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Elaine Ganley

French actress Brigitte Bardot poses with a huge sombrero she brought back from Mexico, as she arrives at Orly Airport in Paris on May 27, 1965. (AP/File)
December 28, 2025, 1:53 pm
Brigitte Bardot, sultry ’60s sex symbol-turned-militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
Iconic French actress abandoned the screen to campaign for animals, including controversial calls to ban Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter; was convicted 5 times of inciting racial hatred
By Thomas Adamson and Elaine Ganley
Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, in Paris, May 1, 2017. (Kamil Zihnioglu/AP)
January 7, 2025, 3:59 pm
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, anti-immigrant firebrand, dies at 96
Polarizing figure, father of politician Marine Le Pen, belittled Holocaust gas chambers as ‘a detail in World War II history,’ railed against migrants and multiculturalism
By Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
A woman holds a photo of Benjamin Briere, a captive of Iran, during a rally in Paris, France, January 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)
May 12, 2023, 10:35 pm
France says 2 citizens freed from Iranian prison, on way to Paris
French foreign ministry does not provide details about releases; a number of Europeans remain behind bars
By Elaine Ganley
A man carries combat gear as he leaves Poland to fight in Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
March 15, 2022, 5:06 pm
Many of Ukraine’s foreign fighters have no guns or training, but are ready to help
Ex-IDF paratrooper says Ukrainian army officials ‘got overwhelmed’ by volunteers, especially those without military experience, but he feels an ‘absolute responsibility’ to sign up
By susie blann and Elaine Ganley
Far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour reacts after his speech at a campaign rally, on February 5, 2022, in Lille, northern France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
February 17, 2022, 7:15 pm
Far-right French presidential candidate Zemmour adopts racist conspiracy as mantra
Jewish pundit cottons to ‘great replacement’ theory, which falsely claims native population of France and Western nations are being overrun by Muslims
By Elaine Ganley
A woman walks outside the Paris mosque, October 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
February 1, 2021, 11:18 pm
French lawmakers debate bill to root out country’s radical Islam
Interior minister says legislation protecting secularism and setting up oversight of religious institutions aims to stop ‘an Islamist hostile takeover targeting Muslims’
By Elaine Ganley
Police and forensic investigators at the scene of an attack that wounded two people near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, September 25, 2020. Thibault Camus/AP)
February 1, 2021, 12:16 pm
French lawmakers to debate bill aimed at routing out radical Islam
Broad and controversial legislation, with 1,700 proposed amendments, is a priority for President Macron, who has warned nation of ‘counter society’ making inroads
By Elaine Ganley
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks to a motorcade vehicle after stepping off a plane at Paris Le Bourget Airport on November 14, 2020, in Le Bourget, at the start of a 10-day trip to Europe and the Middle East. (Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP)
November 15, 2020, 5:05 am
Pompeo kicks off 7-nation tour in France; will travel to Israel, Saudi Arabia
All countries on itinerary have congratulated Biden on win, while outgoing US secretary of state has not accepted election result
By Elaine Ganley
A man walks inside a mosque in Paris, France, October 29, 2020. (AP/Thibault Camus, FILE)
November 1, 2020, 11:31 pm
Stigmatized by attacks, French Muslims feel they’re being held responsible
Latest acts of extremist violence have Macron forging ahead with effort to rid Islam of extremists, in campaign he labels ‘separatism,’ which makes Muslims wince
By Elaine Ganley
French police officers gather outside a high school after a history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad was beheaded in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, north of Paris, October 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
October 17, 2020, 2:13 am
France reels after grisly beheading of history teacher in Paris terror attack
French president calls killing of teacher, who showed students cartoons of Prophet Muhammad, an ‘Islamist terrorist attack,’ urges united stance against extremism
By Elaine Ganley
A man wears a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as he walks past the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Monday, April 13, 2020. The reconstruction of the fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral a year ago on April 15, 2019, was suspended last month due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
April 20, 2020, 6:34 am
A year after catastrophic blaze, Notre Dame restoration halted by virus
Failure to remove 250 tons of damaged scaffolding at site threatens further harms to landmark; Macron still hopeful of having cathedral reopen for 2024 Paris Olympics
By Elaine Ganley
Two men wrestle each other as spring break revelers look on during a contest on the beach, March 17, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
March 22, 2020, 1:15 pm
From France to Florida, authorities look to crash lockdown rebels’ parties
Officials around the world express outrage as young people crowd beaches, flock to parks; French minister: They are imbeciles, not heroes
By Elaine Ganley
France's former president Jacques Chirac in the French Riviera town of Saint-Tropez, August 14, 2011 (SEBASTIEN NOGIER / AFP)
September 26, 2019, 2:03 pm
Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86
Career politician, who defiantly opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, was the first French leader to acknowledge his country’s role in the Holocaust
By Elaine Ganley
People dressed in World War II era clothes take part in the celebrations of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation 75 years ago, in Paris, August 25, 2019. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
August 26, 2019, 8:50 am
Paris holds parade to honor fighters who liberated city from Nazis
WWII-era vehicles, people dressed in wartime uniforms march through French capital to mark 75 years since it was freed from occupation
By Angela Charlton and Elaine Ganley
Jeffrey Epstein in New York City in 2005. (Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/via JTA)
August 24, 2019, 9:06 am
France opens Epstein-linked rape investigation
Announcement of probe comes after advocacy group says it received testimony from 10 women concerning disgraced financier
By Elaine Ganley
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