Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Former Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Elysee Palace, Dominique De Villepin looks at a world map during a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the international situation at the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon) in Paris, France, on April 9, 2025. On the new planisphere in the room of the foreign affairs committee of the National Assembly, in Paris, was not intended to pay for the chronicle. Some of its members were offended by a cartographic modification found on the world map. The representation of Western Sahara as an integral part of Moroccan territory. The dotted line that previously separated Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco has disappeared, as well as the choice to distinguish the two entities by two different colors. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Former Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Elysee Palace, Dominique De Villepin looks at a world map during a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the international situation at the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon) in Paris, France, on April 9, 2025. On the new planisphere in the room of the foreign affairs committee of the National Assembly, in Paris, was not intended to pay for the chronicle. Some of its members were offended by a cartographic modification found on the world map. The representation of Western Sahara as an integral part of Moroccan territory. The dotted line that previously separated Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco has disappeared, as well as the choice to distinguish the two entities by two different colors. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Giuseppe Cesari, Diana and Actaeon 1603 - 1606 painting in on display at the Louvre museum on December 13, 2023 in Paris. France's education minister has visited on Monday December 11, 2023, a school where some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout. The pupils also accused their teacher of making racist and Islamophobic remarks, which the school denies. Teachers at the Jacques-Cartier school in Issou, west of Paris, refused to work in response. Tensions had apparently been high since the start of term, with officials citing repeated complaints by parents about coursework and punishments. The row began when a teacher showed Diana and Actaeon, a Renaissance-era painting portraying a mythical scene from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Several first-year high school students, aged 11 and 12, said they were offended by the work by 17th-Century Italian painter Giuseppe Cesari. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Giuseppe Cesari, Diana and Actaeon 1603 - 1606 painting in on display at the Louvre museum on December 13, 2023 in Paris. France's education minister has visited on Monday December 11, 2023, a school where some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout. The pupils also accused their teacher of making racist and Islamophobic remarks, which the school denies. Teachers at the Jacques-Cartier school in Issou, west of Paris, refused to work in response. Tensions had apparently been high since the start of term, with officials citing repeated complaints by parents about coursework and punishments. The row began when a teacher showed Diana and Actaeon, a Renaissance-era painting portraying a mythical scene from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Several first-year high school students, aged 11 and 12, said they were offended by the work by 17th-Century Italian painter Giuseppe Cesari. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Giuseppe Cesari, Diana and Actaeon 1603 - 1606 painting in on display at the Louvre museum on December 13, 2023 in Paris. France's education minister has visited on Monday December 11, 2023, a school where some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout. The pupils also accused their teacher of making racist and Islamophobic remarks, which the school denies. Teachers at the Jacques-Cartier school in Issou, west of Paris, refused to work in response. Tensions had apparently been high since the start of term, with officials citing repeated complaints by parents about coursework and punishments. The row began when a teacher showed Diana and Actaeon, a Renaissance-era painting portraying a mythical scene from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Several first-year high school students, aged 11 and 12, said they were offended by the work by 17th-Century Italian painter Giuseppe Cesari. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Nude Painting Row At School Sparks Teacher Walkout

Giuseppe Cesari, Diana and Actaeon 1603 - 1606 painting in on display at the Louvre museum on December 13, 2023 in Paris. France's education minister has visited on Monday December 11, 2023, a school where some pupils refused to look at a painting of nude women in class, sparking a teacher walkout. The pupils also accused their teacher of making racist and Islamophobic remarks, which the school denies. Teachers at the Jacques-Cartier school in Issou, west of Paris, refused to work in response. Tensions had apparently been high since the start of term, with officials citing repeated complaints by parents about coursework and punishments. The row began when a teacher showed Diana and Actaeon, a Renaissance-era painting portraying a mythical scene from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses. Several first-year high school students, aged 11 and 12, said they were offended by the work by 17th-Century Italian painter Giuseppe Cesari. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with the Netherlands

STORY: Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with the Netherlands DATELINE: Oct. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: Managua CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in Managua STORYLINE: The Nicaraguan government on Friday issued a diplomatic note in which it officially cut ties with the Netherlands for its "repeated interfering, interventionist and neo-colonialist" actions. In the note, the Nicaraguan government said that the Netherlands "has offended and continues to offend Nicaraguan families with threats and suspensions of works for the common good, such as hospitals for indigenous and Afro-descendant communities." The note also said that the measure is aimed at defending the honor, dignity, and sovereign spirit that characterizes Nicaragua. The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed regret over Nicaragua's decision to sever diplomatic relations with the Netherlands. The Dutch Foreign Ministry said the Netherlands is discussing with the EU partners how it will respond to this mov

Scenes of Rio Olympics

Scenes of Rio Olympics

Pole vault athlete Renaud Lavillenie looks offended on Aug. 15, 2016, after the Frenchman was booed by the Brazilian crowd and lost in the men's final to home favorite Thiago Braz da Silva, who won gold, at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo