EU Celebrates Paris Agreement, Claims Credit at UN

The EU is celebrating the Paris Agreement's imminent entry into force with a ceremony at United Nations headquarters claiming credit for pushing the treaty that seeks to curtail the emissions of greenhouse gases past its final hurdle.

Poland, an EU member state, deposited the documents necessary for joining the treaty during the ceremony Friday, bringing the number of EU countries that are party to the deal to eight.

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After painful surgery and recovery, Oakville teen not just a model, but role model too

 A 16-year-old model from Oakville, Ont., who made her Paris Fashion Week debut on Friday is not just remarkable because she's only been in the business for six months.

Emm Arruda was born with scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.

She'd long been interested in modelling, but in a business that craves perfection, she didn't think the profession would ever be a possibility because of her condition.

"It made me self-conscious of my body. I wouldn't wear tight shirts or something with a symbol on it because you could see it was turned sideways," Arruda said between fittings and auditions in Paris. 

She added that she would instead wear baggy clothing to hide the pronounced S-curve in her back.

Signed 6 months after surgery

Two years ago, Arruda had major surgery called spinal fusion. Doctors straightened her back using titanium rods and screws. These will grow together with the spinal bone, fusing it into the proper position.  

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Paris mayor's attempt to curb traffic along Seine leaves some commuters fuming

Chase scenes along the Seine river in Paris are classic. We've all seen them. Walled in on one side, a river on the other, perfectly perilous ground for Bond, Bourne and other lesser mortals.

"Delon and Belmondo starred in a few, too," says Mourad Ladouari, bordering on wistful.

Ladouari is a Paris taxi driver who likes to practise his English talking old French films with passengers. He's

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Hollande vows to shut down unacceptable Jungle camp

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande on Saturday confirmed plans to close the squalid Calais migrant camp known as “the Jungle,” saying he hopes authorities can relocate as many as 9,000 migrants to reception centres across France in the coming weeks.

Hollande, visiting one of France’s 164 migrant reception centres in the central city of Tours, said conditions in the Calais camp are “not acceptable” and “extremely difficult,” especially for those who fled war to get there.

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