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Marine taxidermist Steve Mathews is unable to find an apprentice to carry on his 40-year legacy.
Topics: visual-art, fish, apprenticeships, community-and-society, work, library-museum-and-gallery, cairns-4870, france, united-states, new-zealand
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| UpdatedFaced with Trump's 'declaration of war', some European leaders have now taken the gloves off where the US president is concerned.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, germany, france, united-states
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Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, women, rights, law-crime-and-justice, france
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Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads by the end of the year.
Topics: science-and-technology, air-transport, road-transport, industry, france
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| UpdatedThe world's first floating city could be built off the waters of French Polynesia after the signing of an agreement for a pilot project.
Topics: science-and-technology, community-and-society, climate-change, pacific, french-polynesia, united-states, france
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| UpdatedFor the past five years, The Seasteading Institute in San Francisco has been researching the potential for what it describes as permanent, innovative communities, floating at sea.
Topics: science-and-technology, ecology, engineering, defence-and-national-security, community-and-society, climate-change, pacific, french-polynesia, united-states, france
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French prosecutors lay preliminary charges against six more suspects in the Kim Kardashian West jewellery robbery, with authorities now looking at a possible inside job.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, law-crime-and-justice, france
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French authorities file the first charges against four suspects over the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian West with sister Khloe calling it a "kind of closure".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, arts-and-entertainment, france
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| UpdatedSemi Radradra's move to French rugby union is confirmed, with the Parramatta star to leave after the 2017 NRL season.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, rugby-union, sport, parramatta-2150, nsw, australia, france
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| UpdatedAs part of its bid for the 2024 Olympics, Parisian authorities plan a new four-kilometre bike lane to run along one of the city's most famous streets and will ban cars from parts of the centre.
Topics: climate-change, cycling, olympics-summer, france
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| UpdatedParis police arrest 17 people over the October robbery of Kim Kardashian West, during which the reality celebrity was held at gunpoint and more than $14 million worth of jewellery was stolen, officials say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, arts-and-entertainment, france
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Heavy snowfalls and sub-zero temperatures across Europe leaves more than 20 people dead and aid workers concerned about hundreds of asylum seekers at acute risk.
Topics: weather, italy, poland, belgium, european-union, france, portugal, bulgaria, germany, serbia, russian-federation
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| UpdatedFrance becomes the latest country to introduce an opt-out approach to organ donation, but despite the calls of proponents, it seems unlikely Australia will follow suit.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, australia, france
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Beau Clugston's journey to becoming a world-class chef had humble beginnings.
Topics: surfing, work, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, health, sawtell-2452, france, sweden
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ABC Europe correspondent James Glenday reviews the stories from his rounds that made headlines in 2016.
Topics: foreign-affairs, terrorism, government-and-politics, european-union, france, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedSailor Thomas Coville arrives in the French port of Brest after smashing the world record for a single-handed non-stop sailing circumnavigation of the globe.
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| UpdatedIraqi Christians in Bartella celebrate their first Christmas mass in the town since it was captured by the Islamic State group in 2014.
Topics: christmas, christianity, holy-see-vatican-city-state, canada, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied, france, iraq
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| UpdatedThe International Monetary Fund's board expresses "full confidence" in managing director Christine Lagarde, despite her being found guilty of negligence over a $575 million state payment to a tycoon as French finance minister in 2008.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, corporate-governance, government-and-politics, world-politics, france
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| UpdatedTraces of explosives are found on some of the victims of EgyptAir Flight 804 which crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May, killing 66 people.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, terrorism, egypt, france
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International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde pledges to fight "allegation by allegation" charges of negligence as she goes on trial in Paris over her role in a huge payout by the French state to businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008.
Topics: courts-and-trials, international-financial-institutions, france
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| UpdatedPortugal and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins the Ballon d'Or award for the fourth time after claiming the European Championship and Champions League titles in 2016.
Topics: soccer, sport, spain-soccer, france, portugal
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| UpdatedParis makes all public transport, residential parking and the Velib' bicycle and Autolib' electric car schemes free for the third consecutive day to combat high levels of smog in the city.
Topics: air-pollution, pollution, environment, travel-and-tourism, community-and-society, france
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| UpdatedMore than 130 rare treasures from the Palace of Versailles in France, including personal items from Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette, go on display in Canberra.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, france
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announces his candidacy for next year's presidential election, saying he will step down from his current job to focus on his bid.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, federal-government, elections, france