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In a serious bus accident on the A28 near Wezep, sixteen people were injured, including five who are currently in the hospital, while the highway is closed until Tuesday morning for repair work following the crash involving an Austrian coach full of German students on their way to Paris. (translated)

A New Zealand tourist caused chaos at Paris's Gare du Nord when he tried to board the Eurostar with a British artillery shell from World War I in his suitcase, which led to the evacuation of the departure hall and the arrival of explosive experts, before he ultimately received a fine and had to leave the dangerous souvenir behind. (translated)

Céline Dion reveals in an interview that she showed symptoms for seventeen years before her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome, including extreme pain and stiffness, and that she had to cancel her Courage World Tour due to this condition, while she now hopes to meet her fans with concerts in Paris in the autumn. (translated)

Virgin Trains has received approval from the British railway authority to run a maximum of twenty trains daily between Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, and London between 2030 and 2040, which presents a competitive opportunity for Eurostar, which currently has a monopoly on the rail through the Channel Tunnel. (translated)

Édith Piaf is het pseudoniem van Édith Giovanna Gassion (Parijs, 19 december 1915 – Grasse, 10 oktober 1963), die als Franse zangeres wereldwijde bekendheid kreeg. 'Piaf' is informeel Frans voor 'mus'. Zij zong chansons, waarvan de bekendste zijn: La Vie en rose, Non, je ne regrette rien, Hymne à l'amour en Milord (geschreven door Georges Moustaki). Piaf werd in Parijs geboren als dochter van een kroegzangeres en een acrobaat. Ze werd opgevoed door haar grootmoeder, die in Normandië een bordeel uitbaatte en uit Marokko afkomstig was. Haar debuut als zangeres maakte zij rond haar vijftiende als straatzangeres.  https://hvdommelen.nl/p/Piaf.html

Swimmer Léon Marchand, one of France's greatest sports heroes, will miss some distances at the European Championships in Paris due to an injury, but his popularity remains very high as he is supported by other French icons and serves as an ambassador for Louis Vuitton. (translated)

BREAKING: ✅ #Ajax en #PSG bereikten vrijdag rond zessen mondeling akkoord over transfersom #Godts. 💰Champions League-winnaar betaalt circa 56 miljoen euro, waarvan een groot deel direct. 🇧🇪 Belg net met zijn agent Niels De Jonck aangekomen in Parijs. https://t.co/MCiFsi6kh6 #TransferNews #Football #ChampionsLeague

Breaking - Ajax en PSG naderen akkoord over transfersom Mika Godts. Rond de 55 miljoen euro. Godts zit er zondag tegen Heerenveen al niet meer bij en reist snel naar Parijs af. Zo meer @VI_nl #Ajax #PSG #transfer

Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has fled Russia and appeared in Paris on Monday, where he expressed his relief about his freedom but emphasized that he does not unfortunately feel that 'yet in Russia,' while he was under great pressure from the authorities and was recently sentenced for spreading extremist symbols. (translated)

Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has been spotted in Paris after the Kremlin labeled him a 'foreign agent,' preventing him from participating in the parliamentary elections, for which he previously collected 105,000 signatures to run against President Putin. (translated)