France hands over last military base in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...
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After the Storm
A horrific storm – the worst in nearly a century – ravaged the area. It leveled homes and wrecked infrastructure. In the aftermath, authorities weren’t responding fast enough to help survivors, who ...
After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...
Backlash may shatter President Macron's plans to leave mark on Notre Dame windows
French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for installing contemporary windows inside the restored Notre Dame Cathedral is ...
France's budget talks crumble, raising doubts about government's survival
French budget talks teetered on the brink of collapse on Wednesday, a day after Socialist party officials suspended their ...
The ‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce possibly hundreds of millions of euros in renovation work for the ...
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The Mona Lisa Will Get Her Own Room at the Louvre, Vows Emmanuel Macron
Amid concerns about the dilapidated state of the Louvre Museum, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a sweeping ...
Mona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation
French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after ...
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The story of one woman’s fight to gain African independence from colonial rule
Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...
This US President Said Canada Would Fall Like ‘Easy Prey.’ It Wasn’t Donald Trump.
The taunting post was just one in a recent string of comments from Trump suggesting that the United States annex Canada and ...
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Gaza deal strategic loss for Israel, West — deputy chief of Iran’s IRGC
The situation in the Middle East sharply escalated after armed Hamas supporters from the Gaza Strip infiltrated into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023 ...