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March 18, 2019 at 1:40 am

France bans some yellow vest protests in Paris after riots VIEW

PARIS (AP) — France's prime minister announced a ban Monday on yellow vest protests along the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris and in two other cities...

March 17, 2019 at 1:23 am

Paris cleans up riot debris as support fades for protesters VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Business owners, city employees and construction workers dug in Sunday to clean up one of the world's most glamorous avenues, after riots...

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March 16, 2019 at 6:10 am

Grieving families given earth from Ethiopian crash site VIEW

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Grieving family members of victims of the Ethiopian air disaster are being given sacks of earth to bury in place...

March 16, 2019 at 5:50 am

Climate protests: First the students, now adults in France VIEW

PARIS (AP) — While some yellow vest protesters rioted along a famed Paris avenue, elsewhere in the French capital an entirely different scene unfolded Saturday:...

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March 16, 2019 at 3:06 am

French protesters riot in Paris, accuse Macron of “hot air” VIEW

PARIS (AP) — French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores in Paris and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight...

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Two men carry suitcases containing the flight recorders from the Ethiopian jet, into the French air accident investigation authority, Thursday, March 14, 2019 Le Bourget, north of Paris. The French air accident investigation authority, known by its French acronym BEA, is now handling the analysis of the so-called black box flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed earlier this week. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) PAR110 PAR110

March 14, 2019 at 5:46 am

Why France is analyzing Ethiopian jet’s black boxes

The French air accident investigation authority has extensive experience in investigating crashes and other incidents involving commercial flights. It notably helps with investigations in countries...

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February 19, 2019 at 11:45 pm

French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty

PARIS (AP) — A French court ordered Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, to pay 4.5 billion euros ($5.1 billion) in fines and damages for helping wealthy...

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February 19, 2019 at 10:43 pm

Air France and KLM end power struggle, agree to closer ties

PARIS (AP) — Air France and KLM have reached a compromise on tightening ties between the airlines, ending a power struggle that had alarmed the...

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February 16, 2019 at 1:16 am

France: Syrian suspect accused of crimes against humanity

PARIS (AP) — French authorities have filed preliminary charges of complicity in crimes against humanity against a Syrian suspected of involvement in a bloody secret...

French writer Frederic Martel gestures during an interview with Associated Press, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. In the explosive book “In the Closet of the Vatican” author Frederic Martel describes a gay subculture at the Vatican and calls out the hypocrisy of Catholic bishops and cardinals who in public denounce homosexuality but in private lead double lives. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) XTC102 XTC102

February 15, 2019 at 9:29 am

Bombshell book alleges a Vatican gay subculture, hypocrisy

Equal parts investigative journalism and salacious gossip, the book paints a picture of an institution almost at war with itself, rife with rumor and with...