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PARIS (Reuters) - A police operation is underway in the French city of Dijon following earlier gang violence in the city, the local police force said on Friday."Following the events of the last few days in the Dijon area, a police operation is underway in the Dijon districts of Gresilles…

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2369-7Published online 03 June 2020In Fig. 2d of this Article, owing to an error during the production process, the final rightmost x-axis label should be ‘Ciliated bronchial epithelial cells’ and not ‘Lung fibroblasts’. This error has been corrected online. Author informationAuthor notesThese authors contributed equally: Cameron D.…

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2369-7Published online 03 June 2020In Fig. 2d of this Article, owing to an error during the production process, the final rightmost x-axis label should be ‘Ciliated bronchial epithelial cells’ and not ‘Lung fibroblasts’. This error has been corrected online. Author informationAuthor notesThese authors contributed equally: Cameron D.…

PARIS (AP) — European countries are slamming the Trump administration’s withdrawal from negotiations over a major tax on big tech companies.French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, speaking on France Inter, called it a “provocation” and said France will still implement the tax regardless of the U.S. change of heart. Le…

LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, while pharmaceutical company Sanofi and the French government announced more than 800 million euros ($890 million) in investment Tuesday as part of the worldwide race to find an effective…

Brussels (AFP) - A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans on Monday after months of coronavirus curbs, but China was battling a new outbreak that has stoked fears of a second wave.As caseloads have declined in recent weeks across many parts of Europe, governments have been…

(PARIS) — French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Sunday to stand firm against racism but also praised police and insisted that France wouldn’t take down statues of controversial, colonial-era figures. It was the first time Macron has spoken on the issues since George Floyd’s death in the U.S. unleashed protests around…

LACHIN, Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani soldiers on Tuesday hoisted their country’s flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. A column of Azerbaijani military trucks entered the Lachin district overnight, taking over the last of three regions around…

PARIS (AP) — Paris riot police fired tear gas Saturday to disperse a largely peaceful but unauthorized protest against police brutality and entrenched racism, as France’s minorities increasingly push back against a national doctrine of colorblindness that has failed to eradicate discrimination.In London, far-right activists and soccer rowdies scuffled with…

The French cultural ministry recently launched an open call for a memorial to honor victims of slavery. The statue will be installed in the Tuileries Garden near the Musée du Louvre. Proposals for the monument were supported by the Representative council of France’s Black Associations, but on one condition: the…