French author Annie Ernaux won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for work that illuminates the murky corners of memory, family and society.
Ernaux ’s books probe deeply personal experiences and feelings – love, sex, abortion, shame. https://t.co/Af0cWlzd2N
VIDEO: It's the garden that inspired impressionist painter Claude Monet. France has reopened it along with other museums and sites. @johnleicester meets the gardeners at Giverny eager to provide an escape from the pandemic.
https://t.co/CJqxAbYIrM
Black activist's trial shines light on France's slave-trading past and its cruel code for treating enslaved humans. @johnleicester reports from inside the courtroom:
A French activist for Black rights, Franco Lollia, went on trial in Paris for defacing a statue of a historical figure from France’s colonial, slave-trading past. He called it a protest and a political act to denounce deep-seated racism. https://t.co/4JRsAbWE9U
France and other European countries are preparing to relax coronavirus restrictions while still pouring massive human, financial and technological resources into keeping thousands of critically ill COVID-19 patients alive. https://t.co/cjWw0IG3KV
A report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes that the French government bears "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide" in which more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in 1994. https://t.co/HFnClVG9wd
An epidemic of anosmia — the loss of smell — in the wake of COVID-19 is proving to be agony for long-term sufferers, bringing ailments like depression and weight loss. @johnleicester reports from France, where researchers are providing help.
Full story: https://t.co/tOORS2F43m
"They’ll perceive it as something inferior, the fact that I’m a cleaner" - Out of sight, cleaning workers perform critical work in COVID ICUs (from @AP) #covid#pandemic https://t.co/mEp7Uifot4
if you read nothing else today, read this, from the amazing @amandab1201: AMERICAN DIARY: To be black and a journalist at this moment https://t.co/WXqrAq8Zb6
Left to die: 42 Madrid nursing home residents died during the coronavirus pandemic. @BernatArmangue photographed some of their loved ones showing portraits of the deceased.
An @AP investigation by @aritzparra revealed widespread cost-cutting at the home: https://t.co/XDfcgBle72
@evycoccinelle13 Bonjour, je suis journaliste a l'agence internationale AP (Associated Press) - pourriez-vous me contacter par DM pour parler de la situation avec la Costa Deliziosa?
The campaign for Paris mayor has been nasty and unpredictable, full of mud-slinging about dirty streets and bedbugs. Three women top the polls as voters head to the ballot box Sunday in the French capital, where the next mayor will host the 2024 Olympics. https://t.co/vJ7BjTOx23
For some intrepid souls in the Netherlands, a storm packing hurricane-force winds isn't an excuse to hunker down indoors, it's a chance to hop on a bike and compete in the 8.5-kilometer Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. https://t.co/M8kDXQlZlE
is a Ukrainian peace deal in sight at last? protesters back on the #Maidan aren't so sure. @NatVasilyevaAP and Yuras Karmanau explain why @AP https://t.co/rM3Jat4urD
fly along with Victor the eagle - and watch Alpine #glaciers fall away in a warming world (from @AP @ClaireParkerDC @johnleicester) https://t.co/AegTwkyckF