After investigating suspect, France decides to open terrorism probe in attempted train attack
By Jaime Fuller From New York Magazine French prosecutor François Molins announced on Tuesday that authorities plan to open an official terrorism investigation into the train attack that ended with three Americans, a French-American professor, and a British businessman tackling…
A Polish connection: all roads lead to Opole
Michal Kaczmarski From FDiIntelligence The small Polish city of Opole has landed some large investors, particularly in the food processing sector. Michal Kaczmarski looks at how it uses its excellent road connections to punch above its weight. An Italian finding…
American heroes: How we overpowered French train attacker
From Newsmax LILLE, France — A day ago he was just another tourist on a train. By Saturday, U.S. Airman First Class Spencer Stone was recovering from knife wounds in a hospital in France, being thanked for foiling what the…
Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm two hostage sites/ Flight QZ8501 tail found
Charlie Hebdo hunt: Police storm two hostage sites From BBC French police have stormed two hostage sites in the Paris area, killing three hostage takers. Two brothers suspected of the Charlie Hebdo magazine shootings were killed in an assault at…
Charlie Hebdo and the Right to Commit Blasphemy
By Jonathan Chait From New York Magazine Just over three years ago, the office of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine whose staff was horrifically murdered, was firebombed. Time’s Paris bureau chief, Bruce Crumley, responded to the attack at the…
Five minutes with Death in Paradise actor Kris Marshall
By The Citizen Gloucester UK Kris Marshall stars in Death in Paradise Kris Marshall, 41, plays DI Humphrey Goodman in Death In Paradise. He talks to Roger Crow about his second run of the BBC One comedy drama, the pressure…
Paying tribute to Calypso Rose
From Trinidad Express Though she was barely able to walk because of gout, Calypso Rose was still able to woo her audience, as Brooklyn paid tribute to the Tobago-born singer who “broke the glass ceiling” in the calypso genre. “This…
Odds of European heatwaves on par with deadly 2003 event are skyrocketing
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable In July and August 2003, a high pressure area settled in for an extended, unwelcome stay across much of Western Europe. France, Germany, Italy and other countries baked under a stiflingly hot and humid air…
French train Cayman Islands Customs Officers
Sixteen officers of Her Majesty’s Customs Department are receiving training from and sharing information with a team of French Consular Miami Fla. and French Customs officials over the next four days. The session, which began yesterday (Tuesday, 25 November 2014)…
Try this Thanksgiving-inspired chicken liver pâté with bourbon and cranberry
By Daniel Gritzer Culinary Director From Serious Eats All-American ingredients like bourbon, apple cider, and cranberries are the stars of this holiday pâté. [Photographs: Vicky Wasik] I read somewhere recently that pâté had gone out of style. That bothered me,…