In case you haven’t heard, this past weekend was HUGE for France.
We all know the country’s soccer team beat Croatia to win the 2018 World Cup, but hours later former American first lady Michelle Obama and the queen’s mother, Tina Lawson, danced side…
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Emmanuel Macron’s reaction to France’s World Cup victory is delightfully relatable
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Presidential decorum be damned when your country’s just won the World Cup.
French president Emmanuel Macron left his inhibitions at the door during the 2018 World Cup final on Sunday, spending the game delivering air punches like a kid post-Santa visit.
Beating Croatia 4-2, thanks in part to 19-year-old star Kylian Mbappé, France had plenty of reason to cheer — and that’s exactly what Macron did.
Here’s the president flailing about in the official leader box at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, sitting alongside his wife Brigitte Macron, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, President of French Football Federation Noel Le Graet, and Russian president Vladimir Putin. Read more…
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Know any soccer enthusiasts rooting for France? They are absolutely, 100%, without a doubt the happiest people you know right now.
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Welcome to my nightmare: This GIF of a bug being expectorated out of a human mouth.
During the World Cup match between Uruguay and France on Friday, French goalie Hugo Lloris nearly swallowed a gigantic bug. Fortunately, he managed to quickly expel t…
Little French boy waves baguette at World Cup, help help, I’m dying
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Regardless of where you’re from, you’ve got to love a child who understands the value of carbs.
One little French boy demonstrated his national pride by waving around a beautiful golden baguette at Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal between France and Uruguay. France won the game, and Baguette Boy is quickly becoming an internet sensation.
The hero #WorldCup deserves: #FRA‘s #BaguetteKid pic.twitter.com/8d5jz8X5Ln
— Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) July 6, 2018
If there’s one stereotype I learned from middle-school French, it’s that French people love baguettes — -with or without butter. Only Twitter understands how radical that is. Read more…
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Breaking down France’s new $76M Africa startup fund
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Ethos, the company that bills itself as making life insurance accessible, affordable and simple, has officially come out of stealth with an $11.5 million investment led by on of the world’s top venture firms, Sequoia Capital, and additional participation from the family offices of Hollywood’s biggest stars and an NBA all-star. Jay Z’s Roc Nation, […]
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Amazon just got a step closer to world smart speaker domination. Starting today, users in France can pre-order the Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Spot. The standard Echo and Echo Dot will start shipping to users next week. The display-equipped Echo Spot will arrive at some point next month. Naturally, the expansion also includes a French […]
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When 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama saw a toddler dangling from a four-story building, he did what few of us are capable of doing: he scaled from the building and saved him.
On Monday, the French government announced that they’d be awarding Gassama, who is a Malian migrant, with French citizenship. He was told of this reward during a meeting with President Emanuel Macron, where he also received a medal for his heroic efforts.
He’s also apparently been offered a job with the fire service — he’s clearly got what it takes. Video of the event is like something out of a movie you’d never watch because you’d think it too over-the-top to be real. Read more…
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Real-life ‘Spider-Man’ who climbed building to save child to meet with French president
It’s surely a stunt out of a Hollywood film.
A man’s dramatic climb up the side of a building to rescue a child in Paris earned him widespread praise, plus a meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron.
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