Published 21st April 2021Credit: Action CulotteeThe French prime minister is being mailed ladies' underwear, as lingerie stores protest lockdown rulesFrench Prime Minister is being sent ladies' underwear in the mail, as part of a protest by lingerie store owners whose outlets have been forced to close under the country's lockdown.The imaginative activists have been sharing pictures online of the various undergarments they have sent Castex, tucked inside an envelope with a letter explaining their grievances.The protest, organized by the group Action Culottée, came about after lingerie stores...…Published 21st April 2021Credit: Action CulotteeThe French prime minister is being mailed ladies' underwear, as lingerie stores protest lockdown rulesFrench Prime Minister is being sent ladies' underwear in the mail, as part of a protest by lingerie store owners whose outlets have been forced to close under the country's lockdown.The imaginative activists have been sharing pictures online of the various undergarments they have sent Castex, tucked inside an envelope with a letter explaining their grievances.The protest, organized by the group Action Culottée, came about after lingerie stores...WW…

Updated 25th March 2021After centuries in the ground, these French oaks will soon form part of the new spire at Notre Dame Deep in the former royal forest of Bercé, in France's Loire region, a 230-year-old tree comes crashing to the ground with thunderous intensity. Just a sapling during the French Revolution, the 65-foot-tall oak tree is one of many being felled as part of ongoing efforts to rebuild Notre Dame. The tree eventually will join 1,000 other oaks being used to reconstruct the wooden lattice of the roof and replace the base of the fallen spire engulfed by the blaze that...…Updated 25th March 2021After centuries in the ground, these French oaks will soon form part of the new spire at Notre Dame Deep in the former royal forest of Bercé, in France's Loire region, a 230-year-old tree comes crashing to the ground with thunderous intensity. Just a sapling during the French Revolution, the 65-foot-tall oak tree is one of many being felled as part of ongoing efforts to rebuild Notre Dame. The tree eventually will join 1,000 other oaks being used to reconstruct the wooden lattice of the roof and replace the base of the fallen spire engulfed by the blaze that...WW…

Published 4th March 2021Credit: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesStolen 16th-century armor returned to Louvre decades after theftTwo pieces of 16th-century armor have been returned to the in almost 40 years after they were stolen.The Renaissance-era helmet and body armor were made in Milan and encrusted in gold and silver, according to a statement from the Louvre on Thursday.Baroness Salomon de Rothschild gave the armor to the French state in 1922. The pieces were on display in the Louvre when they were stolen overnight from May 31 to June 1, 1983, according to the statement."The circumstances...…Published 4th March 2021Credit: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesStolen 16th-century armor returned to Louvre decades after theftTwo pieces of 16th-century armor have been returned to the in almost 40 years after they were stolen.The Renaissance-era helmet and body armor were made in Milan and encrusted in gold and silver, according to a statement from the Louvre on Thursday.Baroness Salomon de Rothschild gave the armor to the French state in 1922. The pieces were on display in the Louvre when they were stolen overnight from May 31 to June 1, 1983, according to the statement."The circumstances...WW…

Rob Picheta and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN • Updated 21st January 2021(CNN) — Plant-based options have grown in popularity.ShutterstockRelated content…Rob Picheta and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN • Updated 21st January 2021(CNN) — Plant-based options have grown in popularity.ShutterstockRelated contentWW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Vatican’s envoy to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, is under investigation for sexual assault, a French judicial source told CNN Friday.The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on January 24, the source said.Ventura, 74, has been based in Paris since 2009, serving as a diplomat for Pope Francis, as reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP).The archbishop is alleged to have inappropriately touched a junior male official working at the Paris city hall, Paris deputy mayor Patrick Klugman told CNN Friday.He added that following the...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The Vatican’s envoy to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, is under investigation for sexual assault, a French judicial source told CNN Friday.The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on January 24, the source said.Ventura, 74, has been based in Paris since 2009, serving as a diplomat for Pope Francis, as reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP).The archbishop is alleged to have inappropriately touched a junior male official working at the Paris city hall, Paris deputy mayor Patrick Klugman told CNN Friday.He added that following the...WW…