Syrian Kurds, Facing Turkish Offensive, "Didn't Help In Normandy": Trump
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 10, 2019
Syrian Kurds facing a Turkish military operation did not "help us in Normandy," US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, defending his widely-criticized decision to clear the way for the assault.
Donald Trump Arrives In France For D-Day Ceremonies
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 6, 2019
US President Donald Trump arrived in northern France on Thursday for a second day of ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings by Allied troops.
World War II Veterans Recreate 1944 Parachute Jump On D-Day Anniversary
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 6, 2019
Veteran paratroopers who served during the D-Day landings of 1994 aimed high once more on Wednesday, repeating their feat and forgetting their age to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.
Panic Aboard As French Fishing Trawler Nets WWII Bomb
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 17, 2018
A French fishing trawler netted a World War II bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives off the coast of Normandy on Friday, prompting the emergency evacuation of the crew while the device was returned to the seabed, authorities said.
Twins Died Together In World War II. Now, They're Buried Side By Side
Offbeat | Ian Shapira, The Washington Post | Thursday June 21, 2018
Two weeks after allied forces swept over northern France in the D-Day invasion, 19-year-olds Julius and Ludwig Pieper, Navy radiomen from Nebraska, were stationed off the coast of Normandy.
In First, Road Paved With Solar Panels Powers French Town
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 23, 2016
France on Thursday inaugurated the world's first "solar highway", a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For France Church Attack That Killed 85-Year-Old Priest
World News | Associated Press | Thursday July 28, 2016
The ISIS crossed a new threshold on Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police.
French Religious Leaders Call For Reinforced Security After Church Attack
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 27, 2016
French religious leaders today called for authorities to boost security at places of worship after terrorists killed a priest in a Normandy church.
2 Attackers Killed, 1 Hostage Dead In France Church Attack
World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 26, 2016
Two men armed with knives took several people hostage in a church in a town in France's northern Normandy region on Tuesday, a police source said.
He Jumped Into Normandy, Ran Spies in Moscow, Retired at 90
World News | Associate Press | Wednesday November 25, 2015
Hugh Montgomery never wrote a memoir. That just wasn't done among his generation of spies.
3 Dead After French Train Hits Car at Level Crossing in Normandy: Official
World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 8, 2015
Three people were killed on Friday evening when a regional train hit a car on a level crossing in Normandy in northwestern France, an official said.
'Supertide' Draws Tens of Thousands to France's Mont Saint-Michel
World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 22, 2015
Thirty thousand people flocked to Mont Saint-Michel on Saturday to see the "tide of the century" surround the picturesque French landmark as two people drowned on the country's west coast.
Ferguson Teen Michael Brown Called 'Little Kid in Big Body'
World News | Associated Press | Sunday August 24, 2014
Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college, eager to launch himself into the adult world. Instead, on Monday he'll be mourned at his funeral, more than two weeks after he was shot dead by a white police officer- an act that ignited days of violent protests and reawakened racial tensions that still linger in the nation.
Missing British Spotted at D-Day Events in France
Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 7, 2014
An 89-year-old British World War II veteran who went missing from his retirement home was found in Normandy enjoying a D-Day anniversary get-together with former comrades, police said on Friday.
Russian, Ukrainian Leaders Meet in Normandy
World News | Associated Press | Friday June 6, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday spoke for the first time with Ukraine's president-elect, praising his intention to end the violence that has engulfed eastern Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire.
Syrian Kurds, Facing Turkish Offensive, "Didn't Help In Normandy": Trump
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 10, 2019
Syrian Kurds facing a Turkish military operation did not "help us in Normandy," US President Donald Trump said Wednesday, defending his widely-criticized decision to clear the way for the assault.
Donald Trump Arrives In France For D-Day Ceremonies
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 6, 2019
US President Donald Trump arrived in northern France on Thursday for a second day of ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings by Allied troops.
World War II Veterans Recreate 1944 Parachute Jump On D-Day Anniversary
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 6, 2019
Veteran paratroopers who served during the D-Day landings of 1994 aimed high once more on Wednesday, repeating their feat and forgetting their age to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.
Panic Aboard As French Fishing Trawler Nets WWII Bomb
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 17, 2018
A French fishing trawler netted a World War II bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives off the coast of Normandy on Friday, prompting the emergency evacuation of the crew while the device was returned to the seabed, authorities said.
Twins Died Together In World War II. Now, They're Buried Side By Side
Offbeat | Ian Shapira, The Washington Post | Thursday June 21, 2018
Two weeks after allied forces swept over northern France in the D-Day invasion, 19-year-olds Julius and Ludwig Pieper, Navy radiomen from Nebraska, were stationed off the coast of Normandy.
In First, Road Paved With Solar Panels Powers French Town
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 23, 2016
France on Thursday inaugurated the world's first "solar highway", a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For France Church Attack That Killed 85-Year-Old Priest
World News | Associated Press | Thursday July 28, 2016
The ISIS crossed a new threshold on Tuesday in its war against the West, as two of its followers targeted a church in Normandy, slitting the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass and using hostages as human shields before being shot by police.
French Religious Leaders Call For Reinforced Security After Church Attack
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 27, 2016
French religious leaders today called for authorities to boost security at places of worship after terrorists killed a priest in a Normandy church.
2 Attackers Killed, 1 Hostage Dead In France Church Attack
World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 26, 2016
Two men armed with knives took several people hostage in a church in a town in France's northern Normandy region on Tuesday, a police source said.
He Jumped Into Normandy, Ran Spies in Moscow, Retired at 90
World News | Associate Press | Wednesday November 25, 2015
Hugh Montgomery never wrote a memoir. That just wasn't done among his generation of spies.
3 Dead After French Train Hits Car at Level Crossing in Normandy: Official
World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday August 8, 2015
Three people were killed on Friday evening when a regional train hit a car on a level crossing in Normandy in northwestern France, an official said.
'Supertide' Draws Tens of Thousands to France's Mont Saint-Michel
World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 22, 2015
Thirty thousand people flocked to Mont Saint-Michel on Saturday to see the "tide of the century" surround the picturesque French landmark as two people drowned on the country's west coast.
Ferguson Teen Michael Brown Called 'Little Kid in Big Body'
World News | Associated Press | Sunday August 24, 2014
Michael Brown Jr. was on the verge of starting college, eager to launch himself into the adult world. Instead, on Monday he'll be mourned at his funeral, more than two weeks after he was shot dead by a white police officer- an act that ignited days of violent protests and reawakened racial tensions that still linger in the nation.
Missing British Spotted at D-Day Events in France
Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 7, 2014
An 89-year-old British World War II veteran who went missing from his retirement home was found in Normandy enjoying a D-Day anniversary get-together with former comrades, police said on Friday.
Russian, Ukrainian Leaders Meet in Normandy
World News | Associated Press | Friday June 6, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday spoke for the first time with Ukraine's president-elect, praising his intention to end the violence that has engulfed eastern Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire.
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