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A laboratory operator wearing protective gear in France. The country reported the first death due to coronavirus, or COVID-19, outside Asia.Photo: Thomas Samson (AFP via Getty Images)France reported the first death due to coronavirus, formally known as COVID-19, outside Asia on Saturday. According to health authorities, the victim was an…

French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent woodThis week on Dezeen, architects and governments alike bet on the future potential of wood as a construction material, with plans unveiled to build public buildings and skyscrapers from the material.In a bid to make France carbon-neutral by 2050, president…

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The stunning new images of the star's surface show not only the fading red supergiant but also how its apparent shape is changing. Betelgeuse has been a…

Perrotin will expand its contemporary art presence with the launch of a new gallery space in Paris, France. Located at 2bis Avenue Matignon, the cozy 750-square-foot establishment will occupy the ground floor of a building that was constructed in 1900. “The general atmosphere of this venue will be that of…

Experimental photographer and “weird gear” collector Mathieu Stern made this 5.5-minute video about how he recently found a roll of mystery film inside a 60-year-old medium format camera. In the summer of 2019, Stern was at a huge flea market in France when he purchased a Lubitel-2, a twin-lens reflex…

Some attractions are just crowded, tacky, boring, or cliché. Getty Images There are many iconic sights around the world people long to visit at least once in their lifetime.However, some just aren't worth the effort, time, or money.Business Insider rounded up a list of the top 16 worldwide tourist attractions…

private jetScott Olson/Getty ImagesThe income needed to join the top 1% of earners varies greatly from country to country. According to a list compiled by Bloomberg, it takes about $488,000 to be in the top 1% in the United States, but it takes about half that to join the top 1%…

French authorities have fined Apple 25 million euros after it failed to inform users that downloading iOS on older iPhones could result in their devices slowing down. In a press release, the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention stated: Following an investigation by the Directorate General for…

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Caviar may be known as a luxury for the rich, but the food has become cheaper and more accessible in recent years.Madagascar has become one of the new caviar hotspots, thanks in part to a French company that opened a fish farm in 2009.Caviar consumption is also up in the…