Paris

Revolutionary ideals of the Paris Commune live on in Black Lives Matter autonomous zone in Seattle 0
- BUSINESS
- June 15, 2020
A new autonomous zone set up in Seattle by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement bears some striking similarities with the Paris Commune of 1871. Despite its brutal ending, the seminal event in the French capital 150 years ago set the agenda for progressive urban politics and broader social justice movements ever since. But while
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Questions for Paris fire brigade as Notre Dame inferno burns out of control for hours 0
- BUSINESS
- April 15, 2019
The French Interior Ministry said 400 firefighters were mobilised to help tackle the blaze that engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday. And while hundreds of comments flooded the Pompiers du Paris Twitter page in support of the brave firefighters, many questions were raised as to how the fire was dealt with. Why did the
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Paris fire: woman detained as eight die in apartment building | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- February 5, 2019
A woman has been detained as part of a criminal inquiry into a fire in an apartment building in Paris on Monday night that killed at least eight people and injured about 30. The blaze broke out in the eight-storey structure on Rue Erlanger, near the Parc des Princes football stadium and the Roland Garros
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