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US President Donald Trump (L) speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on November 10, 2018, on the sidelines of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice ending World War I. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
November 13, 2018, 3:29 pm
Trump criticizes Macron over European defense remarks
US president fumes at French leader’s statement that US is a threat to Europe, saying ‘it was Germany in World Wars One & Two’
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with US President Donald Trump as he arrives to attend a WWI memorial ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 11, 2018. (Ludovic MARIN/AFP)
November 12, 2018, 8:59 am
Putin, Trump have ‘good’ talk on world situation over lunch in Paris
French President Macron, German Chancellor Merkel join some of the discussions that included the Middle East, Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia, and North Korea
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves, as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a lunch after participating in a World War I commemoration ceremony, on November 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
November 11, 2018, 11:09 pm
Put on world stage in Paris, Netanyahu still can’t escape domestic woes
Netanyahu received VIP treatment at the WWI memorial event, but when he went in front of Israeli reporters, the submarine probe and Gaza were all anybody wanted to talk about
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
November 11, 2018, 8:31 pm
Macron snubs US arms in defense spat with Trump
French president says European countries should not be increasing budgets ‘in order to buy American and other arms or materials’
By AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) react as US President Donald Trump (front L) arrives to attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 11, 2018 as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. (BENOIT TESSIER / POOL / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 2:57 pm
In apparent dig at Trump, Macron calls patriotism the ‘opposite of nationalism’
French president, speaking before world leaders gathered for WWI ceremony, including US president, urges ‘hope, not fear’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara, second right, are greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte Macron as they arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris to participate in a World War I Commemoration Ceremony, November 11, 2018 (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
November 11, 2018, 12:30 pm
World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice
Netanyahu one of around 70 leaders attending French commemoration to mark 100 years since the end of the conflict
By AFP and TOI staff
A veteran carries a flag during a wreath laying ceremony beside the eternal flame of The Unknown Soldier at The Arc de Triomphe in Paris on November 9, 2018, to honour Asian soldiers as part of events leading to the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. (JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 5:11 am
100 years after guns fell silent, world’s eyes again turned to Paris
Leaders from around globe gathering in French capital Sunday to pay respects to millions killed in World War I, exactly a century after Armistice ended years of bloodshed
By AP
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel review troops during a French-German ceremony on November 10, 2018, in the Clairiere of Rethondes in Compiegne, northern France, as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice. (PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)
November 11, 2018, 4:29 am
Former enemies fete friendship, honor war dead ahead of Armistice centenary
Holding hands with Germany’s Merkel, France’s Macron lauds ‘unprecedented’ peace but warns against complacency, ahead of Sunday ceremonies to mark 100 years since end of WWI
By Raf Casert and Angela Charlton
A Palestinian Hamas government employee signs to receive 60 percent of their long-overdue salary while others wait in the queue, at the main Gaza Post Office, in Gaza City, Friday, November 9, 2018. (AP/Adel Hana)
November 11, 2018, 1:04 am
En route to Paris, Netanyahu defends Qatari cash shipments into Gaza
PM says he’ll do what’s needed to bring calm, ease humanitarian crisis in Strip; denies link to submarine graft case; insists French put kibosh on bilateral meeting with Putin
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on November 10, 2018. (Christophe Petit-Tesson/Pool/AFP)
November 10, 2018, 11:54 pm
Trump, Macron in show of unity following spat over Europe’s defense
After taking umbrage at French leader’s remarks on potential US cyberthreat, American president says he’s committed to a ‘strong Europe’
By Clare BYRNE and Jerome Cartillier
US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
November 10, 2018, 2:30 am
Trump in Paris slams Macron’s ‘insulting’ EU army proposals
French president has suggested creating a joint European military force to defend the continent, including from American might
By AFP
This photo from June 9, 1941, shows France's Marshal Philippe Petain pointing as he ordered our photographer from the room during the sell-out meeting of the Council of Ministers in Vichy, central France. (AP Photo, File)
November 8, 2018, 8:39 pm
After outcry, Macron says France won’t honor Nazi collaborator general
‘It was never a question of celebrating him individually,’ French president says of Petain, who he praised as a ‘great soldier’ during WWI
By AFP and TOI staff
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, shaking hands with Head of State of Vichy France Marshall Philippe Petain, in occupied France, October 24, 1940. (AP Photo)
November 8, 2018, 5:12 pm
Israeli minister pans France’s Macron for praising Nazi collaborator
Naftali Bennett says French president should not ‘offer excuse or defense’ for Vichy leader Marshal Pétain, who cooperated with Hitler
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this file photo from Nov. 1918, the German and French delegations speak as they wait in Rethondes for the start of the train to the Armistice conference in the Forest of Compiegne, France (AP Photo, File)
November 8, 2018, 4:06 pm
100 years later, Merkel to visit French site where WWI armistice was signed
Joined by Macron, German leader will be first chancellor to visit the location of the ‘Wagon of Compiegne’ train car since Hitler used it to stage France’s surrender in 1940
By Thomas Adamson
French President Emmanuel Macron greets French veterans during ceremonies marking the centenary of World War I at the cemetery by the Ossuary of Douaumont near Verdun, northeastern France, November 6, 2018. (Francois Mori/AP)
November 7, 2018, 5:04 pm
Macron praises WWI general who later collaborated with Nazis
French umbrella group calls president’s comments ‘shocking’ and an ‘insult’ after he lauds war record of Marshal Philippe Petain, who went on to lead Vichy France
By Agencies
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