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Thousands demonstrate in Paris following wave of anti-Semitic attacks
Thousands of people took to the streets of the French capital Tuesday evening to protest a spate of recent anti-Semitic attacks, including the daubing of painted swastikas on nearly 100 graves in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France. The Paris demonstration, in the city's central ...
Eurostar trains delayed and 1,800 evacuated from homes as WWII bomb is made safe in Paris
Several Eurostar trains heading for London were canceled or delayed Sunday in Paris, and 1,800 people temporarily evacuated from their homes, as bomb disposal experts made safe a World War II bomb, police said. The bomb was discovered on Feb. 4 on a construction site ...
Hotel groups hail new offensive on Airbnb in Paris over alleged illegal rentals
Hotel groups in Paris on Monday hailed a new legal offensive by city authorities against home-sharing group Airbnb, which is being taken to court over illegal rentals. The French government has gradually tightened controls over the San Francisco-based firm, which critics blame for reducing the ...
Police probe apparent Nazi-inspired vandalism of bagel shop in Paris Jewish quarter
Police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that was found sprayed across a bagel shop in the old Jewish quarter of Paris. Police in the French capital said Sunday the word "Juden," which is German for Jews, was discovered Saturday as anti-government protesters and police forces clashed ...
Paris' deadliest fire in over a decade killed at least 10 people Tuesday as flames engulfed a nine-story apartment building, sending residents to the roof and clambering across balconies to escape. A 40-year-old woman who lived in the building, said to have a history of ...
Paris police pair convicted of raping Canadian tourist in former HQ
Two French policemen have been convicted of gang rape and sentenced to seven years in prison after a Canadian tourist reported being assaulted at the Paris police headquarters, the city's public prosecutor's office said Thursday. The case centered on an assault at 36 Quai des ...
'Red scarves' march in Paris in riposte to 'yellow vests' in wake of violence
Thousands of protesters marched through Paris on Sunday to condemn violence in the "yellow vest" movement that has rocked France for weeks with angry protests over President Emmanuel Macron's rule. Some 10,000 people turned out for Sunday's counter-demonstration, a day after an 11th consecutive Saturday ...
French police seek trio who carried out brazen Champs-Elysees-area bank heist
Police were hunting for three men who held up a bank just off Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue Tuesday, tying up staff and customers for hours while ransacking safety deposit boxes, officials said. The armed men rushed into the Milleis bank at around 8:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) ...
French 'yellow vest' protests, in 10th week, relatively peaceful
Clashes broke out throughout France on Saturday as an estimated 84,000 "yellow vest" demonstrators took to the streets in a 10th consecutive weekend of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's government. The demonstrations passed off relatively peacefully in Paris where 7,000 turned up, although Reuters Television ...
French police pair stand trial for alleged 2014 rape of drunk Canadian tourist at former Paris HQ
Two French policemen went on trial Monday over the alleged gang-rape of a drunk Canadian tourist in the former headquarters of the Paris police, one of several scandals to roil the force in recent years. The alleged crime took place in April 2014 at the ...
'Yellow vest' protests hit with police water cannons and tear gas in Paris
Paris police fired water cannons and tear gas to push back "yellow vest" demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument on Saturday, in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms. Thousands of protesters in Paris marched noisily but ...
Two firefighters killed, several people injured by huge gas explosion at Paris bakery
Two firefighters were killed when a gas leak sparked a huge explosion at a bakery in central Paris early on Saturday, the Paris prosecutor's office said. Thirty-seven others were injured in the blast, 10 of them seriously, the office said, after initial reports erroneously said ...
