(Bloomberg) — Environmental activists splattered the Mona Lisa with soup on Sunday morning as they called for the right to healthy and sustainable food. Most Read from Bloomberg The protesters threw tomato soup at Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, which is protected by a glass case in the Louvre museum in Paris. The painting wasn’t damaged […]
France’s interior ministry on Sunday ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris, as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital. The move came hours after climate activists hurled soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre Museum. French farmers are putting pressure on the government to respond to […]
Protesters have thrown soup at the Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre Museum in Paris, according to French news outlets. The 16th-century paining by Leonardo Da Vinci, which is one of the world’s most famous artworks, is protected behind a glass pane. In a video shared by French news agency CL Press, a woman can […]
Angry French farmers Saturday threatened to converge on Paris in the coming days as traffic barricades were only partially lifted on the country’s major roads. The developments came a day after the French government announced a series of measures the farmers said do not fully address their demands. The farmers’ movement, seeking better remuneration for […]
(Bloomberg) — Emmanuel Macron’s government will try to defuse French farmers’ fury over falling incomes and stringent European regulations, in an attempt to stop demonstrations from escalating into a blockade of Paris. Most Read from Bloomberg Protests that began in the south of France have spread through the week, as farmers blocked major roads and […]
Social media users claim a video shows human remains, coffins and a candlelit pyramid in an illegal tunnel discovered under a New York City synagogue. This is false; the images come from footage taken in 2021 or earlier in the vast subterranean catacombs of Paris. “In the tunnel of Children’s bones under NY city,” says […]
Protests by French farmers have crept closer to Paris, with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions to ratchet up pressure for government measures to protect the agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape and rising costs. Barricades of straw bales, stinky dumps of agricultural waste outside government offices and other demonstrations […]
Snowballing protests by French farmers crept closer to Paris on Thursday, with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions of the country to ratchet up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay for the worst-off producers. Traffic-snarling drive-slows, […]
Kylie Jenner has brought her daughter Stormi Webster along to the Haute Couture Week in Paris. The 26-year-old reality TV star and businesswoman shares Stormi, five, and son Aire Webster, one, with US rapper Travis Scott. The mother and daughter arrived in matching black and feathered looks to attend the Valentino’s runway show. Stormi wore […]
Kylie Jenner has worn a cream bodice with a sheer overlay gown on the front row at the Haute Couture Week in Paris. The 26-year-old reality TV star and businesswoman was sitting beside actress Kelly Rutherford and Chicken Shop Date Youtuber Amelia Dimoldenberg at Palais de Tokyo on Wednesday. Jenner, who is dating Wonka actor […]
Zendaya was among celebrities debuting a bold new look at Haute Couture Week in Paris. The Euphoria actor sat front row at the Schiaparelli show, wearing what appeared to be a dark brown wig with extra-short blunt bangs. She paired the dramatic new look with a suitably vampy outfit: a long-sleeved black gown with a […]
Hollywood stars Rihanna and Natalie Portman shared a sweet encounter outside the Dior Haute Couture show in Paris. Grammy-winning pop star and Fenty mogul Rihanna was among the stars who took their seat to watch Dior’s spring summer 2024 collection, wearing a black brocade puffer jacket cinched at the waist with a belt and a […]