World Oct 26 As virus spreads throughout Europe, French doctor warns his country has ‘lost control’ France declared a state of emergency earlier this month and has been imposing more and more restrictions since September to try to ease the pressure on France’s hospitals.
World Oct 19 Facing terror charges, Basque separatist group ETA’s last boss apologizes for deaths Josu Urrutikoetxea, the last known chief of now-extinct Basque separatist militant group ETA, is going on trial in Paris for terrorism charges, which he deems “absurd" because of his role in ending its long-standing conflict.
World Oct 16 Virus at ‘turning point’ in Europe, hitting at-risk groups Doctors are warning that Europe is at a turning point as the coronavirus surges back across the continent, including among vulnerable people, and governments try to impose restrictions without locking whole economies down.
Health Oct 09 As virus fills French ICU beds, doctors ask what went wrong National health agency figures and doctors at multiple hospitals say France hasn’t added significant ICU capacity or the staff needed to manage them since the pandemic's first wave.
Arts Sep 30 ‘It belongs to us!’: French trial over colonial art grows tense Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza in part was inspired by global protests against racial injustice and colonial-era wrongs unleashed by George Floyd's death in the U.S. at the knee of a white policeman.
World Sep 28 At U.N., nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimes Leaders of countries once subjugated to Western powers spoke out about still-stinging scars of colonialism at this year’s U.N. General Assembly.
World Sep 25 French authorities investigate knife attack that wounded at least two people, suspect in custody It is unclear what motivated the attack or whether it was linked to Charlie Hebdo, which moved after its offices were targeted in a 2015 Islamic extremist attack that left 12 people dead.
World Sep 22 WATCH: Putin urges end to sanctions to boost world economy In a somewhat muted speech for the often tough-talking Russian leader, Putin told the U.N.’s 75th anniversary gathering that countries need to work together better to fight the virus and other global problems.
World Aug 27 Despite virus surge, Europe reopens schools Despite a spike in coronavirus infections, authorities in Europe are determined to send children back to school. They want to narrow learning gaps between haves and have-nots that deepened during virus lockdowns – and to get their parents back to…
Arts Aug 03 Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ will undergo a 4-year-long cleaning The mammoth task of dismantling, cleaning and re-assembling France’s largest musical instrument started Monday and is expected to last nearly four years. Amazingly, the 8,000-pipe organ survived the 2019 fire that consumed the cathedral’s roof and toppled its spire.