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“‘You’ll die in lies!’ Daughter confronts Dominique Pelicot as French mass rape trial testimony wraps” November 2024
“Trump win casts gloom and confusion over Europe” November 2024
“Macron’s hardening stance on Israel draws sharp response from Netanyahu” November 2024
“France grapples with idea of ‘ordinary’ rapists at Gisèle Pelicot trial” October 2024
“‘It’s not for us to have shame’: Gisèle Pelicot faces dozens of men accused of raping her” October 2024
“The Gisèle Pelicot rape trial shines a new spotlight on consent” October 2024
“In Marseille, the victims and perpetrators of drug violence are getting younger” October 2024
“Gisèle Pelicot, bearing witness at mass rape trial, pulls back curtain on what survivors face” September 2024
“France braces for right-wing government in spite of election results” September 2024
“Macron launches controversial talks over France’s next prime minister” August 2024
“80 years on, France recognizes the diverse troops of Operation Dragoon” August 2024
“In Marseille, a city of extremes, the far right holds a comfortable foothold” July 2024
“As left-wing coalition shocks with a win over the far right, France is left to wonder what’s next” July 2024
“In a French far-right stronghold, residents grapple with an RN win” July 2024
“In Marseille, Glucksmann takes battle against far right to the streets” June 2024
“Europe lurches to the right after EU elections, but center holds” June 2024
“‘Something bigger than ourselves’: Biden stresses democratic values at D-Day landing site” June 2024
“With France’s extreme right poised to win big in EU elections, their leader shuns the limelight” May 2024
“In France, unions march on May Day, championing workers’ rights” May 2024
“Despite influx of police, Marseille residents fear new anti-drug operation offers short-term fix” March 2024
“Who is Jordan Bardella, the far-right politician on the rise in French polls?” March 2024
“France has a growing gang problem. It's so far failed to tackle it” 2023
“'A house and a home are not the same thing': What happens to migrants who are moved out of Paris” 2023
“‘It’s purely political’: Why France’s newest immigration bill is so controversial” 2023
“Inside the network deporting thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia” 2023
“‘Stealing a generation’: Ukrainian children deported to Russia face uncertain future” 2023
“‘They’re dying in large numbers’: Disabled Ukrainians face abuse in institutions” 2023
“Trafficking, abuse, neglect: The unseen fallout from orphanage tourism” 2022
”In Lyon’s network of hidden passageways, footfalls of the past” 2022
”In France’s Jura region, dinosaur fossils have left a footprint on the wine industry” 2022
”In southeastern France, touring the village where Marc Chagall found inspiration” 2021
“Want to stay long term in France? First come the classes on how to be French.” 2021
“In a gray, empty Paris, this corner shop’s colorful posters transport you wherever you want to go” 2021
“Marseille: this city is not France – and that’s what’s great about it” April 2024
“We'll always have Paris - and that's why I had to leave” 2023
“‘16-64 is a beer, not a career’: What it’s like in Paris after weeks of pension reform protests” 2023
“Paris laptop bans prove that new-wave coffee shops can’t compete with the classic cafes” 2022
