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(Adds Paris resident quote, edits headline) PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday applauded the painstaking work to restore Notre-Dame de Paris, two years after a fire destroyed the cathedral's centuries-old attic and sent its spire crashing through the vaults below. In the hours after the blaze, Macron told a distraught nation that the cathedral, which dates back to the 12th century, would be rebuilt and later promised it would be reopened to worshippers by 2024, when France hosts the Olympic Games. More than 700 days after workers scrambled to shore-up Notre-Dame...

Heathrow Loses European Airport Crown in Pandemic Year Bloomberg 1/18/2021 Richard Weiss (Bloomberg) -- London Heathrow lost its top spot among European airports last year as travel curbs tied to the coronavirus pandemic kept passengers away. Heathrow’s 73% drop left it trailing both Istanbul’s new hub, which attracted 23.4 million travelers in its first full calendar year of operation, and Paris Charles de Gaulle, which retained the No. 2 spot. All of Europe’s airport’s suffered, with 23 million passengers equating to a rank outside the top 30 in any normal year. �...