Plane with 303 Indians grounded over ‘human trafficking’ freed to leave France | Latest News India

Plane with 303 Indians grounded over ‘human trafficking’ freed to leave France | Latest News India

A passenger plane grounded for a human trafficking investigation while carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua was on Sunday allowed to leave France’s Vatry Airport in Champagne country after four days. A lawyer for the Romanian company Legend Airlines said the plane would take many of the stranded passengers back to India on Monday, news agency … Read more

French President Macron to be chief guest for Republic Day 2024: Report

French President Macron to be chief guest for Republic Day 2024: Report

French President Macron to be chief guest for Republic Day 2024: Report India has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, PTI reported on Friday citing sources. India had invited US President Joe Biden as the chief guest but he expressed inability to travel … Read more

Mystery sign on this SF home is last remnant of a dangerous charlatan

Mystery sign on this SF home is last remnant of a dangerous charlatan

A plaque on the exterior of Dr. Albert Abrams’ former home in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE It’s impossible to count the number of lies Dr. Albert Abrams told while defrauding patients, seducing celebrities and brainwashing a cult of medical professionals. But there is one misleading message that remains today, in front of the … Read more

Frederick Wiseman in Paradise | The New Yorker

Frederick Wiseman in Paradise | The New Yorker

In “Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros,” Frederick Wiseman’s four-hour documentary about a great French restaurant, playing at Film Forum, there is a kitchen like none that I’ve ever seen: a large rectangular room with windows facing the woods; rows of stainless-steel countertops, with burners embedded in the flat surfaces; clear open air above the cooking spaces—a startling absence … Read more

Ryanair passengers forced to shelter in a BARN full of tractors after bomb scare at French airport sparks travel chaos

Ryanair passengers forced to shelter in a BARN full of tractors after bomb scare at French airport sparks travel chaos

 Families forced to wait hours without food or heating at Bergerac Airport Ryanair passengers were forced to take shelter in a barn after a bomb scare at a French airport caused travel chaos. Families preparing to board a Ryanair flight from Bergerac to London Stansted were ushered into cold and damp agricultural buildings loaded with … Read more

Taupō French students looking for community help

Taupō French students looking for community help

Students from Les Sables d’Olonne in France visited Taupō-nui-a-Tia College earlier this year. A Taupō-nui-a-Tia College teacher hopes people will channel their inner language learners to help a group of students make an overseas trip. Next April, 31 French and history students will make the journey to France for 16 days. Travel and other expenses … Read more

Te Awamutu Sports cruise through pool play in inaugural World Amateur Rugby Festival

Te Awamutu Sports cruise through pool play in inaugural World Amateur Rugby Festival

Te Awamutu Sports (New Zealand) perform the haka v Belgium at the Inaugural World Amateur Rugby Festival. Photo / Carl Finlay Te Awamutu Sports French touring party cruised through the pool stages of the Inaugural World Amateur Rugby Festival in Port de Bouc, with a perfect three from three record, dispatching France, Belgium and Uruguay … Read more

King and Queen travel to Bordeaux for last day of state visit to France

King and Queen travel to Bordeaux for last day of state visit to France

T he King and Queen are to meet Britons running businesses in south-western France before touring a vineyard on the final day of their state visit. Charles and Camilla will fly from Paris to Bordeaux, a change from their original plans amid French media leaks, before being welcomed in a town hall. They will join … Read more

Forget speed bumps! The French village where SQUIGGLY LINES have been painted on roads to stop drivers from speeding (and it’s working… but also making them feel sick)

Forget speed bumps! The French village where SQUIGGLY LINES have been painted on roads to stop drivers from speeding (and it’s working… but also making them feel sick)

At a glance, it looks like a piece of abstract art.  But this junction in a French village has not been decorated for aesthetic purposes – but to deter drivers from speeding. The seemingly random squiggles were painted on road sections leading to a T-junction in the village of Baune, which lies near the city of Angers … Read more