Eleanor Beardsley
Stories
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Europe
Paris prepares for Israel-France soccer game despite fears of violence
Paris police deploy in force to prevent antisemitic and other violence as France and Israeli soccer teams play on Thursday.
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Arts & Life
How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2022, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France.
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Politics
Paris bargoers choose next U.S. president in straw poll in century-old tradition
In one Paris bar, predicting the outcome of the U.S. presidential election is a long tradition. For over a century, a straw poll taken there has been pretty accurate at predicting the winner.
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World
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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World
A Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors wins the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
The Japanese grassroots group Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of World War II atomic bombing survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to create a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Democracy may be at stake in Tunisia's presidential election
Could this weekend's election in Tunisia sound the death knell for democracy in its third presidential election since the Arab spring?
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World
Paris museums under fire for changing their wording describing works from Tibet
A war of words has broken out in the Parisian arts world as two museums are under fire for allegedly relabeling Tibetan art to appease the Chinese.
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Europe
Husband in France admits he and men he recruited raped his unconscious wife
A man at the center of a mass rape trial in France testified Tuesday. He is accused of drugging his wife and offering her up to a steady stream of men from an online chatroom.
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Europe
Gang rape trial draws thousands of demonstrators in France
In France, thousands demonstrated in support of a woman whose ex-husband is on trial for drugging her and recruiting other men to sexually assault her.
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World
Famine in Sudan pushes record number of migrants into France en route to U.K.
A war and famine in Sudan have displaced over 10 million people, with no sign of letting up. It’s the largest displacement crisis in the world, and refugees have fled as far as Europe.
