Uber has won, says French cabbie
Will last week’s violent protests in Paris stop Uber? Two Californian-based entrepreneurs hatched the idea behind Uber while struggling to hail a cab one chilly night in the City of Light. Seven years on, during which we witnessed the “Uberification” of 300 cities worldwide, Paris is now one of Uber’s largest markets — it’s also the one giving it the hardest ride. Thursday’s cabbie strike against France’s UberPOP, an extra-low-cost ride-hailing service, produced enough shamef
Tourist sexually assaulted, by monkeys?
I did have a laugh during last week’s French conversation class. A class which over the past year has morphed into an excuse for a leisurely coffee and catch-up, or to be sidetracked by the more bizarre things life throws up like: Can monkeys have the hots for humans? I expect we’d been sitting in the sun for too long when the conversation reached this point. But I admit to being all ears when my girlfriend mentioned recent reports of a woman being agressée sexuellement (sex
