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August 13, 2020 at 12:06 am

Virus exposes economic, racial divide in French health care

BONDY, France (AP) — Festering beneath France’s promise of guaranteed health care for all lie deep disparities across economic and racial lines — differences laid...

July 31, 2020 at 9:45 pm

Mexico No. 3 in virus deaths; storm could hinder US response VIEW

Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States, where a hurricane bearing down on the East...

July 29, 2020 at 11:20 pm

A virus cluster in France splits generations, raises fears VIEW

PARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18- to...

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July 22, 2020 at 9:24 am

2 boys saved when caught in falls in French apartment fire

PARIS (AP) — Two young brothers were saved from an apartment fire in the southeastern French city of Grenoble when they dropped about 10 meters...

July 19, 2020 at 6:40 am

In French Guiana, virus exposes inequality, colonial legacy VIEW

PARIS (AP) — When white doctors walked into Camopi, a majority Indigenous town in French Guiana near the border with Brazil, townspeople felt worry instead...

July 18, 2020 at 5:53 am

French protesters mark death of Black man in police custody VIEW

BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, France (AP) — Singing “No justice, no peace!” thousands of protesters marched through a Paris suburb Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the...

July 16, 2020 at 11:58 pm

1 quest for justice helps fuel Black rights fight in France VIEW

IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Assa Traoré has been fighting for justice ever since her brother Adama died in the custody of French police on his...

Hospital workers demonstrate during Bastille Day in Paris, Tuesday, July 14, 2020.French hospital workers are protesting to demand better pay and more investment in France’s public hospital system, which is considered among the world’s best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. Banner in French reads: “no medals, no parade, but real recognition”(AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh) RAF105 RAF105

July 13, 2020 at 11:48 pm

France says ‘merci’ to virus heroes on poignant Bastille Day VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Medics in white coats replaced uniformed soldiers as stars of France’s Bastille Day ceremonies Tuesday, as the usual grandiose military parade in...

July 2, 2020 at 6:16 am

French medics sue over mask, equipment shortages amid virus

PARIS (AP) — A collective of French health care workers said Thursday it is seeking a broad legal inquiry into France’s failure to protect its...

June 15, 2020 at 9:24 am

France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Less than a week after France announced it would abandon police chokeholds, the government responded to growing officer discontent by announcing it...