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May 8, 2024 at 1:58 AM

China's Xi visits Pyrenees mountains, in a personal gesture by France's Macron

France’s president has hosted China’s leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees for private meetings
May 8, 2024 at 1:58 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoy a drink in a restaurant, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at the Tourmalet pass, in the Pyrenees mountains. French president is hosting China's leader at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees 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 made a point of inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Tourmalet Pass near the Spanish border, where Macron spent time as a child visiting his grandmother. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)
May 7, 2024 at 5:02 AM

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

French President Emmanuel Macron has put trade disputes and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts at the top of the agenda for talks with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping
May 7, 2024 at 5:02 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping stand in front of the Republican Guards during the official welcoming ceremony at the Hotel national des Invalides in Paris, Monday, May 6, 2024. China's President Xi Jinping is in France for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine.(Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)
May 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM

French police peacefully remove pro-Palestinian students occupying a university building in Paris

French police have peacefully removed dozens of students from a building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po
May 3, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Students gather near Sciences Po university Friday, May 3, 2024 in Paris. French police peacefully evacuated dozens of students from a building of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, who had gathered there in support of Palestinians, echoing similar encampments and solidarity demonstrations across the United States. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
May 3, 2024 at 1:26 AM

Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming

French officials have inaugurated a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons
May 3, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The Austerlitz wastewater and rainwater storage basin, which is intended to make the Seine river swimmable during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is seen during its inauguration Thursday, May 2, 2024 in Paris. The works underground next to Paris' Austerlitz train station are part of a 1.5 billion euro effort to clean up the Seine so it can host marathon swimming and triathlon events at the July 26-Aug 11 Summer Games and be opened to the general public for swimming from 2025. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP)
April 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM

French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris

French police have removed dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard of the elite institution in Paris
April 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Students demonstrate outside La Sorbonne university with a huge Palestinian flag, Monday, April 29, 2024 in Paris. About 100 Pro-Palestinian students demonstrate near the Sorbonne university in Paris. The demonstration came on the heels of protests last week at another Paris-region school, Sciences Po. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
April 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM

Paris has a new crusty baguette king with 31st winner of annual bread-baking prize

Paris has a new king of the crusty baguette
April 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Customers are seen the Utopie bakery Friday, April 26, 2024 in Paris. Baker Xavier Netry was chosen this week as the 31st winner of Paris' annual "Grand Prix de la baguette" prize. The Utopie bakery in Paris' 11th district that Netry works for wins 4,000 euros ($4,290) and becomes one of the suppliers of the presidential Elysee Palace for a year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
1 month ago

Giant waves crash over seawall, flooding street in western France

Huge waves came crashing over a seawall in Saint-Malo, France, flooding a street as passersby looked on. Weather warnings were issued across Brittany as a storm brought strong winds to the region.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Giant waves crash over seawall, flooding street in western France
1 month ago

French diver slips during pool inauguration ceremony ahead of Paris Summer Olympics

French diver Alexis Jandard says his back is fine — but his ego, not so much — after he slipped on the board while taking part in an inauguration ceremony ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
1 month ago
VIDEO: French diver slips during pool inauguration ceremony ahead of Paris Summer Olympics
3 months ago

Notre Dame scaffolding comes down

The reconstruction of the French cathedral reached a major milestone after construction scaffolding began to come down.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Notre Dame scaffolding comes down
3 months ago

Schedule for Notre Dame Cathedral's grand reopening released

The reopening will last from Dec. 8, 2024, to June 8, 2025.
3 months ago
Workers operate on scaffoldings, during reconstruction work, around the wooden structure of the new spire in place at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, on the Ile-de-la-Cite in Paris, on Jan. 23, 2024. This spire is being reconstructed to be identical to the original one, destroyed in the fire of April 15, 2019 with the Cathedral set to be reopened at the end of 2024 according to the French Ministry of Culture.
3 months ago

Notre Dame cathedral to reopen before Christmas

The cathedral has been closed since an April 2019 fire brought down its steeple and destroyed its interior.
3 months ago
VIDEO:Notre Dame cathedral to reopen before Christmas
3 months ago

Some of Gaza's wounded treated aboard French helicopter carrier-turned-hospital ship

The Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier docked in Egypt, has been turned into a field hospital to treat some of Gaza's most severely wounded.
3 months ago
More than 1,000 patients have been treated aboard the French helicopter carrier-turned-hospital ship the Dixmude.
3 months ago

Activists splatter 'Mona Lisa' with soup in Louvre

The activists were from "Riposte Alimentaire," a food-security group.
3 months ago
This image grab taken from AFPTV footage shows two environmental activists from the collective dubbed "Riposte Alimentaire" hurling soup at Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" (La Joconde) painting, at the Louvre museum in Paris, on Jan. 28, 2024.
3 months ago

Activists splatter soup on 'Mona Lisa' at Louvre Museum in Paris

Two women opened thermoses and splashed soup on the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting, the food-security group behind the protest said.
3 months ago
Two women opened thermoses and splashed soup on the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting, the food-security group behind the protest said.
5 months ago

The challenge to rebuild the iconic Notre Dame

Nearly four years after Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris caught fire, the efforts to rebuild are nearing their end as the gates are expected to open once again in December 2024.
5 months ago
VIDEO: The challenge to rebuild the iconic Notre Dame
5 months ago

France's largest Muslim school threatened with closure

The institution, Averroès school group in Lille, has denied claims about its funding and courses.
5 months ago
Students attend a class at the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on Sept. 28, 2023.
5 months ago

Macron calls fatal Paris stabbing a ‘terrorist attack’

According to eyewitnesses, a man asked a German couple for a cigarette before killing one with a knife and running across a bridge where he attacked and injured two more people with a hammer.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Macron calls fatal Paris stabbing a ‘terrorist attack’
5 months ago

Tourist stabbed to death near Paris’ Eiffel Tower

The alleged attacker is a French national who has since been arrested, reportedly telling police he was fed up with Muslims dying in Afghanistan and Palestinian territories.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Tourist stabbed to death near Paris’ Eiffel Tower
5 months ago

Tourist dies in Paris attack

French police said a man known to authorities for having psychiatric issues attacked a couple with a knife, killing a German tourist.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Tourist dies in Paris attack
7 months ago

Tips for spotting bedbugs

ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton shares tips for spotting bedbugs, and how to treat them.
7 months ago
VIDEO: Tips for spotting bedbugs
7 months ago

Paris battles bedbugs in infestation

The infestation of bedbugs comes as Paris is preparing for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
7 months ago
The infestation of bedbugs comes as Paris is preparing for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
7 months ago

Paris battles bedbugs ahead of 2024 Summer Olympics

Bedbugs are not new to Paris, but the issue has become widely publicized in recent weeks as the French capital prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.
7 months ago
The Olympic rings display outside Paris city hall in Paris, Sept. 7, 2023.
9 months ago

Investigation after 2 Americans spend night in Eiffel Tower

French authorities say two men jumped a set of security barriers while walking back down the Eiffel Tower on Sunday night and ended up spending the night in a restricted area in the Paris landmark.
9 months ago
VIDEO: Investigation after 2 Americans spend night in Eiffel Tower
9 months ago

'Drunk American tourists' found asleep in Eiffel Tower: Officials

Security guards found the two tourists Monday morning, and firefighters came to help get them down, according to officials.
9 months ago
VIDEO: 'Drunk American tourists' found asleep in Eiffel Tower: Officials
9 months ago

11 dead after fire at vacation home for people with disabilities: Report

Eleven people are dead after a fire engulfed a vacation home for people with disabilities in eastern France on Wednesday morning, officials said.
9 months ago
Firefighters inspect a burnt building after a fire erupted at a holiday home for disabled people in Wintzenheim, eastern France, on Aug. 9, 2023.
10 months ago

Why is France rioting? What to know about the fatal police shooting of a teen

France has been beset by violent unrest in recent days after a police officer shot and killed 17-year-old Nahel M. in a Paris suburb.
10 months ago
French police officers patrol in front of the Arc de Triomphe in the Champs Elysees area of Paris, France, on July 1, 2023, nearly five days after 17-year-old Nahel M. was fatally shot by an officer in the northwestern Paris suburb of Nanterre.
10 months ago

Crowds across France come out against protesters

On the sixth day of protests, a local mayor's home was rammed with a car packed with explosives.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Crowds across France come out against protesters
10 months ago

Violent protests target French mayor’s home

French citizens protest in the streets for another night after police shot and killed a teen during a traffic stop last week.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Violent protests target French mayor’s home
10 months ago

Protests rock France after police killing of teen

At least 150 people were arrested over the weekend after rioters took to the streets in protest of last week’s police shooting of a 17-year-old boy.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Protests rock France after police killing of teen
10 months ago

Violent protests continue across France

Protesters have accused French police of racial bias after a teen of North African descent was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Tuesday.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Violent protests continue across France
10 months ago

Over 1,300 arrested in France in 4th night of protests over fatal police shooting

Riots erupted for a fourth night across France over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M., who was laid to rest on Saturday.
10 months ago
Under riot police's protection, firefighters extinguish fires set in trash cans, on July 1, 2023 in Charenton, France.
10 months ago

Unrest in Paris as funeral takes place for teen killed by police

Rage in the streets of France after police killed a 17-year-old during a traffic stop. The government is hoping that a massive deployment of police officers will cut down on rioting.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Unrest in Paris as funeral takes place for teen killed by police
10 months ago

Protests continue in France over police shooting

Officers clashed with protesters for a third day of rallies over the death of Nahel M, a 17-year-old of North African descent.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Protests continue in France over police shooting
10 months ago

Over 800 arrested across France in 3rd night of riots since fatal police shooting

The violent unrest came after 17-year-old Nahel M. was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic check in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday morning.
10 months ago
A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, on June 30, 2023.
10 months ago

Teenager's death during police traffic stop sparks violent unrest in Paris suburb

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic check in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday morning, according to French authorities.
10 months ago
Firefighters work to put out a burning car on the sidelines of a protest in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, France, on June 27, 2023, after police shot and killed a 17-year-old driver during a traffic check.
10 months ago

150 arrested across France in 2nd night of riots after police fatally shoot teen

A 17-year-old driver was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic check in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday morning, sparking violent protests.
10 months ago
A firefighter looks on as vehicles burn amid riots in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, France, on June 28, 2023, a day after police shot and killed a 17-year-old driver during a traffic check.
10 months ago

Violence in France after protests over teen killed by police

More than 600 people were arrested overnight in the third day of protests after a French teenager of North African descent was shot dead by a police officer on Tuesday night.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Violence in France after protests over teen killed by police
10 months ago

Massive protests continue across France after teen killed by police

Several hundred people are marching in France to protest the death of a teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer.
10 months ago
Several hundred people are marching in France to protest the death of a teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer.
10 months ago

Protests continue in France following police shooting of 17-year-old

The police officer suspected in the shooting remains in custody and faces potential manslaughter charges.
10 months ago
VIDEO: Protests break out in France following police shooting of 17-year-old
10 months ago

Teenager's death during police traffic stop sparks violent unrest in Paris suburb

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
10 months ago
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
1 year ago

Suspected gas explosion destroys building in Paris

Rescue teams are still searching through the rubble after powerful explosions rocked the French capital Wednesday evening, destroying a building that housed a prestigious American fashion academy.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Suspected gas explosion destroys building in Paris
1 year ago

Paris explosion caused by suspected gas leak injures dozens, police say

Dozens of people were injured and several buildings were damaged after an explosion rocked central Paris.
1 year ago
French firefighters and rescue forces work after several buildings on fire following a gas explosion in Paris, France, June 21, 2023.
1 year ago

Suspected gas leak explosion injures dozens in central Paris

Dozens of people were injured after an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak, according to police and firefighters in Paris.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Suspected gas leak explosion injures dozens in central Paris
1 year ago

Paris explosion injures dozens

Investigators are looking into what caused a powerful blast that injured at least 30 people and ignited a fire in central Paris on Wednesday.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Paris explosion injures dozens
1 year ago

Building explosion in Paris injures 24

A strong explosion leveled a building in Paris’ Left Bank, leaving at least 24 people injured, police said.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Explosion hits a building in Paris
1 year ago

4 children stabbed in French park

A 31-year-old suspect was immediately arrested following the attack in the French Alps.
1 year ago
VIDEO: 4 children stabbed in French park
1 year ago

8 injured, including children, in stabbing in French Alps, interior minister says

Eight people were stabbed in a playground in Annecy, France, local authorities said.
1 year ago
French police secure the area after several children have been injured in a knife attack in Annecy, in the French Alps, France, June 8, 2023.
1 year ago

Massive protests break out in France

Tuesday’s protest reflects the ongoing anger at the government’s decision to raise the legal retirement age to 64 from 62.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Massive protests break out in France
1 year ago

Protesters take to streets in France over retirement rules

A day of action has been called by unions following President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the retirement age to 64.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Protesters take to streets in France over retirement rules
1 year ago

Country passes law to regulate paid influencers, combat fraud

France is now the first country in Europe to regulate influencer marketing on social media, cracking down on what people can monetize and promote online.
1 year ago
General view of the French National Assembly chamber in Paris, May 9, 2023.