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French far right leader Marine Le Pen gestures after delivering her speech after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

French far right works to turn election win into power. Its rivals want to stop it in decisive vote

July 1, 2024 at 9:51 a.m.

With the ultimate outcome still up in the air, France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the long-taboo far-right party scrambled on Monday to capitalize on an indecisive first...

American WWII veteran Bill Wall throws roses into the water during a wreath-laying ceremony at Utah Beach, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Utah Beach, Normandy,. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons in today鈥檚 wars

June 6, 2024 at 12:43 p.m.

鈥淭here are things worth fighting for,鈥� said Walter Stitt, who fought in tanks and turns 100 in July, as he visited Omaha Beach this week.

A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, Friday, June 30, 2023. After more than 3,400 arrests and signs that the violence is now abating, France is once again facing a reckoning. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

“Liberty, equality, fraternity” for all? New riots make France confront an old problem

July 4, 2023 at 4:14 p.m.

The lofty ideals of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" to which France aspires are embossed on its coins and carved above its school doors. But they are not what some French people...

A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Donors meet in Paris to get Ukraine through winter, bombing

December 13, 2022 at 7:30 a.m.

Dozens of countries and international organizations threw their weight and more than 1 billion euros (dollars) in aid pledges behind an urgent new push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed,...

Ukrainian soldiers camouflage a U.S.-supplied M777 ...

Russians advance on war’s front line in eastern Ukraine

June 24, 2022 at 1:32 a.m.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military extended its grip on territory in eastern Ukraine as it seeks to cut supply lines and encircle frontline Ukrainian forces, while the Ukrainian...

Morale is concern as NATO chief warns war could last “years”

June 19, 2022 at 11:16 a.m.

Four months of war in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British defense officials said Sunday. NATO’s...

Civilian militia men hold rifles during ...

More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms

June 8, 2022 at 8:10 p.m.

BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an “endless caravan of death” inside the devastated city of Mariupol, authorities said Wednesday, while fears of...

A Ukrainian serviceman pauses before going ...

AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege

June 6, 2022 at 7:33 p.m.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks, the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol where their...

A man is about to cast his ballot in Sevres, near Paris, France, Sunday, April 24, 2022. France votes in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe’s future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right contender Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins but far-right gains

April 24, 2022 at 5:31 p.m.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won a second term Sunday, triggering relief among allies that the nuclear-armed power won't abruptly shift course in the midst of the...

A man walks past presidential campaign posters of french president Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection and french far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen in Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 8, 2022. France’s first round of the presidential election takes place on April 10, with a presidential runoff on April 24 if no candidate wins outright. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

In France, a nail-biting election as Macron鈥檚 rival surges

April 9, 2022 at 2:17 p.m.

From the market stall outside Paris that she鈥檚 run for 40 years, Yvette Robert can see first-hand how soaring prices are weighing on France鈥檚 presidential election and turning the first...

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