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October 25, 2020 at 12:15 pm

France says stop boycott calls; Erdogan ups Macron insults VIEW

PARIS (AP) — French authorities denounced Turkish “propaganda” against France that they said was aimed at fanning hate at home and abroad, and asked Sunday... Updated 6:08 pm

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October 22, 2020 at 10:48 am

French PM says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling...

October 16, 2020 at 3:52 pm

Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles France VIEW

PARIS (AP) — For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a...

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French President Emmanuel Macron, flanked by French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, second left, and French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, right, speaks in front of a high school Friday Oct.16, 2020 in Conflans Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, after a history teacher who opened a discussion with high school students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was beheaded. French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday, urging the nation to stand united against extremism. (Abdulmonam Eassa, Pool via AP) PAR118 PAR118

October 16, 2020 at 10:31 am

French leader decries terrorist beheading of teacher

A history teacher was decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday after discussing caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in class. The suspected attacker, a Chechen born...

October 5, 2020 at 4:14 am

Deadly floods hit France, Italy; sweep coffins over border VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Three more bodies were discovered Monday on the French side of the border with Italy after severe mountain flooding ravaged parts of...

October 2, 2020 at 6:05 am

France’s Macron details plan targeting Islamist ‘separatism’ VIEW

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron, trying to rid France of what authorities call a “parallel society” of radical Muslims thriving outside the values of...

September 30, 2020 at 8:43 am

French high court OKs extradition of Rwanda genocide suspect

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Wednesday rejected Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga's appeal of a decision to extradite him to an international court...

September 26, 2020 at 1:20 am

Crop tops or ‘republican’ dress? France debates schoolwear

PARIS (AP) — French women enjoy a reputation for their instinctive knack for spot-on chic attire. But now they may well be confused. Ministers, already...

September 25, 2020 at 3:40 am

Paris stabbing suspect wasn’t on police radar, minister says

PARIS (AP) — A young man stabbed two people Friday outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where 12 people were killed...

September 21, 2020 at 9:52 am

Famed French actor Michael Lonsdale dies at 89

PARIS (AP) — Michael Lonsdale, an enigmatic giant of the silver screen and theater in France who worked with some of the world’s top directors...

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