DANIEL COLE | The Seattle Times

February 13, 2021 at 12:23 am

Cover that red nose! Circus festival adapts to virus rules VIEW

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — It’s been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns canceling shows and shuttering venues. But...

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February 3, 2021 at 5:09 am

ICU faces constant pressure as France waffles over lockdown VIEW

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Nurses wheeled a 16-year-old boy suffering shortness of breath into one of the few available intensive care rooms at southern France's...

October 30, 2020 at 2:12 am

France mourns 3 killed in church attack, tightens security VIEW

Mourners lit candles and prayed silently Friday to honor three people killed in a knife attack at a church, as France heightened security at potential...

October 29, 2020 at 2:12 am

Tunisian carrying Quran fatally stabs 3 in French church VIEW

NICE, France (AP) — A young Tunisian man armed with a knife and carrying a copy of the Quran attacked worshippers in a French church...

October 7, 2020 at 6:02 am

Macron visits flood-ravaged mountains above French Riviera VIEW

SAINT-MARTIN-VESUBIE, France (AP) — A van clings to the edge of an Alpine ravine, tossed by an exceptional storm. A tattered French flag hangs off...

October 6, 2020 at 8:32 am

Floods in France, Italy swept bodies out of cemeteries VIEW

BREIL-SUR-ROYA, France (AP) — The grim job of searching for flood victims in Alpine villages and on the nearby French and Italian coasts has grown...

September 25, 2020 at 12:29 am

Virus surges in France, Marseille fights against closures VIEW

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Angry restaurant and bar owners demonstrated in Marseille on Friday to challenge a French government order to close all public venues...

September 10, 2020 at 11:40 pm

COVID beds fill up as virus pressure builds in Marseille VIEW

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — All five intensive care beds dedicated to COVID patients are in use at the Laveran Military Training Hospital in Marseille, and...

May 12, 2020 at 9:12 am

Cannes is empty, the day the film festival should have begun VIEW

CANNES, France (AP) — The stars stayed home, their beach backdrop is closed and the prestigious grounds of the Cannes Film Festival have been repurposed...

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March 22, 2020 at 3:02 pm

During virus, priests master livestream at Gothic cathedral VIEW

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Recent restrictions on gatherings in France to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus have forced religious communities to adapt the...