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73-Year-Old Sailor's First Win Is a Big One

Requests After
212 Days Sailing
Around Globe:
Bath, Steak, Beer

Jan 30, 2019 7:38 AM CST

Requests After 212 Days Sailing Around Globe: Bath, Steak, Beer

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede wins Golden Globe Race without modern instruments

(Newser) - The solo around-the-world yacht race took out all but five of its 19 competitors. For awhile, Golden Globe race champion Jean-Luc Van Den Heede thought he was doomed, too. After setting out in July, the 73-year-old Frenchman suffered a damaged mast in a storm in the Southern Ocean in November....

2 Dead, Dozens Injured
in Paris Bakery Blast

Jan 12, 2019 8:00 AM CST

2 Dead, Dozens Injured in Paris Bakery Blast

Officials suspect a gas leak was the cause

(Newser) - French authorities said two firefighters were killed and 47 people injured in a powerful explosion and fire apparently caused by a gas leak at a Paris bakery Saturday that blasted out windows and overturned cars. Firefighters pulled injured victims from windows and evacuated residents as smoke billowed over Rue de...

You've Likely
Never Seen a
Chopper Rescue
Like This

VIDEO

Jan 10, 2019 9:40 AM CST

You've Likely Never Seen a Chopper Rescue Like This

Helicopter performs impressive 'skate support' move to help stranded skier in French Alps

(Newser) - Using what the BBC calls a "dramatic" helicopter maneuver, rescuers descended on a mountain in the French Alps last week to rescue an injured skier, and the video is indeed "heart-stopping." US News reports that on Jan. 2, a young man was skiing with friends in the...

Things Aren't Getting
Much Calmer in France

Jan 5, 2019 5:00 PM CST

Things Aren't Getting Much Calmer in France

The 'yellow vest' marches continue

(Newser) - French security forces fired tear gas and flash-balls after a march through picturesque central Paris went from peaceful to provocative Saturday as several thousand protesters staged the yellow vest movement's first action of 2019 to keep up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron, the AP reports. A riverboat restaurant moored...

NYE Revelers
Stuck on Ride
for 8 Hours

Jan 1, 2019 9:43 AM CST

NYE Revelers Stuck on Ride for 8 Hours

' Next year, I’m staying at home with my champagne and biscuits'

(Newser) - For eight revelers in France, the first hours of 2019 are likely to be the worst ones they'll have all year. The three adults and five teenagers started the year stuck 170 feet above the ground on a broken fairground ride in the western city of Rennes, and some...

He Saved Hundreds of Jews.
Some by Throwing Them a Ball

obituary

Dec 29, 2018 3:40 PM CST

He Saved Hundreds of Jews. Some by Throwing Them a Ball

Georges Loinger was a French resistance hero

(Newser) - A French resistance hero who helped hundreds of Jewish children escape during World War II has died in Paris at the age of 108, AFP reports. Georges Loinger, acclaimed for his athletic ability and savvy schemes, drummed up various ways of getting children across the French border into Switzerland. In...

Rescue Dog Saves Boy Buried in Avalanche

'It's a Miracle': Dog Saves
Boy Buried in Avalanche

Dec 27, 2018 7:41 AM CST

'It's a Miracle': Dog Saves Boy Buried in Avalanche

12-year-old had been snowed under for about 40 minutes

(Newser) - It was starting to look hopeless. A 12-year-old boy skiing in the French Alps had been swept away by an avalanche and buried under the snow—and he had no beacon to let rescuers know where, reports the AFP . That's when a sniffer dog came to the rescue, finding...

8K Cops, 14 Armored Vehicles,
Dozens Arrested in Paris

Dec 15, 2018 7:30 AM CST

8K Cops, 14 Armored Vehicles, Dozens Arrested in Paris

It's the 5th straight weekend of protests in France

(Newser) - Paris police say 85 people have been detained in Paris on the fifth straight weekend of protests by the "yellow vests" movement, where thousands of people converged in the French capital. Police say of those detained, 46 people have been arrested. No details have been given about why they...

Video Captures Aftermath
of Strasbourg Shootout

Dec 14, 2018 2:58 AM CST

Video Captures Aftermath of Strasbourg Shootout

Mass shooting suspect Cherif Chekatt was killed

(Newser) - The immediate aftermath of the shootout between French security forces and the suspect in the Strasbourg attack has been caught on camera from across the street, with video footage showing armed officers at the scene and the body of the man slumped in a doorway. More officers arrive at the...

Mass Shooting
Suspect Found, Killed

Dec 13, 2018 5:30 PM CST

Mass Shooting Suspect Found, Killed

French police say Strasbourg shooter died in shootout

(Newser) - The man authorities say killed three people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a shootout with police at the end of two-day manhunt, French authorities said. Paris prosecutor's office, which handles terror cases in France, formally identified the man killed in the eastern French city as...

France Hunts Gunman
After Mass Shooting

Dec 12, 2018 6:32 AM CST

France Hunts Gunman After Mass Shooting

'Radicalized' suspect may have fled to Germany

(Newser) - French authorities are hunting Cherif Chekatt, the suspect believed to have killed three people in a mass shooting near a Christmas market Tuesday night. Officials say the 29-year-old suspect was wounded in a gunfight with soldiers after the Strasbourg attack but escaped. The suspect has a long criminal record and...

3 Dead in Mass Shooting
Near French Christmas Market

UPDATED

Dec 11, 2018 6:35 PM CST

3 Dead in Mass Shooting Near French Christmas Market

Gunman at large after Strasbourg attack

(Newser) - A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed at least three people and wounded 11 others near a world-famous Christmas market Tuesday, sparking a broad lockdown and a search for the suspected gunman, who remained at large, the AP reports. French prosecutors said a terrorism investigation was opened, though...

Thanks, France:
Egypt Curtails Sale
of Yellow Vests

Dec 11, 2018 8:48 AM CST

Thanks, France: Egypt Curtails Sale of Yellow Vests

Sales of reflective 'gilets jaunes' are now banned as anniversary of 2011 Egyptian uprising looms

(Newser) - The violent protests in France are causing shockwaves throughout the world, including now in Egypt. Security authorities there are warily anticipating the eighth anniversary next month of the uprising that helped unseat President Hosni Mubarak, so to help tamp down tensions and keep "copycat" demonstrations at bay, per the...

Unlikely Catholic Revolt:
Tiny Order of French Nuns

Dec 9, 2018 9:01 AM CST

Unlikely Catholic Revolt: Tiny Order of French Nuns

Tiny order threatens to renounce vows rather than accept Rome's decision to replace their leader

(Newser) - The Vatican has an unusual dilemma after nearly all the nuns in a tiny French religious order threatened to renounce their vows rather than accept the Holy See's decision to remove their superior. The sisters argue that the Vatican commissioners sent to replace their superior general, the niece of...

Protests: 135 Hurt, 1K Detained

Dec 8, 2018 1:11 PM CST

Protests: 135 Hurt, 1K Detained

French official says the violence is 'under control'

(Newser) - France's interior minister says the protest violence in Paris is "under control" despite scattered tensions but is calling it "totally unacceptable." Interior Minister Christophe Castaner says 135 people were injured in the protests Saturday, including 17 police officers, the AP reports. He says "exceptional" security...

Where France's
Emmanuel Macron Blew It

the rundown

Dec 7, 2018 1:11 PM CST

Where France's Emmanuel Macron Blew It

He miscalculated how the burden of his fuel tax would fall on people who could least afford it

(Newser) - Paris and other large cities in France are bracing for violence this weekend. "Yellow vest" protesters promise to be out in force, and police promise to be there to meet them. One potential sign of good news: Representatives of the protesters will meet with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe Friday...

Paris Locked Down
Amid Riot Fears

Dec 7, 2018 5:46 AM CST

Paris Locked Down Amid Riot Fears

Eiffel Tower, other sites will be closed

(Newser) - Saturday might not be the best time to take in the sights of Paris: Authorities, fearing a repeat of last week's violent protests, are closing major tourist sites including major museums and the Eiffel Tower, the BBC reports. Thousands of anti-government "gilets jaunes"—"yellow jacket"—...

France Said It Wouldn't
Budge on Fuel Tax.
It Just Did

Dec 4, 2018 6:01 AM CST

France Said It Wouldn't Budge on Fuel Tax. It Just Did

Tax hikes have been suspended for several months after violent protests, per PM

(Newser) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a suspension of fuel tax hikes Tuesday, a major U-turn in an effort to appease a protest movement that radicalized and plunged Paris into chaos last weekend, French media report. Both Le Monde newspaper and France Info radio said the planned increase, which has...

France Holds
Emergency Meetings
After Worst Unrest
in 50 Years

Dec 3, 2018 7:17 AM CST

France Holds Emergency Meetings After Worst Unrest in 50 Years

'Yellow jacket' protest started after fuel tax hike

(Newser) - What started with a protest against rising fuel taxes has become the most sustained unrest the country has dealt with since the Paris uprising in May 1968—and authorities have decided to talk to the protesters instead of declaring a state of emergency. President Emanuel Macron instructed Prime Minister É...

Euro Capital Rocked by
Worst Riots in a Decade

Dec 1, 2018 1:50 PM CST

Euro Capital Rocked by Worst Riots in a Decade

Paris demonstrations are getting worse

(Newser) - The most violent urban riots in a decade engulfed the French capital on Saturday, as "yellow jacket" protesters torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores, and tagged the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with multi-colored graffiti, the AP reports. Protesters angry about rising taxes and the high cost of living...