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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…

(L’AQUILA, Italy) — Italian authorities on Thursday unveiled a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan music hall in Paris. L’Aquila prosecutors said the work was recovered on Wednesday during a search of a…

This Wednesday, Italian authorities recovered a Banksy mural that was stolen from the Bataclan theater back in 2019 in Abruzzo, Italy. The British street artist had created an image of a girl in mourning on the door of the Parisian theater in order to honor the victims of the 2015…

Protests over George Floyd's killing have already prompted a slew of reforms to police departments across the U.S. Now, as the movement ripples internationally, it's influencing changes to policing in other countries too. France announced Monday it was banning officers from using chokeholds while detaining suspects, while on Tuesday, New…