Identified As Man Who Allegedly Sent $500K To Far-Right Activists Organizing Capitol Protest

A French computer programmer named Laurent Bachelier allegedly transferred more than $500,000 worth of Bitcoin to far-right activists — funding that was used to send some groups to the protest at the U.S. Capitol last week that ended with an attack on the building — before dying in a suspected suicide. As the Associated Press […]

3y ago

Anti-France Protests And Boycotts Sweep The Islamic World After Emmanuel Macron Defends Muhammad Cartoons

Anti-France Protests And Boycotts Sweep The Islamic World After Emmanuel Macron Defends Muhammad Cartoons

Anti-France sentiment has continued to grow and spread across the globe as South Asian Muslims flooded the streets to torch an effigy of French President Emmanuel Macron. The 42-year-old leader has faced backlash after he defended the media’s right to publish satirical cartoons of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. According to France 24, huge crowds in […]

4y ago

Three People Killed in Nice Notre Dame Basilica Terror Attack, Suspect Shot By Police

Three People Killed in Nice Notre Dame Basilica Terror Attack, Suspect Shot By Police

Three people have been killed by a man armed with a knife inside the Notre Dame Basilica in the French city of Nice. The killings are being treated as an act of terrorism. According to reports from The BBC, the victims were two women and a man. The suspect was shot in the shoulder and […]

4y ago

Bored French Children On Coronavirus Lockdown Find Two Gold Bars Worth $100,000

Bored French Children On Coronavirus Lockdown Find Two Gold Bars Worth $100,000

Two French children, bored and looking for something to do during the coronavirus lockdown, found two gold bullion bars worth approximately $100,000 between them, BFMTV reports. Back in March, when France instituted a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the unidentified family went to stay with an older relative who lived in a family home in the country […]

4y ago

A 64-Year-Old Man Got To Ride In A Fighter Jet, Then Panicked And Accidentally Ejected Himself At 2,500 Feet

A 64-Year-Old Man Got To Ride In A Fighter Jet, Then Panicked And Accidentally Ejected Himself At 2,500 Feet

A 64-year-old man’s gift of a flight in a French military fighter jet ended with the man accidentally hitting the “Eject” button in a panic and being launched from the aircraft at 2,500 feet, CNN reports. The comedy of errors that led to the incident began when the unidentified man’s employees gifted him a ride […]

4y ago

No Doubt Poses In Front Of Eiffel Tower For Latest Vintage Post

No Doubt Poses In Front Of Eiffel Tower For Latest Vintage Post

No Doubt became a household name during the 1990s and is still known for signature songs such as “Don’t Speak” and “Spiderwebs.” For the latest Instagram upload, the group shared a vintage photo that dates back to the summer of 1996. In the snapshot, Gwen Stefani, who was the lead singer of the group, was […]

4y ago

French Town Solves The Mystery Of A Strange Cipher Carved Into A Rock 240 Years Ago

French Town Solves The Mystery Of A Strange Cipher Carved Into A Rock 240 Years Ago

Officials in a French village have solved the mystery of a strange cipher carved into a rock about 240 years ago, The Jerusalem Post reports. It seems the message on the stone was a memorial to a friend or colleague of the carver, who died at sea. As reported at the time by The Inquisitr, […]

4y ago

French Publisher Apologizes For Textbook That Links September 11 Terrorist Attacks To CIA

French Publisher Apologizes For Textbook That Links September 11 Terrorist Attacks To CIA

A French publisher has apologized after a history book it published purportedly linked the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, BBC News reports. The book in question is History of the 20th Century in Flash Cards by Jean-Pierre Rocher, a teacher of history and geography and a graduate of the […]

4y ago

Christopher Tolkien, Son Of Author J.R.R. Tolkien, Passes Away At 95

Christopher Tolkien, Son Of Author J.R.R. Tolkien, Passes Away At 95

Christopher Tolkien, the son of famed fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, has passed away in France at the age of 95, French newspaper Var-Matin reports. He is believed to have died in his sleep some time between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Though he was born and raised in England, the youngest son of the Lord […]

4y ago

French President Emmanuel Macron Capitulates To Protestors, Scraping New Retirement Proposal

French President Emmanuel Macron Capitulates To Protestors, Scraping New Retirement Proposal

After weeks of anti-government protests — speared by the “yellow vests” — the French government decided to shelve a plan to reform its pension plan. As reported by The New York Times, the government, led by President Emmanuel Macron, announced on Saturday that would withdraw the proposal that would have raised the retirement age by […]

4y ago

Lost Florentine Masterpiece Found In Elderly Woman’s Kitchen Sells For $26.6 Million

Lost Florentine Masterpiece Found In Elderly Woman’s Kitchen Sells For $26.6 Million

A lost masterpiece of pre-Renaissance art, found in an elderly French woman’s kitchen, has sold for $26.6 million, The Associated Press reports. The painting had expected to sell for $6-7 million. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the painting, Christ Mocked, had been considered lost to the mists of history. The piece was part of […]

5y ago

France On High Alert For Revenge Terrorist Attacks After Killing Of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

France On High Alert For Revenge Terrorist Attacks After Killing Of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

France is on a state of high alert after the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with officials calling on police to remain vigilant against what could be revenge terrorist attacks. As Reuters reported, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner sent a letter to police prefects calling for increased vigilance in the wake of […]

5y ago

Watch OGC Nice Vs. Paris Saint-Germain Stream Live: Start Time, Preview, France Ligue 1 Week 10 Opener

Watch OGC Nice Vs. Paris Saint-Germain Stream Live: Start Time, Preview, France Ligue 1 Week 10 Opener

Paris Saint-Germain has won two straight France Ligue 1 championships, and six of the last seven, But, while the Red and Blues sit atop the French league again, the team has not yet clicked into full gear, according to an analysis by The Los Angeles Times. In fact, the team leader in goals, with four, […]

5y ago

Lost Florentine Masterpiece Worth $6.59 Million Found In Elderly Woman’s Kitchen

Lost Florentine Masterpiece Worth $6.59 Million Found In Elderly Woman’s Kitchen

A lost masterpiece by 13th-century Florentine painter Cimabue has been found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman who had no idea of its value, CNN reports. The painting is expected to fetch €6 million (approximately $6.59 million) at auction. Cimabue is the pseudonym of artist Cenni di Pepo, who was born in Florence, […]

5y ago

Brad Pitt Blasts Donald Trump, Says He Is A ‘Threat’ To The United States

Brad Pitt Blasts Donald Trump, Says He Is A ‘Threat’ To The United States

Brad Pitt is taking aim at Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that the president is a “threat” to the United States. As The Blast reported, the shot from Pitt came as he was doing the press rounds to promote his new movie Ad Astra. Pitt was speaking with French magazine Le Journal du […]

5y ago

Brazil May Reject $20 Million In G-7 Aid For Amazon Fire Unless Emmanuel Macron Takes Back ‘Insults’

Brazil May Reject $20 Million In G-7 Aid For Amazon Fire Unless Emmanuel Macron Takes Back ‘Insults’

Brazil’s president said Tuesday that the South American nation will not accept $20 million in aid to fight raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest until French President Emmanuel Macron withdraws his “insults,” Reuters reports. Devastating fires have been burning in the Amazon for weeks now, creating an environmental emergency that has gotten international attention. Though […]

5y ago

Sophie Turner And Joe Jonas Marry In France In A Second Wedding More Formal Than The First

Sophie Turner And Joe Jonas Marry In France In A Second Wedding More Formal Than The First

Only two months after their quickie Las Vegas wedding, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas married again in France — and this time, they did it up while still keeping the formal coupling intimate. The second wedding was held at Province’s Le Chateau de Tourreau. This stylish villa, located in Sarrians near Avignon in southern France, […]

5y ago

Sophie Turner And Joe Jonas Turn Up In Provence As Their Second Wedding Day Approaches

Sophie Turner And Joe Jonas Turn Up In Provence As Their Second Wedding Day Approaches

This past week, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas have been preparing for their second wedding by enjoying France with their family and friends. Earlier, the couple was spotted in Paris but today the two celebrities have been caught by paparazzi further south, in Provence. Their current destination-of-choice is a far cry from Las Vegas, the […]

5y ago

Elton John & French President Emmanuel Macron Hold Hands As The Singer Receives Legion D’Honneur

Elton John & French President Emmanuel Macron Hold Hands As The Singer Receives Legion D’Honneur

Singer Elton John and French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Elysee Palace holding hands in order for the “Rocket Man” singer to receive France’s top civilian honor. The Daily Mail says that Elton John’s husband, David Furnish, 56, and Macron’s wife, Brigitte, 66, watched as the musician was given the prestigious Legion d’Honneur in […]

5y ago

Barack Obama & Family Celebrate Father’s Day In Avignon, France

Barack Obama & Family Celebrate Father’s Day In Avignon, France

The Obamas are celebrating Father’s Day as a family in Avignon, France, with a tour of a gothic palace and a dinner at Michelin-starred La Mirande. The Daily Mail says that Barack, Michelle, Malia, and Sasha are on a tour of France and have been taking the time to see the sites of the Provence […]

5y ago

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