Three nuclear reactors in France have been shut down and eight others are running at reduced capacity due to soaring river temperatures amid a severe heatwave. The heatwave has forced closures and shortened hours at major Paris landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, and Orsay Museum.
One week on, and the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage. Some say it will make celebrities of the very jewels it sought to erase, much as the Mona Lisa's turn-of-the-20th-century theft transformed the then little-known Renaissance portrait into the world's most famous artwork
Four thieves executed a daring daytime heist at Paris’s Louvre Museum, stealing nine priceless imperial jewels worth €88 million. Despite tight security, they escaped on motorbikes. Authorities suspect organised crime involvement, comparing the theft to the 2019 Dresden Green Vault robbery
In a daring daylight heist at the Louvre, thieves used a basket lift to infiltrate the Galerie d'Apollon and steal nine priceless Napoleonic jewels, including Empress Eugénie’s crown. The four-minute operation, executed amid crowds of tourists, has sparked national outrage and intensified scrutiny of museum security and staffing.
