Saturday, November 16, 2024

Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension

PARIS (AP) — Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs starting Wednesday if they haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen

PARIS (AP) — It’s a grand day for the French. Cafe and restaurant terraces reopened Wednesday after a six-month coronavirus shutdown deprived residents of the essence of French “joie de vivre” — sipping coffee and red wine with friends.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen

PARIS (AP) — It’s a grand day for the French. Cafe and restaurant terraces reopened Wednesday after a six-month coronavirus shutdown deprived residents of the essence of French “joie de vivre” — sipping coffee and red wine with friends.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Grand day for the French: Cafe and bistro terraces reopen

PARIS (AP) — It’s a grand day for the French. Cafe and restaurant terraces reopened Wednesday after a six-month coronavirus shutdown deprived residents of the essence of French “joie de vivre” — sipping coffee and red wine with friends.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Macron visits Notre Dame 2 years after devastating fire

PARIS (AP) — Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Macron visits Notre Dame 2 years after devastating fire

PARIS (AP) — Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Macron visits Notre Dame 2 years after devastating fire

PARIS (AP) — Two years after a fire tore through Paris’ most famous cathedral and shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited the building site that Notre Dame has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Rare Tintin comic book art set to sell for millions in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Not even the coronavirus can get in the way of intrepid Belgian reporter and comic book legend Tintin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Rare Tintin comic book art set to sell for millions in Paris

PARIS (AP) — Not even the coronavirus can get in the way of intrepid Belgian reporter and comic book legend Tintin.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Miss France runner-up becomes target of anti-Semitic tweets

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation Monday to identify the authors of online anti-Semitic comments directed at the runner-up for Miss France 2021, who has Israeli origins.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Miss France runner-up targeted by anti-Semitic abuse

PARIS (AP) — France's interior minister has led high-profile condemnation of anti-Semitic abuse directed at the runner-up of Miss France 2021, who has Israeli origins.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France's coast

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France's northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France's coast

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France's northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France's coast

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France's northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Late French ex-president Giscard helped reshape Europe

PARIS (AP) — No one who saw it will forget Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s imperious exit from the Elysee Palace. Seated alone at his desk, he offered a stiff televised farewell to the French who had voted him out of office, then stood and left the room. For 45 seconds, the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Late French ex-president Giscard helped reshape Europe

PARIS (AP) — No one who saw it will forget Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s imperious exit from the Elysee Palace. Seated alone at his desk, he offered a stiff televised farewell to the French who had voted him out of office, then stood and left the room. For 45 seconds, the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Late ex-French ex-president Giscard helped reshape Europe

PARIS (AP) — No one who saw it will forget Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s imperious exit from the Elysee Palace. Seated alone at his desk, he offered a stiff televised farewell to the French who had voted him out of office, then stood and left the room. For 45 seconds, the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

French protesters decry bill outlawing use of police images

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, and officers in Paris who were advised to behave responsibly during the demonstrations fired tear gas to disperse rowdy protesters in the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Protests over security bill take place across France

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, while Paris officers were advised to behave responsibly during the demonstrations in the wake of footage showing police using violence becoming public.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Protests over security bill planned across France

PARIS (AP) — Critics of a proposed French security law that would restrict sharing images of police are gathering across the country in protest on Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Virus-hit Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co appeals for help

PARIS (AP) — Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookstore that published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, is appealing to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France's spring coronavirus lockdown put the future of the Left Bank institution in doubt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Virus-hit Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co appeals for help

PARIS (AP) — Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookstore that published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, is appealing to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France's spring coronavirus lockdown put the future of the Left Bank institution in doubt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Virus-hit Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co appeals for help

PARIS (AP) — Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookstore that published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, is appealing to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France's spring coronavirus lockdown put the future of the Left Bank institution in doubt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Virus-hit Paris bookshop Shakespeare & Co appeals for help

PARIS (AP) — Shakespeare and Company, the iconic Paris bookstore that published James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in 1922, is appealing to readers for support after pandemic-linked losses and France's spring coronavirus lockdown put the future of the Left Bank institution in doubt.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Parisians flee, sidewalks empty as France enters lockdown

PARIS (AP) — Parisians fleeing for the countryside jammed the roads ahead of France's lockdown to slow the spread of resurgent coronavirus infections, and there was only a sprinkling of people hurrying along city sidewalks Friday as the nationwide restrictions went into effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Parisians flee, sidewalks empty as France enters lockdown

PARIS (AP) — Parisians fleeing for the countryside jammed the roads ahead of France's lockdown to slow the spread of resurgent coronavirus infections, and there was only a sprinkling of people hurrying along city sidewalks Friday as the nationwide restrictions went into effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Parisians flee, sidewalks empty as France enters lockdown

PARIS (AP) — Parisians fleeing for the countryside jammed the roads ahead of France's lockdown to slow the spread of resurgent coronavirus infections, and there was only a sprinkling of people hurrying along city sidewalks Friday as the nationwide restrictions went into effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Parisians flee, sidewalks empty as France enters lockdown

PARIS (AP) — Parisians fleeing for the countryside jammed the roads ahead of France's lockdown to slow the spread of resurgent coronavirus infections, and there was only a sprinkling of people hurrying along city sidewalks Friday as the nationwide restrictions went into effect.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France, Germany impose new lockdowns to curb virus spread

BERLIN (AP) — France announced a full nationwide lockdown for the second time this year and German officials imposed a partial four-week lockdown Wednesday, as governments across Europe sought to stop a fast-rising tide of coronavirus cases.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

France imposes new national lockdown as virus deaths mount

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his country into a new month-long, nationwide lockdown Wednesday aimed at stopping a fast-rising tide of virus patients filling French hospitals, but said schools and some workplaces will stay open.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

French premier joins nationwide tributes to beheaded teacher

PARIS (AP) — France's prime minister joined demonstrators on Sunday who rallied together across the country in tribute to a history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Suspect in teacher's beheading in France was Chechen teen

PARIS (AP) — A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack, officials said Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Suspect in teacher's beheading in France was Chechen teen

PARIS (AP) — A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack, officials said Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new coronavirus cluster tearing through this community of 110,000 is inspiring unusual solidarity.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new coronavirus cluster tearing through this community of 110,000 is inspiring unusual solidarity.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Solidarity: Foreign hospitals help French virus hotspot cope

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the new coronavirus cluster tearing through this community of 110,000 is inspiring unusual solidarity.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

France says people must stay home to slow spread of virus

PARIS (AP) — France said Monday that it would follow other European countries in confining residents mostly to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the European Union considered closing its external borders to foreign travelers to impede infections.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Vuitton stages style history wall, Chanel goes pared-down

PARIS (AP) — Louis Vuitton staged a dazzling cinematic fashion production to cap Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday, with a wall of around 200 human figures dressed in fashions that spanned human history.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Queens of the night

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

The real da Vinci code: Louvre unlocks last work

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO