French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has reprinted the Mohammed cartoons as the trials for the 2015 Islamic terror attack begins at a Paris court this week. “We will never lie down. We will never give up,” magazine’s editor Laurent “Riss” Sourisseau wrote in its latest edition.

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France has deployed riot police in the country’s second biggest city Marseille to enforce face mask rules aimed at quelling the spread of Wuhan coronavirus. “Government spokesperson Gabriel Attal announced on Monday that 130 police officers are being sent to Marseille, a coastal city in south-eastern France,” French TV channel ...

Arson is suspected in a fire that has ravaged the famous 15th-century cathedral in the French city of Nantes, blowing out stained-glass windows and destroying a grand organ.

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Europe witnessed a wave of anti-lockdown protests on Saturday. Germany saw a huge surge in demonstrations. Thousands came out in Berlin, Munich, and Stuttgart against the measures imposed in the wake of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Warsaw, Poland and arrests were made in...

The European Union is launching a diplomatic campaign to stop Israel from applying sovereignty over parts of the Judea and Samaria region, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell declared on Friday. “We must work to discourage any possible initiative toward annexation,” he said.

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European governments are moving towards the easing of Wuhan coronavirus lockdowns, media reports suggest. Many European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, have begun working on their respective “exit plans” to restore normalcy as the spread of coronavirus in their countries slows down.

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As nations around the world struggle to deal with outbreaks of the Wuhan coronavirus, China is now experiencing the first phase of what could be considered social distancing on an international scale.

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Today’s update will start with the highlight from today’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing.

While not nearly as entertaining as the media smack-down in yesterday’s session, it was almost as satisfying in the wake of the deception by the World Health Organization during the early stages of the COVID-19 panic.

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The European Union (EU) fears that China could exploit the economic downturn caused by the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak to take over European companies.

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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called on his countrymen to buy domestic products as the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak cripples the European single market. Describing his approach as “economic patriotism,” he urged French supermarkets to ‘stock French products.’

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Almost a week after the United Kingdom left the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday unveiled a pan-European nuclear doctrine as part of country’s new military strategy. “The vital interests of France now have a European dimension,” he declared during the graduation ceremony at the French War College, l’Ecole...

In April of this year, we followed reports about the devastating fire that destroyed the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which destroyed the spire and the “forest” of oak roof beams supporting the lead roof.

The damage is such that the cathedral will not hold Christmas services this week for the...

The recent G7 economic summit included exchanges between Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and French President Emmanuel Macron that was nearly as heated as the Amazon wildfires.

During the summit, the G7 nations had agreed to send aid to fight the fires in the Amazon. Brazil rejected that offer, with a concise reminder...

President Donald Trump is considering tariffs on French wines in response to the digital tax imposed by Paris that disproportionately targets U.S. tech companies. Earlier this month, the French Senate approved a 3 percent tax on sales generated from digital services...

France is slowly moving forward with its plans to restore the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, which was devastated in a fire that collapsed the roof this past April.

Nearly three months after a fire devastated Paris’s famed Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s National Assembly moved closer to enacting legislation to approve the restoration...

Today is the 75th anniversary of the historic D-Day invasion.

Trump delivered his remarks from Normandy, France.
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After celebrating the win of the “Australia First” Liberal Party, and cheering on the milkshake-covered Brexit candidates in Great Britain, it pleases me greatly to report that anti-EU parties made significant gains in Sunday’s European election.

After processing the results, I have several essential takeaways. Perhaps the most significant that the win...