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- A vessel of the French Gendarmerie Nationale patrols in front of the Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicholas Garriga, File)
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At least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel
By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press
Sun,09/15/24-4:16AM , 216 Reads
NICE, France (AP) — At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday.

The tragedy occurred Saturday just before midnight when authorities spotted a boat, carrying dozens, in distress near a beach in the northern town of Ambleteuse.
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- Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
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French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report
By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press
Sun,08/25/24-5:45AM , 432 Reads
NICE, France (AP) — The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.
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- A carnival float depicting a king parades through Place Massena during the opening ceremony of 151st edition of the Nice Carnival in Nice, southern France, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Carnival parades on the French Riviera celebrate pop culture and the Olympics coming to Paris
By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press
Sun,02/18/24-8:57AM , 937 Reads
MENTON, France (AP) — As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera.
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- A tank is seen next to the portrait of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on a street in Tunis, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. Despite an election debacle, Tunisia's increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country's political system, threatening to unravel the fragile democracy and collapse the economy in the North African nation that a decade ago stood out as a model of good governance and economic prosperity in the aftermath of the Arab Spring protests. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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Tunisia's political experiment threatens economic collapse
By BARBARA SURK - Associated Press
Sat,12/24/22-3:06AM , 144 Reads
NICE, France (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s political system. The strategy is not only threatening a democracy once seen as a model for the Arab world, experts say it is also
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