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The history behind France’s proud tradition of protests
PARIS | No nation does mass protests quite like France. When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry farmers want better pay, hundreds of them drive tractors down the Champs-Élysées. And when museum workers want better tourist management, they strike and shut down the Louvre. Passionate public protest […]
Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display
PARIS | The Louvre’s Apollo gallery on Wednesday reopened to the public for the first time since 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels were stolen in a dramatic daytime heist. The public can tour the majestic room and view its gilded ceilings and Greek frescoes en route to the nearby Mona Lisa, […]