Henri Astier
Journalist at Freelance
Paris-born, London-based journalist. Main outlets: BBC, Times Literary Supplement, The Critic, Persuasion.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Henri Astier
European leaders have urged Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine starting on Monday. The call was issued at a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" in Kyiv. The leaders of France, Germany, the UK and Poland were hosted by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, while others joined remotely. They made the announcement after discussing the plan by phone with US President Donald Trump - who initially mooted an unconditional ceasefire.
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4 weeks ago |
henriastier.substack.com | Henri Astier
British critics have been unanimous about Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow). The Times raved about a "micro-budget film" about artisanal cheese making that could charm "even the most die-hard cheese hater". Time Out called it a "humorous coming-of-age story". The Guardian hailed "a feel-good ending that fully satisfies". Don't let that put you off. The threats of a warm-hearted agricultural idyll, as I discovered, were unfounded.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Henri Astier
Kidnapped father of French crypto-millionaire rescued Getty ImagesFrench police have rescued the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire who had been kidnapped and held for ransom in a Paris suburb. The unnamed man was attacked in broad daylight in central Paris on Thursday. He was bundled into a delivery van by four men wearing balaclavas, police sources told Le Figaro newspaper.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Henri Astier
Woman carrying bomb dies after explosion in GreeceGetty ImagesPolice at the scene have been searching through the debrisA woman has died in Greece after a bomb exploded in her hands, police say. They say she was standing outside a bank in the northern city of Thessaloniki when the device went off early on Saturday. Officers suspect she may have been planning to plant it next to a cash machine.
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1 month ago |
bbc.co.uk | Maddy Savage |Henri Astier
Image source, ReutersImage caption, After the shootings, police cordoned off the area near the hair salonSwedish police have arrested six people in connection with a triple murder at a hair salon in the city of Uppsala. The suspects range in age from under 18 to 45, according to the state prosecutor's office. One is suspected of carrying out the killings on Tuesday evening. A 16-year-old who had been arrested hours after the incident was released on Friday.
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Listen to Simone de Beauvoir after touring Mao's China: "There's no personality cult in China. The wild enthusiasm I saw was spontaneous. 500,000 men, women and children marched in joy. As they passed the stage, it was touching to see them jump with joy and give flowers to Mao."
Le point commun entre Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Claude Van Damme c'est qu'il leur arrive de se tromper. Samuel Fitoussi explique pourquoi dans son dernier livre Pourquoi les intellectuel se trompent. @franceinter @EdLObservatoire https://t.co/M27jhIo9YI
Love the English language and weep at this headline @mattfrei @LBC https://t.co/ZFocKoKcCS
Beyond the charm: what 'Holy Cow' reveals about the real strengths of French cinema. More on my Substack #VingtDieux https://t.co/UoXABSuZg2 https://t.co/7RWwcvIWbK
