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Thieves steal French crown jewels from Louvre in daytime incursion

PARIS – Thieves raided Paris’s Louvre museum in broad daylight Sunday, taking just seven minutes to grab some of France’s priceless crown jewels, but...

Cruising along the River Seine

The Seine River is 777 kilometers long and flows through Paris before reaching the English Channel. It is deep enough to hold ocean-going vessels,...

Lady Gaga plants lipstick smile on ‘Mona Lisa’ in Louvre clip

Paris, France—Lady Gaga comes face to face with the "Mona Lisa" in the Louvre and plants a lipstick smile on her face in a new...

Paris braces for Olympics opening ceremony as rail network ‘sabotaged’

Paris, France—The Paris Olympics are set to open in a spectacular and unprecedented ceremony on the river Seine on Friday, but hours before the...

Activists detained after splashing pumpkin soup on Mona Lisa

PARIS—Two protesters on Sunday hurled pumpkin soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy...

Louvre museum reopens after 16-week virus shutdown

The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, reopens after its coronavirus closure Monday, but with nearly a third of its galleries still shut. The vast...

Da Vinci work

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Louvre to host Da Vinci exhibit

Paris—Later this year, the Louvre in Paris will host an exhibition of masterpieces by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci to mark his death...
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