A huge crowd of supporters gathered peacefully near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain's victory, which was marred by violent clashes overnight that led police to detain hundreds of people.
Fans of Paris Saint-Germain celebrated a remarkable win before chaos on the streets of France erupted with hundreds arrested for rioting, vandalizing and setting fires.
Roland Garros, a WWI-era pilot, is credited with revolutionizing aerial combat. The major Paris tennis tournament was named after him in 1928, a decade after his death in combat.
History’s winners take a beating at the movies. The post The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Ancient Greeks’ Blackened Reputation History’s winners take a beating at the movies. TakiMag (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images) My friend Michael Mailer is an extremely talented film director and producer, most recently of Cutman and Little Audrey, the latter a true story about a little girl that created miracles. Michael’s father, the novelist Norman Mailer, taught me how to headbutt, and when I asked him if there was brain damage involved, he looked nonplussed. “Writers have harder heads than normal people,” he said. Be that as it may, Norman was a frustrated movie director. He…Open
Guy Savoy, who worked his way up from modest beginnings (and a recent setback), this week became the first chef inducted into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Guy Savoy, who worked his way up from modest beginnings (and a recent setback), this week became the first chef inducted into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts.
A passenger from the Congo boarded the flight in Paris “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak.
Top policymakers were expected to discuss rising energy prices and sanctions policy at a critical summit in Paris this week.
A new collection of photographs gives us a new picture of the Holocaust in France.
The aging statesman braved rough seas and arduous carriage rides to reach Paris, where he persuaded the French to back the American rebels. We followed in his footsteps.