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The opening ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympics take place on the banks of the River Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris, France. 2024-07-26
A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris. However, activists say that protests will go as planned. 2021-05-14
France reports a record 32,427 new cases in the past 24 hours as curfew goes into effect in Paris and other major cities in a bid to contain the outbreak. 2020-10-17
French police arrest Félicien Kabuga in Paris. He is suspected of funding militias that massacred around 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Kabuga had been on the run for 26 years and was living under a false identity. 2020-05-16
Thousands of people in central Paris demonstrate in an anti-Macron protest against his sweeping reforms. 2,000 security forces are deployed. 2018-05-5
The roof of the renovated Hôtel Ritz in Paris is damaged by fire just weeks before the planned re-opening. 2016-01-19
French police shoot dead a knife-wielding man, who was shouting "Allahu Akbar", outside a police station in Goutte d'Or, located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. A piece of paper with an Islamic State flag and claim for the attack written in Arabic was found on his body. The incident is noted for taking place on the anniversary of last year's "Charlie Hebdo" shooting. 2016-01-7
A mass rally due to be held on November 29, 2015 in Paris on the eve of climate change talks is called off due to the threat of terrorism. 2015-11-19
French police arrest a man, said to be a radical Islamist, for allegedly stabbing Cédric Cordier, a soldier in the La Défense business district near Paris. 2013-05-29
France's interior minister Manuel Valls is embroiled in controversy amid reports he ordered police to clear his Paris neighbourhood of homeless so his wife could go about her shopping "in peace". [https:--ottawacitizen.com-news-French+minister+shoos+away+homeless+wife+shop+peace-7442824-story.html ("Ottawa Citizen")]date=August 2019 2012-10-25