• A Shark Terrorizes France in Trailer For The Horror Thriller UNDER PARIS — GeekTyrant

    Netflix has released a trailer for a new shark attack horror thriller titled Under Paris, about a shark that terrorizes France through the city’s rivers and sewers.The...

  • France takes a stand against shrinkflation

    Companies use shrinkflation to increase profits by reducing product size without raising prices. Most people will notice a change in price, but will often miss a change in size, especially when the change is concealed by the outside packaging. Even matzoh for Passover was shrunk this year. — Read the rest

  • Thunder edge Pelicans in thriller

    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drained a go-ahead basket with 32.5 seconds left on Sunday as Western Conference top seeds Oklahoma City clawed out a 94-92 victory over New Orleans in their NBA playoff opener.

  • Property and Debt in Ancient Rome

    Traditional societies usually had restrictions to prevent self-support land from being alienated outside of the family or clan. By holding that the essence of private property is its ability to be sold or forfeited irreversibly, Roman law removed the archaic checks to foreclosure that prevented property from being concentrated in the hands of the few. This Roman concept of property is essentially creditor-oriented, and quickly became predatory. More

  • Early Addition: Scrabble, but for hanging out

    Because they're making a "less competitive" Scrabble for Zoomers, here are your early links: Alleged Orthodox Jewish tunnel-diggers plead not guilty, Dean Meminger looking good, Margot Robbie's "Monopoly" movie and more. [ more › ]

  • Explained: France's exit tax

    Planning on leaving France? You may, depending on your circumstances, be charged the 'exit tax'.

  • Haitian Groups to Seek Reparations from France

    A group of civil society organizations called for the French government to schedule a reparations agreement with Haiti during the third session of the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva this week. According to Reuters, the participants are suggesting that any money paid should be given to the new Transitional Presidential

  • Lebanese PM to meet with Macron in France

    Beirut, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet with President Emmanuel Macron in France, the National News Agency of Lebanon reported in this capital on Thursday. The post Lebanese PM to meet with Macron in France first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • How accountant errors impact foreigners in France

    The French tax system is a complicated one, especially if you're freelance or running your own business - but there is one extra element that can lead to foreigners in France getting a very unwelcome surprise, as one Australian in Paris discovered.

  • ‘Answerbacks’ still at it: Arizona walks off in a thriller

    PHOENIX -- Randal Grichuk’s double to lead off the 10th inning scored Christian Walker as the D-backs walked off the Cubs, 12-11, in a wild, 10-inning back-and-forth game Tuesday night at Chase Field.

  • Why France chose to enshrine abortion in its Constitution

    It’s April but we still need to talk about women’s rights! March, traditionally known as Women’s Month, has come and gone, but the advocacy work doesn’t stop.

  • France being ‘pounded’ by Russian disinformation, says minister

    Jean-Noël Barrot says propaganda via social media and fake websites may distort EU election resultsFrance is being “pounded” by Russian disinformation that could distort the result of the upcoming EU parliamentary elections, France’s minister for Europe has said.Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview with Ouest-France that Russian propaganda was being disseminated across social media platforms on a weekly basis. Continue reading