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EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story was published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on July 17, 1900. The story is published as it appears in the newspaper, including…

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. Here are some of the highlights of the 1900 Olympics in Paris.No opening ceremony. No closing ceremony. And many of the athletes at…

PARIS (Reuters) - China’s embassy on Thursday hit back at French criticism of Beijing’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, saying French politicians were being misled by a slanderous American, Australian and British campaign. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday said the situation for Uighur Muslims in the western region…

France's President Emmanuel Macron leaves the European Council building in the early morning during an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 20, 2020. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERSPARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he was hopeful a compromise could be reached over a European Union recovery plan.Macron…

PARIS (Reuters) - France’s foreign ministry on Friday rebuffed U.S. assertions that a European Union naval mission to enforce a U.N. weapons embargo for Libya was biased and not serious, saying Washington should itself be doing more to stop the flow of weapons.David Schenker, assistant secretary for Near East Affairs…

Fraech Ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset, right, and Italian prosecutor Michele Renzo pose next to a recovered stolen artwork by British artist Banksy Source: Domenico Stinellis via PA Images AN HOMAGE TO the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks by street artist Banksy has been returned to France after the…

PARIS (AP) — Organized crime groups sought to defraud the French state of millions of euros meant for workers left jobless by the virus lockdown, prosecutors said Friday.France had an exceptionally generous temporary unemployment scheme that subsidized workers’ salaries while restaurants, schools and businesses across the economy shut down for…

Updated / Friday, 10 Jul 2020 16:09 Businesses were shut for two months due to the coronavirus The Paris prosecutor's office has said it is investigating "massive fraud" across France by people falsely claiming temporary wage assistance for employees laid off during the coronavirus lockdown. As the crisis hit, the…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to annex occupied territory in the West Bank, warning that it would violate international law and threaten long-term peace efforts.The two leaders spoke by phone Thursday, and Macron’s office said in a statement Friday that…

PARIS, France – The Paris Marathon has been moved further back to November 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced on Monday, July 5. The race had originally been rescheduled for October 18 from its traditional April date due to the virus outbreak.Last month, marathons in New York and Berlin set…