World Aug 05 Paris Olympics security means minorities and others treated as potential terror threats can't move freely Lawyers told The Associated Press that minorities are often among those targeted with orders not to leave their neighborhoods and to report daily to police.
World Jul 26 PHOTOS: Paris debuts Olympic Games with star-studded ceremony on the Seine Crowds crammed along the rive and watching from balconies “oohed” and “ahhed” as Olympic teams began parading in boats along the waterway.
World Jul 25 With big goals and gambles, Paris aims to rekindle love for the Olympics After two toned-down, pandemic-hampered Olympics, expect a bold celebration. The heady marriage of sports and France's world-renowned capital of fashion, gastronomy and culture could also help secure the Olympics' longer-term future.
World Jul 18 Paris police seal off banks of Seine River ahead of Olympics A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area.
World Jul 08 How French voters formed a 'Republican front' to block the far-right's path to victory Although Marine Le Pen's party won more National Assembly seats than ever, it again hit a wall of voters who don’t believe the National Rally should govern France.
World Jul 07 Polls project French leftists will win most seats in snap election, beating back far-right surge A coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right in legislative elections won the most seats in parliament but not a majority, according to polling projections Sunday, a stunning outcome that threatens to plunge the…
World Jun 08 An American WWII veteran just got married near Normandy's beaches. He's 100, the bride's 96 Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy,…
World Jun 06 WATCH: World leaders and veterans mark 80th anniversary of D-Day in France On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans in a parade of wheelchairs joined a new generation of leaders to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same…
Politics Jun 05 D-Day anniversary shines a spotlight on 'Rosie the Riveter' women who built the weapons of WWII In World War II, millions of women rolled up their sleeves and worked in defense-industry factories, freeing up and equipping men for combat.
World Jun 02 Week of ceremonies for D-Day's 80th anniversary kicks off with parachute jump over Normandy Parachutists jumped from World War II-era planes into now peaceful Normandy on Sunday to kick off a week of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.