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The Olympic torch is being welcomed in French port city of Marseille with fanfare and high security
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Paris Games organizers have promised “fantastic" celebrations as the arrival of a majestic ship carrying the Olympic torch from Greece is expected to draw a huge crowd Wednesday in the southern French city Marseille, where the Old Port has been placed under high...
Chinese leader Xi visits the French Pyrenees in a personal gesture by Macron
TOURMALET PASS, France (AP) — France’s president hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on Tuesday for private meetings after a high-stakes state visit in Paris dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron...
From Marseille to Mont-Blanc: What to know about the journey of the Olympic torch to Paris
The Olympic torch will finally enter France when it reaches the southern seaport of Marseille on Wednesday. And it's already been quite a journey. After being lit on April 16 in Ancient Olympia, the torch was carried around Greece before leaving Athens aboard a three-mast ship named...
Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France
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...
Call it Cognac diplomacy. France offered China’s Xi a special drink, in a wink at their trade spat
PARIS (AP) — How do you smooth over trade tensions with the all-powerful leader of economic powerhouse China? Charm him with a bottle of Cognac, or two. That seemed to be French President Emmanuel Macron’s strategy with his carefully selected gift list for visiting Chinese...
On D-Day, 19-year-old medic Charles Shay was ready to give his life, and save as many as he could
BRETTEVILLE-L'ORGUEILLEUSE, France (AP) — On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic who was ready to give his life — and save as many as he could. Now 99, he’s spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he’s about to take part in the 80th...
A British Palestinian doctor was denied entry to France for a Senate meeting about the war in Gaza
PARIS (AP) — A well-known British Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals said he was denied entry to France on Saturday to speak at a French Senate meeting about the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta was placed in a holding zone in the Charles de Gaulle...
French police peacefully remove pro-Palestinian students occupying a university building in Paris
PARIS (AP) — French police on Friday peacefully removed dozens of students from the prestigious Sciences Po university who had gathered in support of Palestinians, echoing similar encampments and solidarity demonstrations across the United States. The intervention came after police...
Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI
PARIS (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI on Thursday, adding to global efforts on governance for the rapidly advancing technology. Kishida made the announcement in a speech at the Paris-based...
Gérard Depardieu will be tried for alleged sexual assaults on a film set, French prosecutors say
PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film, prosecutors announced Monday. The 75-year-old actor, who previously has denied any wrongdoing, was detained for questioning...
