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Travel
Solo traveler cries after experience with unfriendly French locals in viral TikTok video
A travel influencer from the U.S. broke down in tears after reportedly feeling isolated during her solo trip to France, citing cultural and ...
Ryan General
Canada
Simu Liu flexes his French speaking skills in new ad for Cheetos
Simu Liu flexes his French speaking skills in a new campaign to promote his fingertips’ endorsement deal with Cheetos. Their first: In a pre...
Bryan Ke
Fashion
Louis Vuitton is selling a fortune cookie-shaped bag for $2,310
Louis Vuitton recently dropped a collectible leather clutch in the form of a fortune cookie. The special bag from the French luxury fashion ...
Isa Peralta
Social Media
French YouTuber says he felt ‘uncomfortable’ at Vietnamese wedding he crashed in viral video
In a now-deleted TikTok video, French content creator Alwin GC (@alwingc) crashes a Vietnamese wedding. Alwin makes sure to clarify that h...
Iris Jung
Korean restaurant in Quebec threatened for not serving in French reopens with help from community
Bab Sang, a Korean restaurant in Québec City, Canada, closed two weeks ago due to threatening phone calls after Le Soleil, a local newspape...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
Foreign Porsche owners whose brutal attack on Thai man left him in coma denied bail
The two Frenchmen whose assault on 47-year-old Somkuan Songkhot left him in critical condition in the Thai province of Surat Thani have bee...
Chandler Treon
Thai man in coma after foreign owners of Porsche he was admiring brutally attack him
A 47-year-old Thai man is in critical condition after two Frenchmen assaulted him in an unprovoked attack in Koh Samui, Surat Thani provinc...
News
First Civilian Case Against Companies Who Made the Poison Agent Orange Used in Vietnam War Begins
A French court this week started hearing the first civilian case against manufacturers of Agent Orange, a herbicide used by the United State...
Carl Samson
French Chef Cut From Michelin Guide After Saying ‘No Chinese Customers Wanted’
An upscale German restaurant has been removed from the prestigious Michelin Guide website following a racist remark by French chef Jean-Clau...
Civil Rights
Woman’s ‘Racist’ Instagram Post Called Out After Being Rude as Hell to a Nail Technician
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with an apology from the Instagram user. An Instagrammer posting from Montreal, Canada is fa...
Editorial Staff
Uncategorized
Award-Winning French Author Roasted After Saying He Prefers Young Asian Women
A renowned French author has come under fire after airing his romantic preferences in a magazine interview. Yann Moix, 50, told Marie Claire...
French-Vietnamese Restaurant Forced to Remove ‘Offensive’ ‘Pho Keene Great’ Sign
A city in New Hampshire is not too keen on the name of a new pho restaurant that is intended to be a play on words. Pho Keene Great had disp...
Khier Casino
Vase From Qing Dynasty Discovered in a French Attic Sells for $19 Million
A vase dating back to 18th century China, believed to have been owned and passed down from one generation to another by a French family, was...
Asia
Netflix Pressured to Drop French Comedian Over Alleged Racism Against Asians
A Moroccan/French stand-up comedian who has recently moved to New York in an effort to conquer the North American audience is being haunted ...
Artist Dad in Tokyo is Still Turning His Son’s Drawings Into Badass Anime Characters
Tokyo-based French anime artist Thomas Romain is back with some new illustrations by his two sons Ryunosuke, 11, and Itsuki, 8, whose artist...
Chinese Police Praised for Not Killing Man Who Stabbed Frenchman in Shanghai
A French national was allegedly stabbed with a knife near the crossroads of Yongjia Road and Jiashan Road in Shanghai on Wednesday. The atta...
World
Genius French Artist Paints Over Graffiti To Make Them Readable
When we see graffiti, it’s safe to say most of us don’t even know what it’s trying to say. To give everyone a better visi...
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