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2025 begins around the world with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press

American Samoa will be among the last to welcome 2025, a full 24 hours after New Zealand.

Notre Dame’s ceremonial reopening also marks Trump’s return to the world stage

By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Kaisha Young

Against the Paris skyline, the Notre Dame Cathedral has risen from the ashes with its official reopening Saturday. Dozens of world leaders, diplomats and celebrities attended the celebration of the monument’s rebirth, including a high-profile return to the global spotlight…

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PHOTOS: An archbishop’s knock heralds Notre Dame’s reopening as world leaders look on

By Thomas Adamson, John Leicester, Associated Press

The evening’s celebration, attended by 1,500 dignitaries, including President-elect Donald Trump, U.S. first lady Jill Biden, Britain’s Prince William and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, underscored Notre Dame’s enduring role as both a spiritual and cultural beacon.

PHOTOS: What to expect from Notre Dame’s reopening

By John Leicester, Associated Press

This weekend, a succession of ceremonies will breathe life back into the iconic cathedral and celebrate its recovery from a devastating fire in 2019.

French lawmakers oust prime minister in first successful no-confidence vote since 1962

By Tom Nouvian, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his Cabinet members to resign, a first since 1962.

5 things you probably didn’t know about Notre Dame Cathedral

By Tom Nouvian, Associated Press

Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral has some surprising stories to tell before it reopens this weekend after five years of restoration.

Notre Dame Cathedral to reopen 5 years after devastating fire

By Malcolm Brabant

Five years after a devastating fire gutted a world icon, Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is just days away from reopening. French president Emmanuel Macron toured the monument and his visit provided some first glimpses of this extraordinary restoration. Special correspondent…

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PHOTOS: Notre Dame Cathedral reveals its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

By Thomas Adamson, John Leicester, Associated Press

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral has showed its new self to the world Friday.

Paris bids farewell to its sporting summer at the 2024 Paralympics closing ceremony

By Jerome Pugmire, Associated Press

A summer sporting bonanza which started under pouring rain on July 26 with a remarkable opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the Seine River ended Sunday with the Paralympics closing ceremony at a rain-soaked Stade de France.