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      ‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 19 October - 12:00

    Researchers hope to uncover how people died and how diseases have developed over 1,000 years

    Deep beneath the streets of Paris, the dead are having their last word. They are recounting 1,000 years of death in the city: how many are ­buried in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up Les Catacombes , what killed them and how the diseases that may have led to their demise have ­developed over the centuries.

    In the first ever scientific study of the site, a team of archeologists, anthropologists, biologists and ­doctors is examining some of the skeletons of an estimated 5-6 ­million people whose bones were literally dumped down quarry shafts at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th.

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      Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run over

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 18 October - 16:29

    Motorist accused of deliberately targeting 27-year-old Paul Varry in road rage incident on Tuesday

    A motorist accused of deliberately running over a cyclist in a Paris road rage incident has been formally put under investigation for murder and remanded in custody.

    The 52-year-old SUV driver, named only as Ariel M, is accused of deliberately targeting the cyclist, who was named by the Paris public prosecutor’s office as Paul Varry, 27.

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      Spotted on the catwalks: leopard prints roar back into fashion for autumn

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 29 September - 12:00

    Beloved of Kate Moss, Bet Lynch and a host of others, the style stalwart has been having a new moment in Paris

    Associated with everyone from Bet Lynch to Mel B, and sometimes dubbed a “neutral” by fashion insiders, leopard print is such a stalwart of style that it can be dated back to ancient Egypt. But in 2024 it is having something of a fashion moment once again.

    Last week Kate Moss wore a leopard print coat to shows at Paris fashion week , while Hailey Bieber was spotted in a similar design in LA. Leopard has also been on the catwalk – with Prada showing a leopard coat this month – and popular on the high street. Ganni’s Izey jeans are now a familiar sight on fashionable thirtysomethings nationwide while Marks & Spencer’s £45 leopard print wide-legged jeans have sold out on the website. Due to be restocked this week, they have a waiting list of 12,000.

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      Comment fonctionne le passe Navigo Liberté+ pour se déplacer dans Paris ?

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 18 September - 12:55

    Le forfait Navigo Liberté+ est moins connu que les passes mensuels et annuels. C'est pourtant une option intéressante si vous voyagez dans Paris en métro et RER. Actuellement, ce titre de transport d'Île-de-France Mobilités permet de payer 1,73 € pour un trajet dans Paris. En 2025, le tarif et la zone de validité du passe Liberté+ vont évoluer.

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      Postcards from Paris: iconic scenes at the Olympic Games

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 11 August - 13:48

    Our photographer Tom Jenkins has toured the capital and visited some of its most renowned spots during the Games

    When the Paris Olympics chose the slogan “Games wide open”, it was about more than just bringing sport out of stadiums and on to city-centre streets.

    Creating temporary venues in astonishing settings – from beach volleyball at the Eiffel Tower to skateboarding at the Place de la Concorde – allowed France to avoid the cumbersome “white elephant” building projects of the past, and present a greener Games.

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      Paris 2024 Olympics: lifts, laughs and love on day 16 – in pictures

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 11 August - 13:10


    As the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad draws to a close, we take a look at of the best images from day 16 in Paris

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      How wraparound shades won the gold medal for fashion at the Paris Olympics

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 11 August - 11:00

    Trendsetting sunglasses have been ubiquitous at the Games and everywhere else this summer, with athletes, British royalty and A-list celebrities all rocking the look

    It is not often that the superstar celebrities of music, sport, fashion and royalty all agree on one look, but summer 2024 is the exception. Wraparound sports sunglasses have been centre stage a t Glastonbury, the Olympics and everywhere in between.

    More than 2,000 Olympic athletes wore Oakley sunglasses at this year’s Games. Some were chosen to wear the brand’s latest innovations, such as the revolutionary QNTM Kato frames, which, true to brand, have been designed to fit as close to the face as possible and block out the discomfort of peripheral light: the wraparound style.

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      ‘Sometimes you really have to let go’: can Olympians embrace retirement?

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 11 August - 07:00

    Alice Dearing, the first Black swimmer to represent Team GB, ended her career in April – and has some advice for those retiring after the Paris Olympics

    Alice Dearing knew she would retire if she failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics. So when things began to go “catastrophically wrong” for the 27-year-old Team GB swimmer in the middle of a qualifying event earlier this year, she was forced to confront not only the demise of her dream of Paris, but the end of her career.

    Dearing, who made history as the first Black female swimmer to represent Team GB at Tokyo 2020, officially announced her retirement in April. The decision was not easy: “It’s a challenge for athletes because you want that high,” she said. “My whole point of trying to go to Paris was that I just wanted a better result [than] Tokyo. To finish on probably one of the worst races of my career was a bit of a weird one.”

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      Macron has been hugging France’s heroes as though he dare not let the Olympics go | Angelique Chrisafis

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 11 August - 05:00

    Medal success has offered the president welcome weeks of respite in his country’s fraught political climate – but what happens when the athletes go home?

    The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is famed for his enthusiastic hugging of sports stars – as the footballer Kylian Mbappé can attest. Macron walked on to the pitch, somewhat awkwardly pulled Mbappé to his chest and patted his head to console him after defeat to Argentina in the last World Cup.

    But at the Paris Olympics, Macron’s touchy-feely approach to the nation’s athletes has exceeded anything that had gone before.

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