Saturday, November 16, 2024

Rebuilding in COVID's awful wake: One small step at a time

PARIS (AP) — The musical notes waft through the apartment window, from the fast-moving fingers of the accordion player serenading restaurant diners below.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Rebuilding in COVID's awful wake: One small step at a time

PARIS (AP) — The musical notes waft through the apartment window, from the fast-moving fingers of the accordion player serenading restaurant diners below.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Rebuilding in COVID's awful wake: One small step at a time

PARIS (AP) — The musical notes waft through the apartment window, from the fast-moving fingers of the accordion player serenading restaurant diners below.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Gluing back the bits in a post-COVID myriad of human divides

PARIS (AP) — The musical notes waft through the apartment window, from the fast-moving fingers of the accordion player serenading restaurant diners below.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Big Pride parade in Paris; Turkish police stop marchers

ROME (AP) — Police in riot gear on Saturday blocked streets to try to thwart gay Pride marchers in Istanbul, while thousands turned out joyfully in Paris and elsewhere in Europe after pandemic privations — although setbacks against LGBT rights tempered some of the celebratory air.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France's young voters

LE PECQ, France (AP) — True or false: When he was the U.S. president, Donald Trump called French leader Emmanuel Macron from the White House to wish him happy birthday, but got the day wrong.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France's young voters

LE PECQ, France (AP) — True or false: When he was the U.S. president, Donald Trump called French leader Emmanuel Macron from the White House to wish him happy birthday, but got the day wrong.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

With tall Trump tale, Macron plays to France's young voters

LE PECQ, France (AP) — True or false: When he was the U.S. president, Donald Trump called French leader Emmanuel Macron from the White House to wish him happy birthday, but got the day wrong.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Fishing tensions flare between France, UK over Brexit rules

LONDON (AP) — British Royal Navy vessels and French police boats patrolled Thursday near the English Channel island of Jersey, where French fishermen angry about losing access to its waters gathered for a maritime protest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

In the French language, steps forward and back for women

LE PECQ, France (AP) — The fight to make the French language kinder to women took steps forward, and back, this week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic

PARIS (AP) — Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous — and at times violent — May Day marches on Saturday, demanding more labor protections amid a pandemic that has turned economies and workplaces upside …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic

PARIS (AP) — Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous — and at times violent — May Day marches on Saturday, demanding more labor protections amid a pandemic that has turned economies and workplaces upside …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic

PARIS (AP) — Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous — and at times violent — May Day marches on Saturday, demanding more labor protections amid a pandemic that has turned economies and workplaces upside …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

PARIS (AP) — Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his intensive-care nurses through the delicate process of rolling the woman off her stomach and onto her back, guiding the team like a dance instructor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

PARIS (AP) — Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his intensive-care nurses through the delicate process of rolling the woman off her stomach and onto her back, guiding the team like a dance instructor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

PARIS (AP) — Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his intensive-care nurses through the delicate process of rolling the woman off her stomach and onto her back, guiding the team like a dance instructor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

PARIS (AP) — Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his intensive-care nurses through the delicate process of rolling the woman off her stomach and onto her back, guiding the team like a dance instructor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

PARIS (AP) — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital's hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

PARIS (AP) — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital's hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

PARIS (AP) — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital's hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

PARIS (AP) — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital's hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Food fight: Meat-free school meals spark furor in France

LE PECQ, France (AP) — By taking meat off the menu at school canteens, the ecologist mayor of one of France's most famously gastronomic cities has kicked up a storm of protest and debate as the country increasingly questions the environmental costs of its meaty dietary habits.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virus

PARIS (AP) — As the wan winter sun sets over France's Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virus

PARIS (AP) — As the wan winter sun sets over France's Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virus

PARIS (AP) — As the wan winter sun sets over France's Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French police detain 7 in probe of teacher's beheading

LE PECQ, France (AP) — French anti-terrorism police on Tuesday detained seven people suspected of having communicated via social media with the killer of a schoolteacher whose
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French vaccine rollout slowed by red tape, focus on elderly

PARIS (AP) — The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named after a pope and not far from the birthplace in eastern France of vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur — took weeks of preparation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French vaccine rollout slowed by focus on elderly, red tape

PARIS (AP) — The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named after a pope and not far from the birthplace in eastern France of vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur — took weeks of preparation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French vaccine rollout slowed by focus on elderly, red tape

PARIS (AP) — The few hours it took to give the first coronavirus vaccine shots to 14 residents of the John XXIII nursing home — named after a pope and not far from the birthplace in eastern France of vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur — took weeks of preparation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pro-democracy activists heartened by US system's resilience

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Stunned and riveted by the riot that engulfed the U.S. Capitol, pro-democracy and human rights campaigners around the world also were reassured -- because, ultimately, democracy held. The system was tested but not toppled.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Craziest party ever': Superstar DJ Guetta upbeat for 2021

PARIS (AP) — Superstar DJ David Guetta has been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

PARIS (AP) — French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more from a pair of stockings than from a haute-couture gown with a six-figure price tag.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Craziest party ever': Superstar DJ Guetta upbeat for 2021

PARIS (AP) — Superstar DJ David Guetta has been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Craziest party ever': Superstar DJ Guetta upbeat for 2021

PARIS (AP) — Superstar DJ David Guetta has been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

PARIS (AP) — French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more from a pair of stockings than from a haute-couture gown with a six-figure price tag.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Craziest party ever': Superstar DJ Guetta upbeat for 2021

PARIS (AP) — Superstar DJ David Guetta has been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

PARIS (AP) — French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more from a pair of stockings than from a haute-couture gown with a six-figure price tag.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

French designer Pierre Cardin, licensing pioneer, dies at 98

PARIS (AP) — French fashion designer Pierre Cardin possessed a wildly inventive artistic sensibility tempered by a stiff dose of business sense. He had no problem acknowledging that he earned more from a pair of stockings than from a haute-couture gown with a six-figure price tag.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders

PARIS (AP) — Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders

PARIS (AP) — Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders

PARIS (AP) — Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders

PARIS (AP) — Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

An emotional "au revoir" from France's most famous presenter

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Au revoir, Jean-Pierre. And merci.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

An emotional "au revoir" from France's most famous presenter

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Au revoir, Jean-Pierre. And merci.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Model's 'tears of joy' as agent held over alleged sex crimes

LE PECQ, France (AP) — A former model who testified to French police that she was drugged and raped as a teenager by an associate of disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein said she wept “tears of joy” Thursday after the modeling agent was taken into custody at Paris' main airport …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

An emotional "au revoir" from France's most famous presenter

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Au revoir, Jean-Pierre. And merci.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Model's 'tears of joy' as agent held over alleged sex crimes

LE PECQ, France (AP) — A former model who testified to French police that she was drugged and raped as a teenager by an associate of disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein said she wept “tears of joy” Thursday after the modeling agent was taken into custody at Paris' main airport …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

France's Macron blames his COVID-19 on negligence, bad luck

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday blamed his COVID-19 on a combination of negligence and bad luck, urging his compatriots to stay safe as critics called out slip-ups in his behavior to prevent infection, from a close-quarters handshake to repeated big-group meals over the past week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

France's Macron blames his COVID on negligence, bad luck

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday blamed his COVID-19 on a combination of negligence and bad luck, urging his compatriots to stay safe as critics called out slip-ups in his behavior to prevent infection, from a close-quarters handshake to repeated big-group meals over the past week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

An emotional "au revoir" from France's most famous presenter

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Au revoir, Jean-Pierre. And merci.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Model's 'tears of joy' as agent held over alleged sex crimes

LE PECQ, France (AP) — A former model who testified to French police that she was drugged and raped as a teenager by an associate of disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein said she wept “tears of joy” Thursday after the modeling agent was taken into custody at Paris' main airport …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Model's 'tears of joy' as agent held over alleged sex crimes

LE PECQ, France (AP) — A former model who testified to French police that she was drugged and raped as a teenager by an associate of disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein said she wept “tears of joy” Thursday after the modeling agent was taken into custody at Paris' main airport …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Paris, restaurants, bistros and bars plead for work, aid

PARIS (AP) — While French chef Michel Solignac labored over his hot stoves, his baby son Nicolas would watch him from his playpen in the corner of the kitchen. The now 30-year-old Nicolas grew up with cooking in his genes and, quite naturally, took over the restaurant when his father …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Paris, restaurants, bistros and bars plead for work, aid

PARIS (AP) — While French chef Michel Solignac labored over his hot stoves, his baby son Nicolas would watch him from his playpen in the corner of the kitchen. The now 30-year-old Nicolas grew up with cooking in his genes and, quite naturally, took over the restaurant when his father …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Such is life': In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact

PARIS (AP) — During their daily morning round of the intensive care unit, hospital staffers and medical students pause outside room No. 10, abruptly emptied of the patient who lost his nearly month-long battle against COVID-19 the previous evening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Such is life': In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact

PARIS (AP) — During their daily morning round of the intensive care unit, hospital staffers and medical students pause outside room No. 10, abruptly emptied of the patient who lost his nearly month-long battle against COVID-19 the previous evening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Such is life': In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact

PARIS (AP) — During their daily morning round of the intensive care unit, hospital staffers and medical students pause outside room No. 10, abruptly emptied of the patient who lost his nearly month-long battle against COVID-19 the previous evening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Such is life': In virus wards, death is a foe but a fact

PARIS (AP) — During their daily morning round of the intensive care unit, hospital staffers and medical students pause outside room No. 10, abruptly emptied of the patient who lost his nearly month-long battle against COVID-19 the previous evening.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'New start:' Medics juggle surgery backlogs and virus fight

PARIS (AP) — Chatting before they go under the knife, the two women picture their lives after surgery. Caroline Erganian hopes to be rid of her pain. Lolita Andela imagines being able to be active with her kids.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

As the virus resurges, mental health woes batter France

ROUEN, France (AP) — The panicked 22-year-old is led to Consultation Room No. 2, with its easy-mop floor and honeycombed meshing over the window. Behind her, the psychiatric emergency ward's heavy double doors — openable only with a staff member's key — thud shut.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Santa's mailbag, a peek into children's pandemic worries

LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u." Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult's help that he please use the front door when he drops in, because the back …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Santa's mailbag, a peek into children's pandemic worries

LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u." Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult's help that he please use the front door when he drops in, because the back …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Santa's mailbag, a peek into children's pandemic worries

LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u." Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult's help that he please use the front door when he drops in, because the back …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

In Santa's mailbag, a peek into children's pandemic worries

LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u." Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult's help that he please use the front door when he drops in, because the back …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

At Paris trial, passengers recall disarming of train gunman

PARIS (AP) — When the bare-chested gunman suddenly appeared aboard the speeding Paris-bound train, laden with weapons and his mind allegedly filled with Islamic State group propaganda, passengers at first were stunned.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

At Paris trial, passengers recall disarming of train gunman

PARIS (AP) — When the bare-chested gunman suddenly appeared aboard the speeding Paris-bound train, laden with weapons and his mind allegedly filled with Islamic State group propaganda, passengers at first were stunned.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope

PARIS (AP) — Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19 — the doctor cycles through the dark of pre-dawn Paris, speeding to a crisis meeting at his hospital where, way back in February, the disease carried away
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope

PARIS (AP) — Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19 — the doctor cycles through the dark of pre-dawn Paris, speeding to a crisis meeting at his hospital where, way back in February, the disease carried away
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pope's ex-envoy tried in Paris for sex assaults, without him

PARIS (AP) — A sexual assault trial for the Vatican’s former ambassador to France went ahead without him Tuesday after he produced a doctor's note saying it was too dangerous for him to travel from Rome to Paris in the midst of France's resurgent coronavirus epidemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pent-up global wish list of hopes, demands awaits Biden

LONDON (AP) — Spare a thought for the people who'll be managing Joe Biden's presidential appointment diary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Portugal, Hungary hunker down against Europe's virus surge

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal and Hungary on Monday became the latest European countries to impose curfews against the resurgent tide of coronavirus infections and deaths lashing the continent and filing its emergency wards. But glimmers of hope emerged from France, Belgium and elsewhere that tough restrictions might be starting …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pent-up global wish list of hopes, demands awaits Biden

LONDON (AP) — Spare a thought for the people who'll be managing Joe Biden's presidential appointment diary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Pent-up global wish list of hopes, demands awaits Biden

LONDON (AP) — Spare a thought for the people who'll be managing Joe Biden's presidential appointment diary.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Many world leaders express hope, relief after Biden win

World leaders congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first female vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Most world leaders express hope, relief after Biden win

World leaders swiftly congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory Saturday, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first woman vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

World leaders congratulate Biden and Harris on election win

Although U.S. President Donald Trump wasn't conceding defeat, world leaders swiftly congratulated Joe Biden for his election victory Saturday and expressed hope that the new White House will prioritize the fight against climate change.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

'Welcome back America!' World celebrates Biden-Harris win

Although U.S. President Donald Trump wasn't conceding defeat, people in other parts of the world started celebrating Joe Biden's election victory Saturday and expressed hope that the Democrat will quickly set to work on a topic that wasn't vital in the White House for the past four years: combating climate …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French police quiz child apologists of teacher's beheading

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam’s prophet, the government reported as the prime minister warned Saturday that Islamic extremists are recruiting in France …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Police question children for supporting teacher's beheading

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Police in France questioned four 10-year-olds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam’s prophet, the government reported as the prime minister warned Saturday that Islamic extremists are recruiting in France …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

World waits nervously, impatiently for US election result

From Ford Model T cars that popped off the assembly line in just 90 minutes to 60-second service for burgers, the United States has long had a major hand in making the world a frenetic and impatient place, primed and hungry for instant gratification.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Fascinated and trepidatious, world braces for America's vote

SAINTE MARIE DU MONT, France (AP) — In one of the towns in Normandy where U.S. Army paratroopers fought and died on D-Day in World War II, a French store owner already has readied the “Trump 2020” flag that he plans to unfurl in celebration if the U.S. president wins …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Perfect in Paris, Nadal overwhelms Djokovic to tie Federer

PARIS (AP) — All the years of work, all the many wins, led to this moment, with Rafael Nadal preparing to serve against Novak Djokovic, one point from a 13th French Open championship, one point from a 20th Grand Slam trophy to tie Roger Federer's record for men.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Perfect in Paris, Nadal overwhelms Djokovic to tie Federer

PARIS (AP) — All the years of work, all the many wins, led to this moment, with Rafael Nadal preparing to serve against Novak Djokovic, one point from a 13th French Open championship, one point from a 20th Grand Slam trophy to tie Roger Federer's record for men.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Lucky 13 in Paris lets Nadal tie Federer with 20 Slam titles

PARIS (AP) — For years, Rafael Nadal pursued, and achieved, greatness at the French Open and other major tournaments. He never made a big deal out of his trophy total or the way he kept gaining on rival Roger Federer in the Grand Slam standings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Nadal ties Federer at 20 Slams by beating Djokovic in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal tied Roger Federer with 20 Grand Slam titles by producing a nearly perfect performance against Novak Djokovic in the French Open final.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Mourners hold memorial for Floyd as more protests take shape

RAEFORD, N.C. — Protesters streamed into the nation’s capital Saturday for what was expected to be the city’s largest demonstration yet against police brutality, while George Floyd was mourned in his North Carolina hometown, where hundreds of mourners lined up to squeeze into a church to pay their respects.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Of a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Of a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic

LE PECQ, France (AP) — Of a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing.
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Daily bread? In France, fighting virus 1 baguette at a time

LE VESINET, France (AP) — In France, the fight against COVID-19 is being waged one baguette at a time.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Daily bread? In France, fighting virus 1 baguette at a time

LE VESINET, France (AP) — In France, the fight against COVID-19 is being waged one baguette at a time.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Heartbreak hotel: No Elvis or Route 66 for barred Europeans

PARIS (AP) — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Canceled. A 3,500-kilometer (2,200-mile) trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that took months to prepare: On ice, too.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Heartbreak hotel: No Elvis or Route 66 for barred Europeans

PARIS (AP) — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Canceled. A 3,500-kilometer (2,200-mile) trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that took months to prepare: On ice, too.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Heartbreak hotel: No Elvis or Route 66 for barred Europeans

PARIS (AP) — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Canceled. A 3,500-kilometer (2,200-mile) trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that took months to prepare: On ice, too.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Virus locks down Italy amid global push to contain outbreak

ROME (AP) — The boisterous hum of Rome dwindled to a whisper and police patrols kept people apart in cafes as Italy enforced an extraordinary, sweeping lockdown in hopes of not becoming the next epicenter of the spreading coronavirus epidemic now that life in China is edging back to normal.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP Interview: Billionaire bids anxious farewell to Picasso

MONACO (AP) — Billionaire art collector David Nahmad can't fully recall why he bought “Nature Morte,” a charmingly simple oil on canvas that Pablo Picasso painted in 1921.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP Interview: Billionaire bids anxious farewell to Picasso

MONACO (AP) — Billionaire art collector David Nahmad can't fully recall why he bought “Nature Morte,” a charmingly simple oil on canvas that Pablo Picasso painted in 1921.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

AP Interview: Billionaire bids anxious farewell to Picasso

MONACO (AP) — Billionaire art collector David Nahmad can't fully recall why he bought “Nature Morte,” a charmingly simple oil on canvas that Pablo Picasso painted in 1921.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus

BANGKOK (AP) — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out “all the stops” to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India's spring festivals, closed Bethlehem's Nativity Church and blocked Italians from visiting elderly relatives …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus

BANGKOK (AP) — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal Thursday from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out “all the stops” to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India's spring festivities, closed Bethlehem's Nativity Church and blocked Italians from visiting elderly …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus

BANGKOK (AP) — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal Thursday from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out “all the stops” to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India's spring festivities, closed Bethlehem's Nativity Church and blocked Italians from visiting elderly …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Changing tack, French strikers turn off power to press govt

PARIS (AP) — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, protesting workers cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday, plunging homes into darkness and shutting down trains to one of the capital's main airports.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'We leave as friends of the Russian people'

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Lance Armstrong's downfall now complete

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO

Shaken and stirred

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

London set to wow us

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