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French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC), taken at the Foreign Ministry in Paris,Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday following a week in which he met with numerous European leaders. (Charles Platiau/Pool via AP) PAR134 PAR134

December 17, 2020 at 3:40 am

Macron tests positive for coronavirus

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus after exhibiting a cough, fever and fatigue, the country's presidential palace announced Thursday. The...

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December 16, 2020 at 8:32 am

All 14 defendants found guilty over 2015 attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo

PARIS - A panel of French judges on Wednesday found all 14 defendants guilty of involvement in the 2015 attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie...

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December 9, 2020 at 12:08 pm

France unveils draft law to boost ‘republican principles’ as debate over Islamism rages

PARIS - The French government officially unveiled its draft law against Islamist "separatism" Wednesday, a bill that follows two recent terrorist attacks and has elicited...

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October 17, 2020 at 2:02 pm

Gruesome details emerge in beheading of French teacher who showed students Mohammed cartoons

PARIS — French authorities detained nine people Saturday in connection with the gruesome beheading of a teacher who had shown students caricatures of the prophet...

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October 2, 2020 at 11:50 am

Macron outlines new law to prevent Islamic ‘separatism’ in France

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron took aim at "Islamist separatism" on Friday, unveiling the substance of a long-awaited law designed to regulate the practice...

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September 3, 2020 at 11:48 am

Britain deploys military drones to stop migrants in rafts from crossing English Channel

LONDON — Britain this week began deploying sophisticated military drones to patrol the English Channel to end a surge in crossings by desperate migrants trying...

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September 1, 2020 at 11:58 am

Charlie Hebdo republishes Muhammad cartoon ahead of shooting trial

PARIS — Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper, reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to mark the start of the trial of suspected accomplices in...

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FILE – A couple in Milan, May 4, 2020. As Italy cautiously emerges from lockdown, anxieties have centered on public gatherings of teenagers and young adults – unfairly, some experts say. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times) XNYT53 XNYT53

May 29, 2020 at 12:30 pm

Europeans emerging from COVID lockdowns find a conspicuous absence of Americans VIEW

As European countries gradually emerge from their lockdowns, people are finding cities that feel and sound as they haven't in decades. American tourists and business...

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May 14, 2020 at 7:58 am

France angered by suggestion that U.S. would get 1st access to vaccine by French company

PARIS — It would be "unacceptable" for French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi to give first access to a potential COVID-19 vaccine to the United States, French...

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May 10, 2020 at 7:46 am

France mandates face masks, while continuing to ban the burqa

PARIS - France, the originator of the burqa ban, has done more than any other Western nation over the past decade to resist face coverings...

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