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IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics
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Protesters hurl fireworks, police deploy tear gas at Paris protest
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French unions call new nationwide strikes, protests Jan. 31
Protesters wave flags and banners during a rally called by French trade unions in Toulouse, southwestern France, on January 19, 2023. - A day of strikes and protests kicked off in France on January 19, 2023 set to disrupt transport and schooling across the country in a trial for the government as workers oppose a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trains, flights to be cancelled in France on Thursday in strike against pension reform
FILE PHOTO: An elevated Paris Metro RATP transport network passes over the Pont de Bir-Hakeim Bridge in Paris as France's trade unions announced a nationwide day of strike and protests in key sectors like energy, public transport, air travel and schools against the pension reform, France, January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
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Kurds from around Europe march in Paris over unresolved killing of activists 10 years ago
Members of the Kurdish community attend a march to protest over the killing of three activists a decade ago, in Paris, France, January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Former Paris archbishop target of sexual assault investigation
FILE - Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit gestures during the Holy Thursday celebration in front of the Sacre Coeur basilica, on April 9, 2020 in Paris. French police are investigating an allegation that the former archbishop of Paris sexually assaulted a woman who is under legal protection as a vulnerable person, prosecutors said Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
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Notre Dame’s restoration enters a new phase as architects envision a new mix of the ancient and modern
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The TV shows, movies on celebrities’ own winter watchlists
FILE - Lucien Laviscount attends a screening of "Emily in Paris" during PaleyFest on Sunday, April 10, 2022, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. During interviews in recent weeks, The Associated Press asked celebrities promoting their own projects in Europe what they planned to watch this winter season. Laviscount, who plays Emily's love interest Alfie in "Emily in Paris", chases said he was into “anything inspiration, inspiring stuff.” (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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France urges EU peers to test Chinese travellers for COVID-19
A health worker takes a swab from a passenger of a flight from China at the COVID-19 testing booths of the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023, as France reinforces health measures at the borders for passengers arriving from China. - France and Britain on December 30 joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases -- and amid questions about its data reporting. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kurds hold march of mourning after Paris shooting kills three
Members of the Kurdish community attend a march organised by the Kurdish Democratic Council in France (CDK-F) in tribute to the victims of Friday's deadly attack, in Paris, France, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Paris shooting suspect expressed ‘hatred of foreigners,’ says prosecutor
Fire brigade medics evacuating on a stretcher a wounded demonstrator during a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups are holding a protest Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack aimed at foreigners. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kurds clash with police in Paris again after killings
A French riot police officer holds an LBD (defensive ball launcher) weapon, as members of the Kurdish community attend a demonstration, following a shooting, in Paris, France December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Charles Sobhraj, convicted killer from Netflix’s ‘The Serpent,’ arrives in France from Nepal
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo by Atish PATEL / AFP) (Photo by ATISH PATEL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Gunman in Paris kills three people in attack on Kurdish community
French police and firefighters secure a street after gunshots were fired killing two people and injuring several in a central district of Paris, France, December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Juliette Jabkhiro
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Thousands in Paris welcome France home after World Cup loss
Fans, standing in the Place de la Concorde, take pictures of the bus of the French national football team arriving at the Hotel de Crillon, a day after the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match against Argentina, in central Paris on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Climate activists block Champs Elysees to demand better insulation of buildings
French police remove environmental activists of "Derniere Renovation" (Last Renovation) group from the road as they block the traffic on the Champs Elysees avenue near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to draw attention to environmental issues on housing and building renovation during the energy crisis in France, France, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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2024 Tour de France to end in Nice due to Paris Olympics
Tour de France general director Christian Prudhomme (R) and Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (L) attend the announcement that Nice will host the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France, on the french riviera city of Nice, on December 1, 2022. - For the first time since 1905, the Tour de France will not have its usual finish in Paris in 2024, closing instead with a time trial in Nice, organisers announced on December 1, 2022. Although the race has been brought forward one week so as not to clash directly with the Olympic Games, which is being hosted in 2024 by Paris, it will still finish on July 21, just five days before the opening ceremony. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Finally, a big screen escape in Paris
(FILES) In this file photo taken in March 1960 US actress Jean Seberg (L) and French film director Jean-Luc Godard are pictured in Paris. - Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, died "peacefully" on September 13, 2022 at his home in the small town of Rolle in Switzerland, his family said in a statement. (Photo by AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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A tale of two stock markets: how London still trumps Paris for investors
A worker shelters from the rain under a Union Flag umbrella as he passes the London Stock Exchange in London on Oct. 1, 2008.
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The Paris 2024 Olympic mascots might be the best ever
Konrad Yakabuski
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Paris 2024 Olympics, Paralympics mascot is a smiling hat
The mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, left, and Paralympic Games are presented Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. The mascot, a Phrygian cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, where the name originates, in modern day Turkey. It later became a symbol of the pursuit of liberty in the French Revolution, and is still worn by the figure of Marianne, the national personification of France since that time. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has win streak end in semifinal of Paris Masters
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada returns the ball to Holger Rune from Denmark during their semi final match of the Paris Masters tennis tournament at the Accor Arena in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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France ‘profoundly shaken’ by schoolgirl’s slaying in Paris
People stand outside the building where the body of 12-year-old schoolgirl was discovered in a trunk, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. France has been "profoundly shaken" by the murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, whose body was found in a plastic box, dumped in a courtyard of a building in northeastern Paris, the government spokesman Olivier Veran said on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Banana thrown at Brazilian players in friendly in Paris
Tunisia's Ghaylen Chaaleli, right, heads the ball during the international friendly soccer match between Brazil and Tunisia at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
international business
Eiffel Tower to go dark earlier as Paris saves energy
FILE - People walk on a bridge next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 9, 2022. Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off an hour earlier at night as part of an energy savings plan in the French capital, its mayor announced. Paris mayor said the iconic tower that is illuminated until 1:00am is only one of the city's monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when energy demand surges this winter. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh, File)
obituary
William Klein, American photographer in Paris, dies at 96
This photo provided by William Klein's family shows a self-portrait of American photographer William Klein in1993, painted by the artist on a contact sheet. Klein whose innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography in the second half of the 20th century, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 in Paris at 96. (William Klein via AP)
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Canada’s companies are the worst in the G7 for disclosure on emission reduction targets
Jeffrey Jones
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The claw clip: An early 2000s fashion staple that’s chic, and easy on your hair
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world
Rescuers scramble to track Beluga whale in France’s Seine
Rescue divers from the firefighter department patrol on Seine river in search for lost Beluga whale, in Les Andelys, France, August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
soccer
Women’s final will cap Olympic soccer tournament in Paris
The Canadian women’s soccer team celebrates their 1-0 semi-final win over the USA at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on Monday. Canada won on a penalty kick goal, putting Canada through into the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics set for August 5. August 2, 2021 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
film review
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow her in this bargain-basement feel-goodery
Lesley Manville stars as Mrs. Harris in director Tony Fabian’s MRS.HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, a Focus Features release. Credit: Dávid Lukács / © 2021 Ada Films Ltd - Harris Squared Kft
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Airport worker strikes ground some flights in Paris
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport employees on strike hold French CGT labour union flags as they walk outside the Terminal 2F during a protest against low wages as inflation hits France, at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.