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A bit of this, a bit of that, always for The Associated Press. France-based, with itchy feet. Jack of all news trades, possibly mastering some. Words and images

Paris, France
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Joined August 2008
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  1. Feb 21

    And be sure to follow ’ other award winners, the fabulous and

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  2. Feb 21

    Thrilled that our blend of video, photo and text coverage of de France won Package of the Year award from . Join us on the roads of France again this July.

    Hat tip to our winners! Package of the Year, and and others for coverage of the food, culture and places around de France. Just a taste > Contest story 👇
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    Feb 14

    In a blow to French leader Emmanuel Macron, his former government spokesman pulls out of the race to become mayor of Paris, after French media reports of leaks onto the internet of compromising sexual images.

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    Feb 12

    Absolutely love this: two mice fighting on the London underground has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year for

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    Feb 11

    30 years ago today, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

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    Feb 11

    Hong Kong's often-tumultuous street protests had slowed over the past two months. Now they have ground to an almost complete halt as attention focuses on a new virus. But with most of the protest demands unmet, it's too early to declare the movement dead.

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    Feb 11

    Postal operators in the United States, China and elsewhere say the spread of a deadly new virus is having a major impact on global flows of letters and parcels.

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  8. Feb 11

    Thanks Alistair

    Excellent piece from and of AP on how China can't entirely control the narrative on because of people with phones and YouTube and Twitter.
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    Feb 11

    “I am scared." Chen Qiushi was one of the most prominent citizen-journalists using social media to tell stories from the virus outbreak in China, defying the Communist Party's tightly policed monopoly on information. Then he disappeared.

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  10. Feb 6

    Hello I work for . Could you follow me, pls, so I can DM you? Many thanks

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    Feb 5

    Traditional American allies are heavily invested in what happens later this year in the U.S. election. They have watched, from afar, as a week for the ages - and of turmoil - in American politics unfolded. A look from correspondents across the globe.

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  12. Feb 1

    Farewell Britain. The day after

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    Jan 31

    All aboard: One of the strangest places to experience Brexit was on the ferry that left France when Britain was still part of Europe and arrived just after it left. reports from the English Channel.

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  14. Jan 31

    French TV’s “farewell” musical message to Britain. With the playing a lead role. Can u name all the other artists?

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    Ce soir à minuit, le Royaume-Uni quitte l’Union européenne… Alors on a un message pour nos amis Britanniques 🇬🇧 🎸🎤
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    Jan 31

    Surprise! Looking beyond Brexit, a British tunneler springs an unexpected gift on a French friend 30 years after first meeting deep under the English Channel, smashing through rocks to join France and Britain together. Exclusive story by

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    Jan 30

    So Britain's leaving the European Union? C'est la vie, says former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. A lifelong champion of European unity, the 93-year-old tells that the EU survived without Britain before, and can do so again.

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    Jan 30

    “The guillotine is there." Brexit will mean that many Britons who have made their homes in European Union countries will be stripped of their right to vote locally or run for office.

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    Jan 27

    Photo cropping mistake leads to AP soul-searching on race:

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  19. Jan 24

    An astounding read

    One father lost his daughter in a terror attack on a Paris concert hall; the other's son was one of the attackers and was killed as police stormed the building. They have written a book together, a dialogue about fatherhood, faith and community.
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    Jan 22

    The wife of Interpol's former president speaks for the first time about her husband's lengthy prison sentence in China, telling AP in an exclusive interview that the bribery charges against him were fake.

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