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Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister

11:21am January 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesperson then education minister and had polled as the most popular minister in the outgoing government.

Indian passengers who travelled in an unmarked Legend Airlines A340 from Vatry Airport in France, arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.

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276 Indians stuck in a French airport for a human trafficking probe arrive in India

1:19am December 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation arrived in India with 276 Indians aboard early Tuesday.

FILE - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, right, talks to the media after a meeting on Oct. 9, 2023, in Paris. French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, Dec. 2, 2023, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others, France's Interior Minister Darmanin said.

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Police in Paris have arrested a man who targeted passersby, killing 1 and injuring 2

2:49am December 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others, France's interior minister said.

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Lost French love letters from the 1750s reveal what life was like during wartime

4:56pm November 07, 2023

by Kai McNamee

A University of Cambridge historian has decoded more than 100 previously unopened letters sent during the Seven Years War.

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Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages.

In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

10:27am October 01, 2023

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

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A man rides a scooter in Paris, on March 31. The city has now banned rental electric scooters.

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Paris' rental electric scooter ban has taken effect

5:56pm September 01, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

The city held a referendum and banned rental e-scooters after reports of injuries and three deaths.

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Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of Niger's ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023.

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Niger's junta shuts airspace as the deadline passes to restore the ousted president

4:11am August 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Regional tensions have mounted since mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger's democratically elected president nearly two weeks ago and installing the leader of the presidential guard as head of state.

French soldiers assist mostly French nationals in a bus waiting to be airlifted back to France on a French military aircraft, at the international Airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

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Foreign nationals are evacuating Niger as regional tensions rise

4:24am August 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

France, Italy and Spain announced evacuations for their citizens and other Europeans. The U.S. has yet to announce evacuation plans for Americans but some have left the with the help of the Europeans.

Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. The sign reads: "Down with France, long live Putin."

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Supporters of Niger's coup march, waving Russian flags and denouncing France

7:12am July 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup this week marched through the streets of the capital waving Russian flags, chanting Vladimir Putin's name, and denouncing France.

A protester sits in front of riot police during at Place de la Concorde in Paris on Friday, over the shooting of a teenage driver by French police in a Paris suburb on Tuesday.

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France is roiled by protests after police killed a teenager. Here's why

5:49pm June 30, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Nahel M.'s killing is a rallying call, similar to how George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis sparked intense protests. As in the U.S. case, eyewitness video conflicted with the official narrative.