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Paris’s Cinémathèque Française closes doors over bedbug infestation (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] SourGumGum@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hearing this makes me wonder if Russia was involved somehow.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-disinformation-hyped-paris-bedbug-scare-french-minister-says-2024-03-01/

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My thoughts exactly!!! Is this another planted news item, or was there actually a bedbug infestation in the city? Was the Russian angle a ploy to keep the tourists coming?

[–] SourGumGum@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Or did they pay someone to release actual bed bugs?