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An image from a book market in Lyon looking across the Saône river towards La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière located in Vieux Lyon.

Tales from Abroad: savoring the beauty of everyday life in France

Cierra Noffke, Culture Editor February 11, 2021

Emma Cowen wakes before the sun on a cool fall morning. She laces up her boots and puts on her work clothes. While the sun creeps into the sky, she walks out into a dew-laden pasture. Cowen is walking...

Weekly Update: News from the World Outside Wilmington

Tyler Newman, Assistant News Editor February 1, 2018

Paris inundated by flooding In Paris, the Seine River’s water level reached 19.1 feet early on Monday after weeks of rainfall that created an ongoing water rise in France’s rivers. Throughout...

“Burkini” refers to a bathing suit designed to cover the entire body and head

Courtesy of The Tribune News September 11, 2016

The above graphic details what constitutes a "burkini." The term was coined as a combination of the word "bikini" and the word "burqa," which is an Islamic item of clothing designed to cover a woman's...

Should we Charlie?

Courtesy of Tribune News January 29, 2015

Flowers are left with notes written in French reading 'I am Charlie' and "rest in peace" near the fence at the French Embassy over a flower memorial January 8, 2015 in Washington, D.C., in response to the attack on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo by three gunmen that took the lives of 12 people. 

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