Guy Beart, one of France’s best-known troubadours who was considered one of the finest exponents of the “chanson francaise” genre, died on Wednesday at the age of 85. One of his daughters is Emmanuelle Beart, one of France’s most prominent actresses, having risen to international fame in the 1986 film “Manon des Sources”. Just nine months ago, Guy Beart had given his final performance at Olympia, the Paris concert hall
DETROIT (AP) — Salvador Salort-Pons, the Detroit Institute of Arts’ executive director of collection strategies and information who has played a key role in the museum’s strategic planning process, was appointed Wednesday as the institution’s director.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A security company is the final defendant to be dismissed from a class-action lawsuit filed by victims of the deadly 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse.
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(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it won’t release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. A company spokeswoman said the bug was taking longer to fix than expected. Apple said last week that watchOS 2 would be available on Sept. 16.
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(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it will not release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. A company spokeswoman said the bug was taking longer than expected to fix and that an error-free version would be released “shortly”. Apple said last week that watchOS 2 would be available on Sept. 16. (Reporting by Arathy S Nair
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hundreds of taxis from across Europe jammed central Brussels on Wednesday in protest against the driver-hailing app Uber, closing tunnels and disrupting commuters’ journeys. Taxis drove slowly through the Belgian capital towards Schuman roundabout, which houses the European Union institutions, stopping at major intersections on the way and blocking two main routes. Transport union FGTB-UBT said about 1,200 taxis, hailing from France, Britain, Switzerland,