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News & Current Events Mar 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM

French police thwart a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris

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French police thwart a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris
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French police thwart a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris
French authorities say that police have stopped a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris.
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fluffysmaster Mar 28, 2026 +106
17 y.o. man born in Senegal was arrested while attempting to light an improvised device made of 5 liters (1.3 gal.) fuel tank and 650g (1.4 Lb.) of explosive likely to be a large firework. Source: [Le Figaro](http://lefigaro.fr)
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PM-me-youre-PMs Mar 28, 2026 +90
Proof again that we need immigrants to do the necessary tasks the locals can't be bothered with anymore
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k_realtor Mar 28, 2026 +17
I was talking to someone about how terrorism can spread all over the world, not just think it will only happen in the US during this Iran invasion. They think if they go to a country like let's say Germany or Mexico and there's something American-related (Hilton hotel, american bank, US corporation, McDonalds, Starbucks etc), they'll be Totally fine and safe but it's not how terrorist think. They'll suicide bomb their own people. The first thing they're going to do is attack US consulates and then all the US banks/businesses, etc because at the end of the day, the invasions is purely about oil and money so instead of the regular religious war stuff they do, it comes down to things that more objective and disruptive in terms of the financial instead of always religious. A really good documentary about Osama bin ladin, and why he was able to do what he did. Basically explains that it's never a poor person that can do the serious damage but the rich terrorist.
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Consistent-Throat130 Mar 28, 2026 -17
And the cops are never ever making the situation better.
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ReactionJifs Mar 29, 2026 -3
police exist to protect capital, not you
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No-Philosopher3248 Mar 28, 2026 -12
I saw “French police thwart” and thought this was article about French Stewart.
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Automatic-Beach-5552 Mar 28, 2026 -80
What on earth is there a Bank of America in France for ?
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LittleGoron Mar 28, 2026 +80
Same reason there are Toronto Dominion banks and Deutsche Banks in the US
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Previous-Height4237 Mar 28, 2026 -7
Both are better banks than BoFA, which is quite the low bar.
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k_realtor Mar 28, 2026 +2
Remember when [Wells Fargo ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_cross-selling_scandal)made fake accounts under your name. Imagine not trusting your bank that literally has all your money.
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krazybanana Mar 28, 2026 +53
Why is there Kentucky fried chicken outside Kentucky?
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fluffysmaster Mar 28, 2026 +14
For companies doing international business
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Crocs_n_Glocks Mar 28, 2026 +14
It's one of the largest banks in the world, and it makes it easier for people in different countries to do business?
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ReactionJifs Mar 29, 2026 +8
Other Countries: EXIST "Whoa! Y'ALL GOT BANKS?!?"
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5GCovidInjection Mar 29, 2026 +3
Does France even have electricity?!
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Ripraz Mar 28, 2026 -125
Ok, I have now to look for wth "thwart" means, other than something from a Warcraft's orc
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Star_____walker Mar 28, 2026 +67
It means to prevent something from happening.
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Ripraz Mar 28, 2026 -61
No yeah, I looked for it, but sometimes english feels like a language assembled with duct tape, between being 80% poorly pronounced french, a bit of german and straught up latin for scientific terms. Now I have to study this word's etymology because it bugs my brain lol being it this weird it's probably anglic in origins
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DankVectorz Mar 28, 2026 +14
Once you discover the meaning of thwart, you should look up “athwart” to discover it has nothing to do with “thwart”.
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EverettWAPerson Mar 28, 2026 +8
'Athwart' is literally the word 'thwart' with the prefix 'a' (toward); 'thwart' means to (successfully) oppose, 'athwart' means 'to the opposite side'.
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Ripraz Mar 28, 2026 -21
Ok it comes from Old Norse, with the classic doubts about where from in specific. Cool, but still, english feels like a collage from a neolatin language speaker lol
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randominsamity Mar 28, 2026 +53
You can't be serious.
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Ripraz Mar 28, 2026 -42
Ok tell me its ethimology without looking for it, if you find this term this common. I know you probably think the world started around USA, but not everyone comes from a germanic language
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gc11117 Mar 28, 2026 +50
If its not your first language, not shocked you dont know what it means but it is a very common word in English.
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