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France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced on Friday that the country could make it mandatory for influencers to label filtered or doctored images, as Women’s Wear Daily reported. In a conference, Le Maire said that influencers posting retouched photos and videos on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok should be regulated in an effort to “limit […]
French protests intensified this week after the government imposed a highly contested bill that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. According to Al Jazeera, thousands of demonstrators took to the Place de la Concorde on Thursday night to express their outrage over President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform. The Renaissance leader deployed his executive power to push the bill through parliament […]
The world’s oldest known person Sister André, born Lucile Randon in 1904, has died at age 118 at a nursing home in Toulon, France, the New York Times reports. She died in her sleep on Tuesday, January 17. André’s death was confirmed by a spokesman for the nursing home where she was living. The French nun notably lived […]
A French man is $65,000 richer after a surgery left him without his penis. According to the New York Post, a French hospital compensated a man nearly $65,000 after a series of errors during surgery resulted in the “total removal of his penis.” The procedure, which took place at the Nantes University Hospital, left him […]
A French hospital had to partially evacuate after a man came in with an interesting case on Saturday night. The New York Post reports that an 88-year-old man paid a visit to the Hospital Sainte Musse in Toulon, France because he had a World War I artillery shell wedged in his rectum. He needed the […]
Argentina fans are not happy with Salt Bae. The celebrity chef (real name Nusret Gökçe) posted on his Instagram several videos and photos of himself with the team who won the 2022 World Cup against France. However, what was not shown was how he got his content. For one photo in particular with superstar Lionel […]
Drake lost a $1 million bet on the World Cup final, despite picking Argentina to win. As shown in the screenshot below, which Drizzy posted on his Instagram on Saturday night, the Toronto rapper placed his bet in the 1×2 market, which doesn’t account for extra time. Of course, Lionel Messi did end up leading Argentina to […]
A new Billboard cover story with Brad Pitt and French producer Damien Quintard has revealed details about Sade’s forthcoming album. According to Billboard, the pair’s renovated Miraval Studios at Château Miraval, which has already been host to recording sessions for Pink Floyd’s The Wall, The Cure’s Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, and AC/DC’s Blow Up Your Video, has hosted Sade, whom Pitt […]
Twenty men who committed a series of deadly shooting and bombings across Paris, France in November, 2015 have been convicted for their roles in the attacks. Per the New York Times, the sole surviving member of the ISIS terrorists who carried out the attacks has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of […]
Luxury Sweden-based fashion house Acne Studios has opened a new flagship in Paris, France on Rue Saint-Honoré with interiors designed by Arquitectura-G. The store opened its doors on Thursday on one of Paris’ most famous streets, and sees its striking exterior design incorporated into the interior as well. Composed of a golden-beige limestone known as Saint Maximin stone, which […]
