Gas leak believed to be cause of blast and fire in capital on morning of gilets jaunes rally
Two firefighters have died in a massive explosion caused by a “pocket of gas” in a six-storey building in Paris.
Another 47 people were injured, 10 of them critically, including a third fire officer, in the blast in the 9th arrondissement of the capital on Saturday morning.
Continue reading...Lucia Riina, youngest child of Salvatore ‘Totò’ Riina, names establishment after crime family’s home town
The daughter of a notorious Sicilian mafia boss has opened a restaurant near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris called Corleone.
Lucia Riina, a painter and the youngest child of the late “boss of bosses” Salvatore “Totò” Riina, named the establishment after her father’s home town and the crime family in Francis Ford Coppola’s award-winning Godfather trilogy of films.
Continue reading...Police estimate 25,000 people protested in Paris, Toulouse, Lyon and other cities
France’s gilets jaunes movement has continued its national action for an eighth successive weekend with demonstrations across the country.
In Paris, there were violent clashes between police and protesters attempting to reach the Assemblée Nationale, the lower house of parliament on Saturday. Riot police forced demonstrators back using teargas after coming under a hail of projectiles.
Continue reading...The French capital welcomed 2019 with a laser show and fireworks watched by thousands of people on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
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