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A virus cluster in France splits generations, raises fears
PARIS
As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus.
An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside…
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France urges Netanyahu not to annex parts of West Bank
PARIS
French President Emmanuel Macron is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to annex Palestinian territory in the West Bank, warning that it…
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“Mona Lisa” back at work, visitors limited as Louvre reopens
PARIS
The “Mona Lisa” is back in business.
Paris’ Louvre Museum, which houses the world’s most famous portrait, reopened Monday after a four-month coronavirus…
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France sentences Syrian leader’s uncle for money laundering
PARIS
An uncle of Syrian President Bashar Assad was sentenced to four years in prison in France on Wednesday for illegally using Syrian state funds to build a…
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France has millions of unsold face masks after virus crisis
PARIS
The French praised the altruism of their prized textile and luxury goods companies when production facilities got diverted from churning out the latest…
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Workers at Notre Dame start to undo scaffolding
PARIS
Workers at Notre Dame on Monday began dismantling scaffolding that melted onto itself during a massive fire in April last year which almost consumed the…
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Workers to begin untangling charred metal web on Notre Dame
PARIS
Workers suspended from ropes will be lowered into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames and…
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The loneliest of D-Day remembrances is hit by pandemic
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France
At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ashore 76…
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No Eiffel, Mona Lisa or Versailles: Iconic sites stay closed
LE PECQ, France
Hold that smile, Mona Lisa. The Eiffel Tower and the Palace of Versailles will remain off-limits for the immediate future, too.
None of…
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