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A free climber known as the “French Spiderman” scaled a Manila skyscraper on Tuesday to support the Philippines’ maritime claims in the disputed South China Sea. Frenchman Alain Robert, who has scaled more than 150 structures worldwide,…
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French citizen Benjamin Briere is still in an Iranian jail despite his recent acquittal by an appeals court, his lawyer said Thursday. Briere was detained in May 2020, and later sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage. He is…
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Benjamin Briere, a French national held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike for the second time since his incarceration in May 2020, his sister and his lawyer said Monday. Briere, who was sentenced to eight years in jail for espionage, is…
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Today, Wednesday, the novel "At Night All Blood is Black", by French writer David Diop, won the Booker International Prize for Fiction. The novel beat five other contenders for the prize, and its author was awarded a $70,000 reward,…
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Frenchman Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of luxury goods giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, topped the list of the world's richest people, beating Jeff Bezos on Monday. Arnault's fortune reached $ 186.3 billion, on Monday,…
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