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Scuffles, tear gas as police clamp down on Paris protest

By Angela Charlton, John Leicester, Associated Press

Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France’s high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, as police fired tear gas, amid exceptional security measures.

Macron tours damaged Arc de Triomphe after yellow vest protests in Paris

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the graffiti-damaged Arc de Triomphe monument and held an emergency meeting on security Sunday, a day after central Paris was hit by France’s worst riot in a generation.

80 injured as yellow vest protests in France enter a third weekend

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Paris police says at least 80 people have been injured, including 16 police officers, in violent protests in the center of the French capital.

1 dead, dozens injured in French fuel taxes protests

By Associated Press

One protester was killed and 47 others were injured during roadblocks set up around France to demonstrate against rising fuel taxes, a new challenge to embattled President Emmanuel Macron.

Leaders laud fallen soldiers on eve of armistice centennial

By Raf Casert, Angela Charlton, Associated Press

Traveling from across the world to monuments honoring soldiers who fell 100 years ago, victors and vanquished alike marked those sacrifices Saturday ahead of Armistice Day and assessed alliances that have been redrawn dramatically since the dark days of World…

Tapping Trump’s thigh, Macron seeks to defuse tensions

By Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron have had an unusual relationship since their first white-knuckle handshake at a NATO meeting last year.

News wrap: Trump and Putin won’t hold summit in Paris

In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a summit when they meet this weekend in Paris. Trump said, instead, they will try to hold talks at the G-20 gathering in Argentina. Also,…

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You can finally read this Ernest Hemingway story about Paris after WWII

By Alison Thoet

In 1956, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher about five short stories he had written: “You can always publish them after I’m dead.” More than six decades later, fans will finally get the chance to read one.

Paris attacker born in Chechnya, was on radicalism database

By Angela Charlton, Associated Press

Counterterrorism investigators are working to determine whether the man who stabbed five people in a busy neighborhood in the heart of the French capital Saturday night had any help.

After huge U.S. crowds, European women join chorus for change

By Danica Kirka, Sandy Cohen and Tamara Lush, Associated Press

Thousands of people have turned out in central London despite sleet and snow to show solidarity with women around the world in demanding equality, justice and an end to harassment.