ELAINE GANLEY

January 26, 2020 at 6:39 am

France to repatriate citizens from Wuhan as virus spreads

PARIS (AP) — France's government announced Sunday it will repatriate up to hundreds of French citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of...

January 25, 2020 at 9:04 am

French carmaker to evacuate workers from China amid outbreak

PARIS (AP) — France and a major automaker said Saturday that they are moving to get citizens out of a locked-down Chinese city where a...

December 30, 2019 at 1:21 am

French unions behind strikes get public funds

PARIS (AP) — As France's strikes entered their 26th day Monday, some in the country are questioning if the labor unions that are driving the...

Business

Protesters shout during a demonstration Tuesday Dec.17, 2019 in Paris. Teachers, doctors, lawyers and workers at the Eiffel Tower â€” people from across the French workforce walked off the job Tuesday to resist a higher retirement age, and to preserve a welfare system they fear their business-friendly president wants to dismantle. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) PAR122 PAR122

December 17, 2019 at 12:37 am

France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower VIEW

PARIS (AP) — French union activists cut electricity to nearly 100,000 homes or offices. Eiffel Tower staff walked off the job. Even Paris opera workers...

Business

December 12, 2019 at 1:38 am

Algerians choose leader as pro-democracy movement boycotts VIEW

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians — without a leader since April — voted on Thursday for a new president in an election marked by protests,...

December 11, 2019 at 6:05 am

Algeria election may bring new era or continued protests VIEW

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s powerful army chief promises that a presidential election on Thursday will chart a new era for a nation where the...

November 8, 2019 at 1:31 pm

French paper: French woman claims rape by Polanski in 1975

PARIS (AP) — A French woman in her early 60s claims she was violently raped at age 18 by Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, a fugitive...

Entertainment

November 6, 2019 at 3:32 am