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April 22, 2021 at 9:44 am

Hit French medical drama director dons scrubs to fight virus

PARIS (AP) — Sometimes in the best cases, life affects art and art affects life. In March 2020, Thomas Lilti was directing a critically-acclaimed French...

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April 4, 2021 at 3:44 am

Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays VIEW

PARIS (AP) — The French city of Lyon's main stadium opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining...

March 22, 2021 at 1:28 am

Ikea France on trial over claims it spied on staff, clients

VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Ikea’s French subsidiary and several of its former executives went on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied on employees...

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February 25, 2021 at 6:38 am

Rarely seen Van Gogh painting exhibited ahead of auction

PARIS (AP) — A rare painting by Dutch impressionist master Vincent van Gogh of a street scene in the Parisian neighborhood of Montmartre will be...

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January 13, 2021 at 6:54 am

Rare Tintin comic book art set to sell for millions in Paris VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Not even the coronavirus can get in the way of intrepid Belgian reporter and comic book legend Tintin. Comic book lovers and...

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December 14, 2020 at 8:03 am

French NGOs fight media company’s trademark on word ‘planet’

PARIS (AP) — Can a company own the word planet? Powerful French entertainment company Canal Plus trademarked the term in France, but environmental groups are...

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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...

A man and a woman demonstrate dining under a plastic shield Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in a restaurant of Paris. As restaurants in food-loving France prepare to reopen, some are investing in lampshade-like plastic shields to protect diners from the virus. The strange-looking contraptions are among experiments restaurants are trying around the world as they try to lure back clientele while keeping them virus-free. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) PAR101 PAR101

May 28, 2020 at 12:49 am

Patrons under plastic: Restaurants get creative in virus era VIEW

Dining at a table where each person is enclosed by a clear plastic shield might look and sound futuristic, but it could be one way...

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February 27, 2020 at 4:36 am

Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim

PARIS (AP) — Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars — where his latest movie leads this year's...

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February 20, 2020 at 9:16 am

Defense lawyers say they will seek French asylum for Assange

PARIS (AP) — Julian Assange's European defense team said Thursday it will try to seek asylum in France for the Wikileaks founder, whose full hearings...