Tag: France
EXPLAINER: How come nations’ climate targets don’t compare?
<p>WASHINGTON — This week's <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-climate-summit-2021-d27b869add251860acc82f58e2750fd7">climate change summit</a> features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in...
Danger in the depths: submarine disasters highlight risks
<p>BANGKOK — The disappearance of an Indonesian submarine off the resort island of Bali follows dozens of other disasters in the depths of the...
French firefighters pelted as they put out Lille school fire
<p>PARIS — French firefighters tackling a fire set deliberately in a school in the northern city of Lille were pelted with projectiles by people...
Hit French medical drama director dons scrubs to fight virus
PARIS — Sometimes in the best cases, life affects art and art affects life.
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Coach Kovac’s “finishers” pushing Monaco’s title challenge
PARIS — Monaco coach Niko Kovac refers to players on the bench as “finishers” who can settle close games rather than substitutes, and they...
Bordeaux seeks commercial protection after owners withdraw
BORDEAUX, France — Bordeaux placed itself under the protection of the city's commercial court on Thursday after the club's American-based owner King Street withdrew...
EXPLAINER: How come nations’ climate targets don’t compare?
WASHINGTON — This week's climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in the...
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
<p>WASHINGTON — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in <a...
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and...
Inventive books make final 6 for International Booker Prize
<p>LONDON — Books from Europe and Latin America that blur the boundaries of fiction, history and memoir are the final six contenders for the...