Eleanor Beardsley

Eleanor Beardsley appears in the following:

The impact of the war between Israel and Hamas is reverberating throughout Europe

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

With at least three people killed by suspected Islamists, France and Belgium are on high alert as fears grow that tensions over the Israel-Hamas war could spill into Europe.

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Bedbugs take Paris

Thursday, October 05, 2023

French health authorities are grappling with a bedbug infestation in Paris that is harming the image of the city in advance of the 2024 Olympic Games.

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In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

Sunday, October 01, 2023

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

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Recent coups in Africa have an effect on at least 1 country in Europe: France

Friday, September 29, 2023

A series of coups in Francophone Africa has led to French troops and diplomats being expelled from their former colonies.

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France is pulling its ambassador — and 1,500 troops — out of Niger.

Monday, September 25, 2023

France will withdraw its troops and ambassador from the West African country of Niger, meeting one of the demands of the military junta, which seized power there in July.

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Morocco quake survivors face futures in encampments without plumbing, electricity

Monday, September 25, 2023

Survivors of the Morocco earthquake grapple with the prospect of long stays in tent cities.

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King Charles III makes first visit to France since Brexit

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

King Charles III is making his first visit to France since Brexit in a symbolic gesture that Britain is ready to move on from the contentious separation from the EU.

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Morocco's earthquake crumbled much of this adobe village nestled in the mountain

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Morocco's earthquake last week hit thousands of people who live in traditional villages in the Atlas Mountains. NPR followed rescuers and saw just how hard it was getting to people in need.

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Morocco's hardest-hit earthquake victims are high up in the Atlas mountains

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Relief organizations face mammoth obstacles in getting help to the people and villages in Morocco's mountains that were damaged by the earthquake.

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Despite disorganized earthquake response, Moroccan survivors voice support for king

Friday, September 15, 2023

In addition to the physical obstacles in getting help to survivors of Morocco's earthquake, there are also problems with government dysfunction.

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Morocco earthquake kills more than 1,000

Saturday, September 09, 2023

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 1,000 people. Rescue attempts are made more difficult as the quake's epicenter is in the rugged Atlas Mountains.

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A ban on wearing the abaya in French schools is causing an uproar

Friday, September 08, 2023

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam.

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Paris says 'au revoir' to electric scooters as ban takes effect

Friday, September 01, 2023

After five years of chaos in the streets, Paris is saying goodbye to electric scooters. One of the first major cities to embrace them is now the first major capital to fall out of love and ban them.

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Paris' rental electric scooter ban has taken effect

Friday, September 01, 2023

The city held a referendum and banned rental e-scooters after reports of injuries and three deaths.

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Paris is the first European capital to ban rentable electric scooters

Friday, September 01, 2023

After five years of chaos in the streets, Paris is now saying goodbye to electric scooters. It was one of the first major cities to embrace them in 2018.

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A visit to a castle being built from scratch deep in a forest in Burgundy, France

Monday, August 07, 2023

A vacation in Europe might include visiting a medieval castle. In a forest in Burgundy, France, you can actually step into the past to discover the secrets of building one.

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Paris honors the handwritten word by setting up 1,700 desks for a public dictée

Thursday, August 03, 2023

In France, the time-honored tradition of the dictee — or dictation — is alive and well. Recently, 1,700 desks were set up on the Champs Elysees in Paris for the world's largest dictee session.

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In the Paris suburb where riots erupted, protests have died down but anger remains

Saturday, July 29, 2023

A visit to the Paris suburb where riots first broke out in France, following the police killing of a young man of North African descent.

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24 years after Kosovo, the U.S. is asking Serbia's president not to side with Putin

Saturday, July 22, 2023

The U.S. is appealing to Serbia's president while Russia would like nothing better than renewed conflict in Kosovo, where tensions are at their highest in two decades.

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NATO pledges its support for Ukraine, but gives it no timeline for membership

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

President Biden said NATO countries will help Ukraine defend itself against Russia now and into the future, even as they did not offer a clear pathway for Ukraine to join the alliance.

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