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Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements for security

May. 17, 2024 13:05 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia fell slightly on Friday, after France imposed a state of emergency following protests over voting reforms backed by the government in Paris. About 1,000 reinforcements for the...

Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory

May. 16, 2024 20:54 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces’ powers to quell unrest in the archipelago that has long sought independence. French...

France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly

May. 16, 2024 08:50 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — France imposed an emergency Wednesday in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, boosting security forces’ powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence. Armed clashes and other...

French president's office says government to consider imposing state of emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia

May. 15, 2024 08:22 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — French president's office says government to consider imposing state of emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence

May. 14, 2024 10:44 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers' descendants who want to remain part...

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

May. 10, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ No, France did not deploy troops to...

A Ukrainian gymnast carried the Paris Olympic torch with an EU team, in a sign of support

May. 09, 2024 12:28 PM EDT

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Ukrainian gymnast Mariia Vysochanska led a group of European athletes carrying the torch for the Paris Olympics through the Mediterranean city of Marseille on Thursday, in an important symbolic moment for her war-ravaged country. The torch relay in...

Algeria's leader demands justice over French colonial-era wrongdoing

May. 08, 2024 14:48 PM EDT

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — While France celebrated the anniversary of victory over the Nazis on Wednesday, Algeria commemorated a more somber anniversary: The crackdown by French colonial forces on Algerian independence activists the same day 79 years ago. Both events took place on...

Kosovo prime minister deplores new condition ahead of Council of Europe's membership vote next week

May. 08, 2024 13:18 PM EDT

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister Wednesday deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have set another condition ahead of Kosovo's joining the Council of Europe. Kosovo media reported that France and Germany want Kosovo to take a significant step toward...

Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France

May. 07, 2024 00:38 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday that focused on trade disputes — including lifting immediate tariff threats on Cognac exports — and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts. Xi was in France for a two-day state visit...