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One person is killed and two others are injured in a knife and hammer attack near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The suspect is arrested by police.
2023-12-2

Ghana and the International Monetary Fund agree on a three-year loan agreement worth US$3 billion.
2022-12-13

Belgium's foreign ministry banned travel to Paris amid concerns over a possible resurgence of cases in the French capital. Belgians are being advised to avoid visiting Paris unless travellers agree to take a COVID-19 test or undergo a period of self-isolation on their return.
2020-08-26

A French Foreign Legion soldier dies at a military hospital in Paris, after being wounded in an IED blast, while conducting an operation against Islamist insurgents in Mali.
2020-05-2

Around 30 protestors clash with riot police at the Gare de Lyon in Paris.
2019-12-23

A court in Paris finds International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence in a 404 million euro "misuse of public funds" case. The court ruled that Lagarde won't be fined, won't serve any jail time, or receive a criminal record. The IMF Executive Board "looks forward to continuing to work with" her.
2016-12-19

One of the Paris attackers is identified as Ismael Omar Mostefai, a 29-year-old who was born and raised in the Paris suburbs.
2015-11-15

Pope Francis encourages bishops from around the world to sign an appeal to world leaders, meeting in Paris next month, for crucial climate change talks. In a major teaching document in June, the encyclical Laudato Si' (Latin: Praised be), Francis denounced what he called the “structurally perverse” fossil fuel-based world economy that exploits the poor and destroys the habitability of the Earth for humans.
2015-10-19

Four people are arrested in Paris and southern France on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria.
2014-06-2

Fine Gael speaks out against the high interest rate imposed by the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank and their insistence that the country pay €17 billion out of its own national pension fund.
2010-11-29