Eleanor Beardsley
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Europe
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer set to meet President Trump Thursday
European leaders are coming to the U.S. to visit President Trump in order to shore up support for Ukraine. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to visit the White House Thursday.
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World
3 years on, here's what to keep an eye on in the Ukraine war — and efforts to end it
Thousands of civilians have been killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. Amid a stark shift in U.S. policy, Ukrainians want the war to end — but not on Russia's terms.
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Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron to meet President Trump in Washington
French President Macron will meet Trump Monday and is expected to present the European plan for peace in Ukraine. Trump abruptly reversed alliances last week, blaming Ukraine for causing the war.
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Europe
Zelenskyy looks to get a seat at the table for U.S. and Russia's Ukraine peace talks
In the United Arab Emirates on Monday, Zelenskyy said he's in the region for official visits focused on humanitarian and economic issues. He said Ukraine did not know about the Russia-U.S. meeting.
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50 years after her death, Paris pays homage to Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum
The music of one of the Arab world's greatest divas is still enthralling audiences in Paris, 50 years after her death.
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Arts & Life
The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.
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Europe
Jean-Marie Le Pen, former far-right political leader in France, dies at 96
Jean Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's post war far right movement died on Tuesday at the age of 96. He was repeatedly charged with hate speech, notably over comments about the Holocaust.
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History
French schoolchildren honor the African soldiers who fought for France in World Wars
A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa.
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Europe
Activists in France are angry over sentencing in mass rape case
The lead accused, a man who drugged his wife and invited other men to their home to rape her, was given 20 years in prison. But the 50 other participants were given more lenient sentences.
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World
Dozens of men are found guilty of raping a woman in France who was drugged to sleep
A French court found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose then-husband had drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. The court sentenced the husband to a maximum 20 years in prison.
