PARIS—Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country’s first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of other…
‘China Is Its Own Biggest Enemy’: French Report Gives Panoramic View of Beijing’s Push for Global Influence
Despite Beijing’s sweeping efforts to impose its own authoritarian model onto the free world, its biggest enemy is itself, according to a French government-affiliated think tank. The findings came from a nearly 650-page French-language report titled “Chinese Influence Operations” from the Institute for Strategic Studies of Military Schools (IRSEM), an independent agency affiliated with the…
Australian Trade Minister Seeks French Meeting, Confident Subs Row Won’t Derail EU Talks
CANBERRA—Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Monday he will seek a meeting with his French counterpart to ease tensions over Canberra’s decision to scrap a $40 billion submarine deal. Australia last week said it would end the deal with France’s Naval Group to build a fleet of conventional submarines and would instead build at…
Snacking Like the French: How to Make Classic Black Olive Tapenade
There are few better ways to spark conversation before a meal than with a French apéro. L’apéro, short for “l’apéritif,” is a popular pre-dinner ritual in France that gathers friends and family around drinks and finger foods—think happy hour, but more food-focused. And of all the small bites the French like to enjoy, one wins…
French Filmmakers Discuss Iconic 9/11 Footage From Inside World Trade Center
By Peter Sblendorio From New York Daily News NEW YORK—The French filmmaker who shot the only clear video of the World Trade Center’s North Tower being struck by an airliner on Sept. 11, 2001, thought it was an accident, not realizing he was capturing a moment that would forever change history. Jules Naudet and his…
Revolutionary Broth: The Birth of the Restaurant and the Invention of French Gastronomy
From the rise of click and collect to the advent of dark kitchens, the very concept of the restaurant is undergoing major changes. Even before the pandemic hit, consumers were moving away from the physical location of the restaurant, a transformation that has only been accelerated by coronavirus. These new ways of eating question the…
France Says ‘A Few Dozen’ French Nationals Still in Afghanistan
PARIS—France says “a few dozen” French nationals remain in Afghanistan, including some who wanted to be evacuated but could not as the last flight left Kabul. Defense Ministry spokesman Herve Grandjean said in a news conference Tuesday that “all efforts are being done” to allow those left behind to get “a safe and orderly evacuation.”…
Frenchwoman Officially Considered Dead Fights to Be ‘Alive’ Again
SAINT-JOSEPH, France—Declared dead by a French court in 2017, Jeanne Pouchain has spent the past four years trying to escape a bewildering legal twilight zone and prove to officialdom that she is in fact very much alive. She says the experience has been devastating. “My name was Jeanne. It still is Jeanne, after I’ve been…
Gunman Kills Four in Attack Near French Embassy in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM—A gunman killed three police officers and a private security guard on a rampage through a diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, before being shot dead while holed up in a guardhouse at the French embassy’s gate. Videos on the internet, apparently filmed by onlookers from buildings across…
French President to Biden: ‘Moral Responsibility’ to Evacuate Afghan Allies
French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said that there is a “collective moral responsibility” to evacuate Afghan allies from Kabul before Biden’s self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw the remaining U.S. troops. “The head of state emphasized our collective moral responsibility toward the Afghan men and…
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