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A view of the perfume gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, Thursday, May 25, 2023. The Versailles flower gardens were once a symbol of the French king’s expeditionary might and helped water-deprived courtiers perfume their skin. Now, they have been reimagined to give today’s public a glimpse — and a sniff — into the gilded palace’s olfactory past. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) VER114 VER114

June 1, 2023 at 3:51 am

Flower power and diplomacy: Versailles perfume gardens transport public back in time VIEW

Versailles is returning to its roots, unveiling a new Perfumer's Garden that will take visitors and their nostrils back in time.

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May 10, 2023 at 4:50 am

Tunisia investigates guardsman’s motive for killing 5 outside historic synagogue VIEW

Tunisian authorities have opened an investigation into a shooting attack at a synagogue that killed two Jewish pilgrims and three members of the country’s security...

May 1, 2023 at 12:12 am

Paris exhibit celebrates ‘first celebrity’ Sarah Bernhardt VIEW

The pioneering and scandalous French stage star Sarah Bernhardt was one of the world’s most famous women by the time of her death in 1923.

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April 24, 2023 at 6:45 am

Steely will: French bang pots, pans in fresh pension protest

A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express its discontent with French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.

Demonstrators march during a protest Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Paris. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) PAR126 PAR126

April 6, 2023 at 2:46 am

Rowdy protests again hit France, but striker numbers dwindle VIEW

Protesters have disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris’ main airport and marched in other French cities in another push to scrap contested pension reforms.

FILE – A woman holds a sign reading “France says no” during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, March 16, 2023. With President Emmanuel Macron thousands of miles away in China, French protesters and unions returning to the streets continue to reveal cracks in his domestic political authority. Hundreds of thousands are expected again for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 Thursday, April 6 as the controversial law is being considered by the Constitutional Council. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File) XPAR101 XPAR101

April 5, 2023 at 11:31 pm

Why are French workers angry about raising retirement age? VIEW

Thursday is the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Here's why that move is...

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March 29, 2023 at 1:37 am

Long Paris trash strike ends, workers face daunting cleanup

Paris sanitation workers are starting to clean up debris from a more than three-week-long strike, a day after the 10th nationwide anti-pension reform protest.

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March 28, 2023 at 8:52 am

Brueghel work found in dim French TV room sells for $845,000

One of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s largest known works, whose discovery behind the television room door of a house in northern France amazed...

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A bonfire set alight by oil workers blocks access to an oil depot in Fos-sur-Mer, southern France, Friday, March 24, 2023. French President Macron’s office says state visit by Britain’s King Charles III is postponed amid mass strikes and protests. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) DC110 DC110

March 24, 2023 at 3:53 am

Amid massive demonstrations, Macron delays Charles’ visit WATCH

France's resistance to the president's pension change — postponing workers' retirement by two years — continued Friday. Britain's king postponed his visit.

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March 23, 2023 at 6:44 am

No red carpet? French unrest impacts King Charles III’s trip VIEW

Unrest in France is tarnishing the sheen of King Charles III’s first overseas trip as monarch.

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