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Added on the 08/01/2020 10:24:38 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Dozens of shoppers rush into the Printemps department store in Paris for the start of the winter sales amid record numbers of Covid cases. IMAGES
Masks and mandatory hand wash: At the Printemps Haussmann department store in Paris, winter sales start with staff cheering the first customers. In Paris, as elsewhere in France, shopkeepers hope to end the winter season on a positive note. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire officially launches the winter sales at Galeries Lafayette in Paris. Proven by the strike, the shopkeepers hope that the four weeks of promotions will replenish their coffers. IMAGES
An Argentine court allowed two French rugby players held for almost two months on rape charges, to return home pending the conclusion of their case. Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou -- both 21 -- were arrested in Buenos Aires two days after winning their first international caps against Argentina in Mendoza in early July. IMAGES
The opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics, the first to be held on French soil, begins between the Champs-Elysées and the Place de la Concorde, signalling the start of 11 days of competition in the French capital with a plume of blue, white and red smoke. IMAGES