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January 16, 2021

France

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French court convicts IS operative over foiled train attack

December 22, 2020 Elaine Ganley, Associated Press

PARIS — A French court on Thursday convicted an Islamic State operative over a train attack five years ago that was foiled with the dramatic intervention of three American passengers. The special terrorism court sentenced […]

Article

Facebook removes French, Russian accounts active in Africa

December 18, 2020 Angela Charlton and David Klepper, Associated Press

PARIS — Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month, Facebook announced […]

Article

Erdogan says he hopes France gets rid of President Macron

December 4, 2020 The Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president has renewed his vitriolic attacks on French President Emmanuel Macron, saying he hopes France will get rid of him soon. Speaking after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Macron […]

Article

France reinforcing its border controls following attacks

November 5, 2020 Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France is reinforcing its border controls after a series of attacks that hit the country in recent weeks. Macron said the number of police and […]

Article

Europe eyes new restrictions as virus cases hit record high

October 13, 2020 Jamey Keaten and Frank Jordans, Associated Press

GENEVA — Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the continent recorded its highest weekly number of new infections since the start of the […]

Features

Brits scrambling home from France after quarantine move

August 14, 2020 Pan Pylas and Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

LONDON — British holidaymakers in France were scrambling to return home Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government’s decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a recent pick-up […]

Features

Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ getting 4-year-long cleaning

August 3, 2020 Nadine Achoui-Lesage and Angela Charlton, Associated Press

PARIS — Pipe by precious pipe, the organ that once thundered through Notre Dame Cathedral is being taken apart after last year’s devastating fire. The mammoth task of dismantling, cleaning and re-assembling France’s largest musical […]

Business

French drug company accused of favoring profits over lives

July 7, 2020 Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press

PARIS — Accused of favoring profits over patients’ lives, French pharmaceutical company Servier Laboratories is facing millions of euros in potential fines and damages after a huge trial involving 6,500 plaintiffs who say the company […]

Article

France-Turkey spat over Libya arms exposes NATO’s limits

July 7, 2020 Lorne Cook, Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The festering dispute between France and Turkey over a naval standoff in the Mediterranean Sea has shone a glaring searchlight on NATO’s struggle to keep order among its ranks and exposed weaknesses in […]

Article

Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since WWII

June 20, 2020 Thomas Adamson, Associated Press

PARIS — Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower for reopening next week, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark’s longest closure since World War II. France’s tourism industry is opening back up, […]

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