Sep 29 France to ban use of wild animals in circuses, marine parks By Associated Press France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban in the coming years on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks. Continue reading
Sep 11 COVID beds fill up as virus pressure builds in French hotspot By Daniel Cole, Associated Press It's a small ward in a mid-sized hospital in France, but what's happening reflects growing pressure on medical facilities across France as infections again rise. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Germany confirms Russia's Navalny was poisoned In our news wrap Wednesday, Germany says it has confirmed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was indeed poisoned. He fell into a coma last month in Siberia and is now in a Berlin hospital. German Prime Minister Angela Merkel said he… Continue watching
Aug 27 How nations are going back to school -- or not By Associated Press Governments around the world are taking different strategies toward the new school year, depending on how many infections they're seeing, the state of their health care systems and political considerations. Continue reading
Aug 20 France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections By Associated Press France's president insisted that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1 despite seeing the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its outbreak in the spring. Continue reading
Aug 12 Paris Marathon canceled after coronavirus hits travel plans By Associated Press The race was originally due to take place in April but was then moved to October. Organizers said they'd recently tried to rearrange the race for November but continuing travel restrictions made that unrealistic. Continue reading
Aug 06 Macron promises help, Beirut residents vent fury at leaders By Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press After talks with Lebanese leaders, France’s Macron announced his country will organize a conference in the next few days to raise money for food, medicine, housing and other urgent aid. Continue reading
Aug 05 French president traveling to Lebanon after deadly explosion By Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron announced he would fly to the shattered Lebanese capital, and two planeloads of French rescue workers and aid were expected to touch down on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading
Aug 03 Notre Dame Cathedral's organ will undergo a 4-year-long cleaning By Nadine Achoui-Lesage, Angela Charlton, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jul 15 French prime minister defends police amid brutality concerns By Associated Press In his first major policy speech, Prime Minister Jean Castex vowed to fight racism and anti-Semitism, but didn’t directly address recent protests in France against racial injustice and police violence unleashed by George Floyd’s death in the United States. Continue reading