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The rebirth of a stone phoenix, attended by political phoenix Donald Trump, and the French president, who was celebrating the genius of a nation of…

On December 7 and 8, the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after the 2019 fire was more than just a religious event. The event…

Liturgical celebration, architectural and technical event, diplomatic summit, global spectacle, unifying symbol in the midst of a political crisis… The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in…

Newly restored Notre Dame cathedral held its first mass on Sunday, December 8, with Christians celebrating the return of the French capital’s most famous place of worship after a grand re-opening ceremony. The beloved Paris monument nearly burned down in 2019, but has been fully renovated and fitted with a new roof and spire during a frenzied five-year reconstruction.

  Of course, nothing went according to plan. The Elysée had its dreams, but the weather made sure of this. On Saturday, December 7, the…

An electric fatbike rider, Place de la Bastille, Paris, October 22, 2024. FLORIAN THÉVENARD FOR THE WORLD It’s a sound that cyclists have learned to…

Kylian Mbappé says he reacted with disbelief when he saw media reports from Sweden two months ago that he was the subject of a rape…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on Saturday, December 7, in Paris for the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP), where he…

The reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the weekend of December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after a fire on April 15,…

Was it to speak in his ear between the opening of the doors and the Te Deum? Donald Trump had initially insisted on sitting next…

In the foreground, the baptistery of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet. Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON…

“We certainly don’t want to copy Starbucks, we’re part of the third wave of coffee shops,” said Carlos Eisler. The message from the chief operating…

President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, December 7. Trump held talks…

The Archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday, December 7, by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark, which has been restored after five years of renovations following a devastating fire in 2019.

France on Saturday, December 7, re-opened the doors of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after a five-year closure, in a ceremony celebrating the rebirth of the…

Former American president Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower in New York on September 27, 2024. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON /…

Let’s set aside the exaggerations. The objections concerning the “feminists in front of the courthouse, a knife between their teeth.” The suggestions to expatriate them…

‘The story of Notre-Dame’ (5/5). Republican, ecclesiastical and televisual − these are the three elements of the ceremonies that will return Paris’s cathedral to worship,…

This photograph shows Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral illuminated on the eve of its official reopening, after more than five-years of reconstruction work following the April…

An architectural masterpiece with religious, artistic, economic and political significance, the Parisian monument that will soon reopen is, above all, a fascinating repository of symbols,…

SEVERIN MILLET Hand-delivered cash envelopes and Bulgarian shell companies… For over a year, investigators have been working at a complex task to untangle the financial…

LETTER FROM ATHENS Speed camera sign in Crete, Greece. IMAGEBROKER / GAME The Conservative government aims to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries…

CHRISTELLE ENAULT A “metaphor for the life of the nation”: On November 29, during his last visit to the cathedral’s construction site, Emmanuel Macron evoked…

French President Emmanuel Macron in the Saudi city of AlUla, on December 4, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP Michel Barnier resigned as French prime minister…

The Paris stock market rose at the start of trading Thursday, December 5, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a way out of France’s political crisis.…