PARIS (AP) – France’s president says he has no regrets about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, despite the fact that the country’s hospitals are being infected with the acute coronavirus and more than a thousand people die every week. President Emanuel Macron’s government has stressed …
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LONDON – Eurostar trains between London, Brussels and Amsterdam are being canceled from Monday after the Belgian government announced the closure of borders with the UK at midnight on Sunday. The high-speed train operator said on Sunday that the train would continue on the route from London to Paris. The …
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PARIS (AP) – As French President Emmanuel Macron rides a coronavirus in solitary confinement at Versailles, critics on Friday called for slip-ups in their virus-prevention behavior, for a handful of repeated large group meals in nearby quarters. Last week. Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovich, a fellow European leader who spent …
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The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said it was “absurd” to be fined for employing too many women in senior positions in the city. Hidalgo’s remarks came after a request for a fine of 90,000 euros (,000 110,000) from the French Ministry of Public Services, which said more female employees …
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BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders fought hard on Friday to reduce the group’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels, avoiding the embarrassing hurdle ahead of a UN climate meeting this week. After a night-long discussion at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 …
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