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January 17, 2022 at 4:02 pm

French Far-Right Candidate Convicted for Inciting Racial Hatred

PARIS — Éric Zemmour, the anti-immigrant far-right pundit who is running in France’s presidential elections, was convicted Monday on charges of inciting racial hatred and...

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PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 20: French President Emmanuel Macron takes off his protective face mask as he welcomes Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame prior to their working lunch at the presidential Elysee Palace on December 20, 2021 in Paris, France. Emmanuel Macron receives Paul Kagame as part of the preparation for the summit between the European Union and the African Union to be held in February 2022 in Brussels. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Photographer: Chesnot/Getty Images Europe (Photographer: Chesnot/Getty Images Europe)

January 5, 2022 at 5:31 am

Macron under fire after arguing France should make life miserable for unvaccinated

President Emmanuel Macron says that those who had refused coronavirus vaccines were part of a small minority. About three-quarters of France’s 67 million people are...

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A priest hears a confession at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, Oct. 15, 2021. A devastating church-ordered report issued in October by an independent commission on sexual abuse inside the French Catholic Church found that the sacrament of confession itself, in rare instances, had been used to cover up abuse cases. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times) XNYT164 XNYT164

November 7, 2021 at 1:16 am

French clerical abuse report puts spotlight on Roman Catholic confession

A church-ordered report issued in October by an independent commission on sexual abuse inside the French Catholic Church found that the sacrament of confession itself,...

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October 5, 2021 at 3:44 pm

More Than 200,000 Minors Abused by Clergy in France Since 1950, Report Estimates

PARIS — Clergy members in the Roman Catholic Church in France sexually abused more than 200,000 minors over the past seven decades, according to an...

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September 19, 2021 at 10:47 am

When COVID-19 Stole Their Smell, These Experts Lost Much More VIEW

PARIS — Hélène Barre, 35, lost her sense of smell when she fell ill with COVID-19 in November, a condition known as anosmia. Her slow...

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FILE – In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, visitors to a shopping mall wearing masks stand before a Uniqlo store in Beijing. French prosecutors have on Friday, July 2 opened an investigation into alleged involvement in crimes against humanity based on accusations that global retailers, including Uniqlo and the makers of Skechers shoes and Zara clothes, rely on forced labor of minorities in China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

July 6, 2021 at 6:02 am

Leading fashion retailers face inquiry over suspected ties to forced labor in China

An investigation by French prosecutors follows accusations that Inditex, the owner of Zara; Uniqlo; Skechers; and SMCP, which owns brands like Sandro and Maje —...

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March 15, 2021 at 1:12 pm

Germany and France and Italy Become Latest to Suspend Use of AstraZeneca’s Vaccine

Germany, France and Italy temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, joining a growing list of nations that paused use of the vaccine...

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December 16, 2020 at 10:37 am

City of Paris fined nearly $110,000 for appointing too many women

PARIS — Nothing, it has been said, succeeds like excess. Unless you happen to be the mayor of Paris, whose winning drive to bring women...

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November 17, 2020 at 8:12 am

Not Dead Yet: News Site Mistakenly Runs Dozens of VIP Obituaries

PARIS — The reports of their deaths really were, as the saying goes, greatly exaggerated. For a brief moment this week, startled readers of a...

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June 18, 2018 at 8:58 pm

Napoleon’s hat, dropped at Waterloo, is picked up at auction for $400,000

The hat is one of about 120 two-cornered military dress hats that Napoleon was said to have worn during his rule between 1799 and 1815,...

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