Eleanor Beardsley
Stories
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Business
What A Fight Between Airplane-Makers Means For French Wine
The U.S. and Europe have been arguing over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing for years. But now businesses with no connection to aviation — and U.S. consumers — are paying the price.
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Food
Save The .... McDonald's? One Franchise In France Has Become A Social Justice Cause
McDonald's employees in Marseille are fighting to save their restaurant. For them, McD's isn't a capitalist giant; it's a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood.
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Movies
'Sisters In Arms' Celebrates Women Kurdish Fighters In Anti-ISIS Fight
A new movie in France fictionalizes the Kurdish women's brigades and the role they played in helping to defeat ISIS.
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World
Jacques Chirac, French President Who Opposed U.S. Iraq War, Is Dead At 86
The two-term French president was the first chief executive to acknowledge France's collaboration in the Holocaust. And he famously rejected U.S. calls to invade Iraq.
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World
Former French President Jaques Chirac Dies At 86
Chirac served two terms as president — from 1995-2007. He was mayor of Paris for nearly 20 years. Chirac had been hospitalized with a lung infection.
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Movies
For 45 Years Deauville Festival Has Brought American Movies To France
The Deauville American Film Festival is less well-known than Cannes and not as influential as Toronto, but it's no less filled with stars — and this year, a bit of controversy.
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World
French Officials Boost Measles Vaccine Rates, Overcome Skeptics
French officials, faced with a resurgence of measles, seem to be overcoming vaccine skeptics and have boosted vaccination rates for infants.
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World
What The French Government Is Trying To Do About Domestic Violence
Scores of women have been killed by their partner this year in France. The government is now turning its attention to this burst of domestic violence with a conference on the subject convened Tuesday.
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World
For The Second Time In A Month — A Heat Wave Is Scorching Europe
A second heatwave in one month has smashed temperature records across Europe on Wednesday.
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World
Notre Dame Fire Revives Demand For Skilled Stone Carvers In France
"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society," one student says.