Mar 19 Draft nuclear deal limits Iran’s uranium centrifuges to 6,000 By George Jahn, Bradley Klapper, Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A draft nuclear accord now being negotiated between the United States and Iran would force Iran to cut hardware it could use to make an atomic bomb by about 40 percent for at least a decade, while… Continue reading
Mar 17 France, Germany and Italy to join China-led bank against U.S. wishes By Shehryar Nabi France, Germany and Italy said on Tuesday that they would become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a proposed development bank spearheaded by China, despite U.S. discouragement from doing so. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 8:50 How did the Charlie Hebdo attacks affect rising Islamophobia in France? By PBS News Hour By some estimates, the French city of Marseille is now 30 to 40 percent Muslim -- once of the highest concentrations of Muslims anywhere in France. But even in Marseille, tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims have been rising for years. Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch 7:36 Praise for the printed page: Will Amazon leave French bookstores in peril? By PBS News Hour In France, even though the price of books was fixed years ago to prevent price differentiation, some worry the country's thousands of bookstores may now be in jeopardy as more customers flock to online retailers, such as Amazon. The online… Continue watching
Feb 12 After marathon talks, a chance at peace in eastern Ukraine By Larisa Epatko After 16-hour talks that stretched into the night, the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine emerged with a deal to bring peace to eastern Ukraine. The ceasefire is scheduled to start at midnight Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 7:24 Why have anti-Semitic attacks on French Jews doubled in a year? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 03 Pass ‘Go’ in Monopoly, collect more than $20,000 By Justin Scuiletti Eighty lucky Monopoly players in France will find themselves pulling in the dough -- and not in the play money variety. Continue reading
Jan 20 Twitter account of French newspaper ‘Le Monde’ hacked By Joshua Barajas The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility Tuesday night for hacking the Twitter account of French newspaper “Le Monde.”… Continue reading
Jan 19 Creator of #JeSuisCharlie tries to protect its meaning By Colleen Shalby Graphic designer Joachim Roncin is trying to protect the original meaning of #JeSuisCharlie -- a phrase he coined after the attack on the Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 2:27 France arrests dozens for hate speech; Charlie Hebdo returns with first issue since attack By PBS News Hour Continue watching