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Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb …

A police officer stands guard outside the Louvre Museum as people are evacuated after it received a written threat, in Paris, Saturday Oct. 14, 2023. The Louvre Museum says it is closing for the day and evacuating all visitors and staff after a threat. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

3 dead in Kurdish center shooting in Paris; suspect arrested

Fire brigade medics work on the scene where a shooting took place in Paris, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. aMultiple people have been wounded and one person arrested after a shooting in central Paris on Friday, authorities said. Police cordoned off the area in the 10th arrondissement of Paris and the Paris police department warned people to stay away from the area. It said one person was arrested, without providing details. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Man who inspired ‘The Terminal’ dies at airport

Trial opens for 20 men accused in 2015 Paris terror attacks …

This sketch shows key defendant Salah Abdeslam, right, and Mohammed Abrini in the special courtroom built for the 2015 attacks trial, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 in Paris. France began the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group's 2015 attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. Among the plantiffs are nearly 1,800 victims, including survivors who suffered physical or psychological harm and families whose loved ones died that night. A total of 330 lawyers are representing them and the defendants. (AP Photo/Noelle Herrenschmidt)

Rare Van Gogh masterpiece titled ‘Street Scene in Montmartre’ …

In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Sotheby's personnel display (Street scene in Montmartre), a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's auction house in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Much of Europe tightens restrictions as coronavirus surges

Pigeons fly over Rome's Campo dei Fiori Square, Monday, March 15, 2021. Half of Italy's regions have gone into the strictest form of lockdown in a bid to curb the latest spike in coronavirus infections that have brought COVID-19 hospital admissions beyond manageable thresholds. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Paris may face additional lockdown as new virus variants …

In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, file photo, medical transporter Adrian Parrilla moves a patient into a COVID-19 unit at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Workers use blowtorch to melt ice from Eiffel Tower …

People walk and ride a bicycle on a snow covered alley near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Islamic State widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher …

In this Friday Jan. 9, 2015 file photo, police officers work at the scene of a Kosher market in Paris after attacker Amedy Coulibaly took hostages. (Francois Mori/Associated Press)

U.S. to rejoin Paris climate accord on 1st day of …

French President Emmanuel Macron, center flanked by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, left, and President of the French Constitutional Council Laurent Fabius right, speaks during the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 video conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Saturday Dec.12, 2020. World leaders are staging a virtual gathering Saturday to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Paris climate accord, which set a goal for keeping global temperatures from rising above levels that could have devastating consequences for mankind. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)

Breakdancing to debut as Olympic sport at 2024 Paris …

Carlos Cruz, a breakdancer, practices at a kiosk in Alameda park after being closed off to the public for nearly five months due to the new coronavirus pandemic, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

U.S. formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate …

A makeshift globe burns in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

France’s prime minister joins mass demonstrations …

Hundreds of people gather on Republique square during a demonstration Sunday Oct. 18, 2020 in Paris. Demonstrations around France have been called in support of freedom of speech and to pay tribute to a French history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad with his class. Samuel Paty was beheaded on Friday by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee who was shot dead by police. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)