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PARIS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers have agreed to an economic recovery plan for the coronavirus crisis that France’s minister said implicitly opens the door to jointly issued debt and which he hailed as a French success. FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire looks on during a…

The UCI employs 130 peopleCycling's governing body has furloughed staff and cut leaders' salaries because of the coronavirus pandemic.The International Cycling Union (UCI) blamed the postponement of the Olympics and Paralympics, plus losing much of its annual calendar, for the move.UCI president David Lappartient said: "Our international federation is going…

PARIS (Reuters) - France has officially registered more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus infections, making it the fourth country to cross that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States.The rate of increase in the number of fatalities also rose on Tuesday for the second consecutive day, official figures showed.Jerome…

Leïla Slimani and Marie Darrieussecq may be two of Frances most acclaimed writers but their accounts of life in lockdown in their second homes in the countryside have unleashed an outpouring of resentment among French readers, with one fellow writer even comp… Read More

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sixteen people have died at the Rothschild care home in Paris Deaths can be invisible, coffins are hard to hide.Outside the Rothschild care home in Paris, a delivery van pulls up to unload its pale wooden cargo, still wrapped in factory plastic.A delivery man tells…

By John Irish and Marine PennetierPARIS (Reuters) - France will extend a national lockdown until April 15 after reporting its biggest daily death toll from coronavirus, its prime minister said on Friday, and officials warned that hospitals around Paris could be overwhelmed in 48 hours."At the end of these first…

Masks made for local hospitals and clinics by Humboldter Ixchel Carr. | Photos provided by April AlexanderIn an effort to help combat the nation’s ongoing medical mask shortage caused by the coronavirus epidemic, a locally organized Facebook group is sewing homemade masks and donating them to healthcare workers nationwide.St. Joseph Health Clinical Social…

While most domestic and international airlines are cutting thousands of flights from their schedules due to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar Airways is taking another route. The airline is actually stepping up some of its flying again, after also announcing some cuts in the last few days, by…

PARIS (Reuters) - The death toll in France from coronavirus is much higher than the daily government tally, which only accounts for those dying in hospitals, a senior French health official said on Wednesday.France reported a cumulative 1,100 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, up from 91 on March 14, a more…

PARIS -- Young German adults hold “corona parties" and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders. From France to Florida to Australia, kitesurfers, college students and others crowd the beaches. Their defiance of lockdown mandates and scientific advice…