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Associated Press
16-06-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Lines stretch outside the Louvre in Paris as opening delayed for undisclosed emergency meeting
PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum delayed its opening on Monday, with staff citing an 'emergency meeting' of senior officials about a subject they did not disclose. The hold-up left thousands of ticket-holders stuck in unmoving lines, snaking past I.M. Pei's iconic glass pyramid and deep into the underground shopping mall beneath the museum. Some visitors gave up and left, creating the illusion that lines were moving, while the museum remained shut. As of midday, there was no evacuation and no word from museum officials on the reason for the closure or when the doors would open. A message posted on the museum's website said: 'Due to strikes in France, the museum may open later and some exhibition rooms may remain closed. We thank you for your understanding.'
Times
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
David Lammy aides take a back seat after taxi fare claims
There's an established rule in politics that it isn't the initial incident that matters, so much as how you react to it. David Lammy might have considered this when he convened an emergency meeting after his 'disputed taxi fare' story. Furious about what he saw as inaccurate reporting, Lammy was 'raging' to his team. It reached the point where he said: 'For one thing it's ridiculous to suggest I could lose my temper like that.' Everyone in the room suddenly developed an intense interest in their feet. If you've got them by the stomach, as Theodore Roosevelt nearly said, their hearts and minds will follow. Bruce Anderson writes in The Spectator about the art of the political lunch, noting that in the 1980s it wasn't
LBCI
07-05-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif starts emergency security meeting
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif started an emergency meeting of the National Security Committee in the capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday, his office announced. His office added that the meeting was due to be followed by an address to the nation. AFP
