Mar 26 Germanwings co-pilot intentionally crashed plane, investigator says By Margaret Myers The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that smashed into the French Alps Tuesday deliberately crashed the plane, a French prosecutor said in a press conference Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 24 What we know about the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps By Joshua Barajas A Germanwings Airbus A320 plane carrying 144 passengers and six crew members crashed Tuesday in the French Alps, the airline confirmed today. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:25 What do gains made by France's far right party mean for the country? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, voting in local elections took place throughout France, and while Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP pulled ahead, the country's far right National Front Party led by Marine Le Pen made major gains by garnering a large number of… Continue watching
Mar 20 Canvases bloom in this show of French paintings By Alexis Cox Opening Saturday, “Van Gogh, Manet, and Matisse: The Art of the Flower” traces the evolution of the floral still life genre from the late 18th century to the early 20th century, in the first major U.S. exhibition of it's kind. Continue reading
Mar 20 Latest Iran nuke talks end, but top Russian official optimistic By George Jahn, Bradley Klapper, Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iran and six world powers broke off nuclear negotiations ahead of schedule Friday to allow members of the Iranian delegation to attend the funeral of their president's mother, as a senior Russian official suggested that the sides… Continue reading
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