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The Louvre

The Louvre
A Paris France based national art museum. Its main areas of activity include exhibiting a collection of sculptures objets d’art paintings drawings and archaeological finds from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century. Housed in the historic Louvre Palace, It also focuses on education research and conservation.
Louvre Museum director Laurence des Cars. Photo: AFP
France

Louvre Museum director resigns following months of turmoil and jewels heist

Christophe Leribault will take over as director of the famed French museum following the departure of Laurence des Cars.

France

9 arrested over Louvre ticket fraud scheme involving Chinese tourists

Louvre

France’s Louvre Museum closes gallery due to structural weakness

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Artificial intelligence

Fact-Check | AI-generated scenes ‘from France’s 2025 Louvre heist’ circulate in Hong Kong

Fabricated videos of museum break-in shared by internet users in the city.

A screenshot of different points in the Facebook reel showing the two fabricated videos of the heist. Photo: Facebook/SCMP Composite
Crime

Paris Louvre heist suspects are petty criminals, not professionals, prosecutor says

Paris museum robbery suspects are from the poor northern suburbs of Paris, and include a couple with children.

Crime

Woman charged over Louvre heist tears up in court

She and another suspect arrested this week have been detained, while three others have been released without charges.

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Crime

France now holding 7 suspects in daring US$102 million Louvre heist

French police arrest five new suspects, following the detention of two men who had ‘partially admitted’ involvement in the October 19 robbery.

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French riot police patrol near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum. Photo: Reuters
France

French police arrest 2 suspects in Paris Louvre jewel heist

Arrests follow a massive manhunt for the thieves who stole US$102 million in royal gems, exposing security flaws at the Paris museum.

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Art

What was stolen in the Louvre heist? From emerald necklaces to crowns

The world is in shock following a massive heist at the Louvre, which took place on Sunday and resulted in US$102 million of stolen jewellery.

France

Louvre chief admits CCTV gaps enabled heist, says she offered to resign

The museum reopened its doors amid calls for improved security after thieves made off with US$102 million in jewels.

A visitor takes a picture of a painting at the Louvre on the day it reopened to the public for the first time since last Sunday’s heist. Photo: Reuters
France

Louvre theft sparks spate of French museum burglaries

The latest incident involved a break-in at the House of Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, where almost 2,000 gold and silver coins were taken.

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Almost 2,000 gold and silver coins were stolen from at the House of Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, during a nighttime burglary. Photo: Handout
Art

How ancient Egyptians depicted their gods shown in more than 200 objects

An exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art explores how the gods were portrayed by Egyptians both royal and common.

France

Louvre heist jewels valued at over US$100 million as security row deepens

As the manhunt for the thieves continues, questions are mounting over the Paris museum’s security.

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France

Louvre jewels may be irrecoverable as French police race against time

Police hunt for Louvre raiders before priceless Napoleonic jewels are melted down and cut into untraceable individual stones.

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The boarded up window where thieves entered the Louvre to steal priceless royal jewellery. Photo: AFP
Paris

Video | Daring daytime heist at the Louvre

Thieves raided the Louvre museum in Paris in broad daylight on October 19, 2025, taking just a few minutes to grab some of the nation’s priceless crown jewels before escaping.

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Crime

France hunts thieves who stole crown jewels from Louvre in daring minutes-long heist

Suspects at large after broad daylight raid targets Paris museum; 19th-century diamond crown dropped and damaged in their escape.

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Wellness

Breast cancer at 30, Hong Kong artist then met husband, became mum

May Yeung froze her eggs before undergoing radiotherapy, met her husband during successful treatment, and later gave birth to their son.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet edgy Broadway producer Jordan Roth, son of billionaire realtor Steven Roth

Roth’s 2012 wedding to author Richie Jackson was attended by Donald Trump and Melissa Etheridge; off-Broadway, Roth serves on the board of multiple foundations.

Avant garde Broadway producer Jordan Roth wears Robert Wun Custom Couture for Halloween 2024. Photo: @jordan_roth/Instagram
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