Tag: Arc de Triomphe

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  A US$ 840.000 Swiss watch nabbing in Paris; 71 such robberies this year

  

  A Japanese man who stepped out of his Paris hotel for a cigarette was robbed of his US$840,000 Swiss watch by a thief who snatched it off his wrist, police sources said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Yellow vests' protests reflect widespread anger and challenge to Macron's reforms

  

  Protesters from France's “gilet jaunes” (yellow vests) movement have pulled out of a meeting with PM Edouard Philippe scheduled for Tuesday. Some members of the group said they had received death threats from hard-line protesters warning them not to enter into negotiations with the government.