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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will be available on Disney Plus on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Viewers in the United States can watch it at 6 p.m. PT or 9 p.m. ET. The release time differs from the first two episodes, which aired together on Monday, December 2. Going forward, episodes will follow a weekly Tuesday schedule.

Queen Camilla cancels another appearance, raising concern among people. Due to a persistent chest infection that has kept her out of events for weeks, Queen Camilla has cancelled more planned appearances. Beginning in early November, Her Majesty cancelled a number of engagements. Buckingham Palace even released a statement stating, that Her Majesty The Queen's doctors have recommended a brief period of rest due to a chest infection that she is currently suffering from. Her Majesty regretfully had to cancel her plans for this week, but she sincerely hopes to recover in time to attend the Remembrance events this weekend as usual. She expresses her regret to everyone who might have been harmed or let down by this. She ultimately had to cancel the Remembrance events as well.

Jack Depp, the 22-year-old son of actor Johnny Depp and French singer Vanessa Paradis, has been quietly carving his path away from the limelight. Unlike his sister Lily-Rose Melody Depp, who is currently making waves in Hollywood with her role in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, Jack has embraced a more low-profile existence. Despite his star-studded lineage, Jack has spent time working at a popular Lebanese restaurant, L’Area, in Paris's Bastille district. The trendy eatery, known for its exposed roof rafters, mosaic floors, and eclectic clientele of music, fashion, and film industry elites, including actors like Matt Damon and Matt Dillon, has become a local hotspot. According to Radar Online, Jack worked at the restaurant for two years, showcasing a strong work ethic both behind the bar and in the kitchen, before taking a break earlier this year. L’Area’s owner, Edouard Chueke, has managed the restaurant for over 15 years and revealed that Jack’s family, including his mother Vanessa Paradis and sister Lily-Rose, are frequent visitors. Jack’s mother has long been vocal about protecting her children from the pressures of fame. She has consistently emphasized their right to choose their own paths, away from the spotlight that often comes with having celebrity parents. Jack, who is bilingual and splits his time between

Francisco Oliveira has got a new job and in many ways it seems better than his old one. 

immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, shortly after a meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming Kyiv «would like to make a deal» to end the more than 1,000-day war. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that Moscow and Kyiv have both lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a war that «should never have started.» «There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives are being needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed,» he said, as he called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to act to bring the fighting to an end.

The Archbishop of Paris officially reopened Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday, marking the restoration of the historic 12th-century landmark after the catastrophic fire of 2019. In a symbolic gesture, Laurent Ulrich knocked on the grand doors and stepped into the beautifully restored space. Dressed in newly designed vestments and carrying a staff crafted from a roof beam that survived the blaze, Ulrich led a two-hour ceremony attended by hundreds of VIPs inside the Gothic cathedral. Commanding the doors to “open,” he entered the transformed masterpiece to begin the event.

Donald Trump takes office. Trump's November election victory has cast doubt on the future of American aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for billions of dollars in already authorized assistance to be disbursed before he is sworn in next month. The package features drones, ammunition for precision HIMARS rocket launchers, and equipment and spare parts for artillery systems, tanks and armored vehicles, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US military should stay out of the escalating conflict in Syria as a shock opposition offensive closes in on the capital, declaring in a social media post, «THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT.» With world leaders watching the rapid rebel advance against Syria's Russian-and Iranian-backed president, Bashar Assad, President Joe Biden's national security adviser separately stressed that the Biden administration had no intention of intervening. «The United States is not going to… militarily dive into the middle of a Syrian civil war,» Jake Sullivan told an audience in California. He said the US would keep acting as necessary to keep the Islamic State — a violently anti-Western extremist group not known to be involved in the offensive but with sleeper cells in Syria's deserts — from exploiting openings presented by the fighting.

Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's first term after a four-year hiatus. Trump, the once and future American president, said the two would be discussing a world that's gone «a little crazy» as they met one on one before a celebration of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after a devastating fire. Trump's visit to France comes as Macron and other European leaders are trying to win Trump's favour and persuade him to maintain support for Ukraine in its defence against Russia's invasion. Macron's office said that would be discussed as well as the wars in the Middle East.

Prince Harry has no plans to return to the UK. At a recent conference, the Duke of Sussex revealed that he was perfectly content living in America. In a conversation with Andrew Sorkin at The New York Times Dealbook Summit on Wednesday, Harry stated he has no wish to relocate to his motherland. He said that his life in the US was what his late mother, Princess Diana, would have wanted. Harry shared that his family has found a level of freedom and privacy in California that would have been impossible in the UK due to security concerns. His security arrangements were reduced after stepping down as a working royal, prompting him to take legal action over changes to his police protection when visiting Britain.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OpenAI said it would set up a new office in Zurich, Switzerland, as part of efforts from the ChatGPT maker to bolster its presence in Europe as the continent emerges as a key battleground for regulating artificial intelligence. The startup said Zurich would be its fifth location in Europe after opening offices in Dublin, London, Paris and Brussels over the past two years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Investors are fretting that France may be on the verge of triggering a new eurozone crisis, and the amazing thing is that it took this long for everyone to notice that the country’s public finances, and its economy, are a mess. We don’t mean to make light of the worry gripping markets in recent days as the National Assembly has failed to pass a budget.

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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, damaging large portions of the 860-year-old Gothic-style building, the world is getting a look at the painstaking restoration efforts to bring the church back to life.French President Emmanuel Macron toured the UNESCO World Heritage Site Friday, trailed by a pool of photographers and journalists, taking in the meticulous, €700 million (more than C$1 billion) restoration.And what a difference – “This is overwhelming,” he said as he viewed the glistening, cleaned white stones, Reuters reported.Macron thanked the nearly 400 firefighters who “saved this cathedral” on April 15, 2019 – the day the world watched in horror as a fire that started in the roof spread rapidly, sending flames and smoke high into the sky.“The blaze at Notre Dame was a national wound and you were the remedy, through your determination, hard work and commitment,” he said, speaking to the approximately 1,300 workers who gathered to welcome Macron and celebrate their achievements.The fire destroyed the church’s spire and roof and left heavy smoke and water damage to the main cathedral area of the building.After the fire was extinguished that day, Macron pledged to the public that “we will rebuild the cathedral to be even more beautiful, and I want it to be completed within five years.”On Friday, Marcon gazed up at rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework.Gone are the gaping holes that the blaze scorched into the vaulted ceilings, leaving charred piles of debris. New stonework has been carefully pieced together to repair and fill the wounds that had left the cathedral’s insides exposed to the elements.

Luiza Rozova or Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova, was tracked using leaked airline records.

World shares are mixed after losses for big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street

World shares are mixed with Chinese stocks leading gains after U.S. stocks rose to records despite President-elect Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs

Shares have opened higher in Europe after mostly falling in Asia following a report showing inflation in the U.S. was roughly as expected last month

Goldman Sachs announced that it had 95 new partners last week, the highest number promoted in nearly a decade. Five of those were in Paris, the first since a single nominee in 2014 — Pierre Hudry, who has since left the firm.

Having a rank above managing director, which you promote people into biannually, has its disadvantages. Any managing director (MD) doesn't get promoted is not happy, particularly if they had reason to believe that they deserved the rise. 

European markets opened higher on Wednesday while Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower as momentum cooled for the torrid “Trump trade” that swept U.S. markets following Donald Trump’s presidential victory