Let Them Eat Cake: Macron Blasted for Jet-Skiing While Telling Public to Save Energy
French President Emmanuel Macron has come under fire for using a gas-guzzling jet ski while demanding citizens curtail their energy use.
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Cannes Film Festival Postponed, Potentially to June or July
NEW YORK — France’s Cannes Film Festival, arguably the world’s most prestigious film festival and cinema’s largest annual gathering, has postponed its 73rd edition due to the coronavirus pandemic.
PICS: Wildfires Devastate French Riviera
BORMES-LES-MIMOSAS, France (AP) — Backed by planes dropping water and fire retardant, more than 1,000 firefighters battled wildfires Wednesday that billowed smoke into the sky over France’s southern Cote d’Azur coast and forced the evacuation of at least 12,000 people.
Luxury Home Buyers Purchasing 2nd Homes on the French Riviera: ‘Trump Effect’
Americans in the market for luxury homes are searching for homes in the French Riviera because of President Trump, according to a real estate expert.
Thieves Start Distraction Fire to Rob Cartier Jewelry Store, Get in Police Shootout Anyway
A high end Cartier jewelry store in Monte Carlo was hit with a daring daylight robbery by a gang of thieves who started a fire nearby to distract police while they made off with millions in jewels. But the gang and police ended up in a shootout despite the distraction plan.
French Women Attacked And Called ‘Whores’ For Wearing Shorts
Two women have been assaulted and their husbands severely beaten on the French Riviera, after a gang of “youths” called the women “whores” because they were wearing shorts.
Arab Social Media Fumes Over French Burkini Ban
JAFFA, Israel – Social media users across the Arab world are still expressing outrage over the conduct of French police officers who recently attempted to enforce a new law forbidding burkinis by forcing a Muslim woman to remove her garments on a beach in Nice in the French Riviera.
Nice Terror Attack Toll Hits 85 as Hospitalized Man Dies
The Bastille Day truck attack in Nice has claimed another life, bringing the death toll to 85.
Bastille Day Terrorist Deploys Car-Ramming Tactic Popularized by Palestinians
The suspected terrorist gunman who killed 80 people and wounded scores of others during Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday seemed to have taken a page out of the Palestinian jihadist playbook of vehicular terrorism.
Women Police Officers ‘Banned’ From Beach Closed Down For Saudi King
The Saudi King has added to his list of outlandish demands on locals as he takes a brief holiday on the French Riviera. His Royal Highness has reportedly demanded that no female police officers be stationed near the beach where he
