Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin bag, which gave birth to fashion’s must-have accessory, sold for a record 7 million euros (about $11.2 million Cdn) at auction in Paris on Thursday.

Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation's highest honour.