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At the International Olympic Committee's meeting in Paris, France, it is announced that the French Alps region has been conditionally approved to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and that Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, will host the 2034 Winter Olympics.
2024-07-24

Six people are killed and another is injured by an avalanche near Mount Blanc, in the French Alps.
2023-04-9

Three people are killed at Notre-Dame de Nice in Nice, by an attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar". The city's mayor describes the incident as "terrorism" while police investigate the case. The attacker has been shot and arrested by police.
2020-10-29

French police arrest a 39-year-old Rwandan refugee who is charged with arson after he admitted setting fires inside Nantes Cathedral on July 18, which destroyed the 17th-century grand organ and stained-glass windows.
2020-07-26

Marches in Paris are disrupted as French riot police fire tear gas at violent protesters ahead of the second round of the presidential election.
2017-05-1

Data from the flight data recorder reveals that the plane was deliberately accelerated before crashing into the French Alps.
2015-04-3

A search and recovery operation resumes for the remains of the Germanwings flight that crashed into the French Alps on March 24.
2015-03-25

French police arrest six people in Paris over their suspected involvement in an attempt to steal 1.6 million euros worth of gold bars from an Air France plane on September 19.
2013-09-27

At least nine mountaineers are killed and eight injured in an avalanche on Mont Maudit near Mont Blanc in the French Alps.
2012-07-12

Former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is summoned by French police to face questions about alleged involvement in a prostitution ring in the city of Lille.
2012-02-18