Apr 19 2024
This day in history we feature the European Space Agency. An intergovernmental organization dedicated to space exploration and research was established on this day in 1975. Trivia – European Space Agency The European Space Agency is an organisation of 22 […]
This day in history we feature the Eiffel Tower. A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris was officially inaugurated on this day in 1889. Trivia – Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower is named after the engineer Gustave […]
Paris: The Internet For Trust Conference, which is organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has brought together 4,300 participants to discuss regulatory solutions to the ongoing crisis of online information – the first ever such […]
This day in history we feature the Louvre Museum. The Louvre or the Louvre Museum, is the world’s most-visited museum, and a historic landmark in Paris, France opened on this day in 1793. Trivia – Louvre Museum The museum is […]
If you’re into dinosaurs, you too could own a 66-million-year-old giant Triceratops fossil if you have an estimated 1.2 million euros (AED5million). The fossil who has been named Big John’s skull is 2.62 meters (8 feet 7 inches) long and […]
Violence erupted in Paris on Saturday for the second consecutive weekend at a mass protest against a new security law, with demonstrators clashing with police, vehicles set alight and shop windows smashed. Thousands of people had began marching peacefully in […]
On a darkened residential street in Paris, a gate left partly open signals the entrance to an abandoned train tunnel — and an illegal rave party for 300 people looking for an escape from France’s Covid-19 lockdown. The attendees poured […]
A Moroccan man and three alleged accomplices went on trial in France Monday for an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago that was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. Hollywood […]
Some 20 million French people prepared to spend their first evening under curfew on Saturday, a measure taken by the government after an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases. The 9:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew came into force at […]
Seven people have been detained in connection with an attack outside the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, according to reports. A man armed with a meat cleaver wounded two people in the attack on Friday. The […]
