Gap Inc is in talks with its partners to sell its stores in Italy and France, the U.S. apparel chain said on Wednesday, as it looks to limit its presence to online in Europe and save costs. The retailer is also planning to shut all Gap Specialty and Gap Outlet stores in the United Kingdom…
France, US Agree on China Threat But Devil is In the Details
June 28, 2021
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Commentary France and the United States are finally “‘on the same page’ in their determination to resist the possibility of a Chinese-led world order that would be ‘profoundly illiberal in nature,’” according to a New York Times interview with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken published on June 25. Blinken said that “‘our purpose is not…
Following the Paths of D-Day in Normandy
Today, it’s a sleepy town not far from the sea, but in the wee pre-dawn hours of the morning on June 6, 1944, Sainte-Mère-Eglise was wide awake. Fires and the repeating gunshots from automatic weapons lit up the skies. Allied paratroopers dropped from above, many paying a heavy price, descending into this burning hell to…
France, in Reaction to Closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, Says Attached to Press Freedom
PARIS—France is attached to the freedom and plurality of the press, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters on Wednesday, when asked about Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily’s decision to print its last edition later this week. Apple Daily will print its last edition on June 24, after a stormy year in which it was…
EU’s Digital COVID Certificate Excludes China-Made Vaccines, Beijing Retaliates By Attacking Major EU Country
June 17, 2021
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The European Union will start its “EU Digital Covid Certificate” program on July 1, after the tool to streamline information about a traveler’s COVID-19 status was approved by the EU Parliament on June 9. China-made vaccines are not recognized by the program, as is the case with the Russia-made vaccines. The Chinese regime’s embassy in…
Sarkozy Tells Campaign Finance Trial the ‘Cost of Flags’ Was Not His Affair
PARIS—Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy denied wrongdoing on Tuesday at his trial over the illegal financing of his failed 2012 reelection campaign, saying its expenses were not his responsibility. It had never been expected of his predecessors to scrutinize campaign bills, he told the Paris court. “Can you imagine me going into a meeting to…
UK and US Travelers Must Be Vaccinated to Enter France: EU Affairs Minister
PARIS—People traveling to France from countries where the COVID-19 risk is rated “orange,” such as Britain and the United States, will have to be vaccinated and show a recent negative test result, European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said on Friday. Under new rules set to take effect from June 9, people coming from orange countries…
Air France Flight From Chad Searched After Bomb Threat
PARIS—French authorities in Paris are searching an Air France airplane that arrived from Chad following an anonymous threat about a possible explosive device on board, officials said on Thursday. Air France said in a statement that following the threat, Air France Flight AF865 from N’Djamena to Paris had been escorted by a French Air Force…
A Seaside Beauty: Villa Gaby
Luxurious and striking villas tend to take our minds to the world of lavish parties, with famous figures in fancy dresses. But Villa Gaby is that and more—as it has been the property of a local hospital center, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), since the 1950s. In 2015, the AP-HM entrusted the villa…
France Stands at Crossroads, as Members of Military Demand Action
Commentary In 1971, first-time novelist Frederick Forsyth, a former RAF pilot, journalist, and war correspondent, published “The Day of the Jackal,” a grippingly realistic thriller about an anonymous hired assassin known only as the Jackal, who very nearly assassinates French president Charles de Gaulle in revenge for his abandonment of France’s long-time colony of Algeria…
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