Eleanor Beardsley

Wednesday's May Day demonstrations in Paris turned violent as Yellow Vest protesters upended the traditional trade union march.

As the U.S. fights a trade war with China — Beijing, with its Belt and Road Initiative, is redoubling its attention on Europe.

French President Macron is scheduled to give the state of the nation address on Thursday. It was postponed last week after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.

Yellow Vest protestors plan their weekly demonstrations in the wake of the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral and calls for unity from the French president.

Emmanuel Macron has praised the courage and dedication of the hundreds of firefighters who helped save Notre Dame Cathedral. He gave them the medal of honor for their courage.

France's president meets with firefighters who saved Notre Dame from total destruction. When it comes to rebuilding, there's a debate: Should the cathedral be modernized or rebuilt exactly as before?

Parisians are coming to terms with the extensive damage done to the their beloved Notre Dame cathedral by Monday's fire.

Notre Dame caught fire Monday and was badly damaged. Officials are expressing hope that they can save a cathedral that's stood at the heart of France's capital for eight centuries.

A fire has broken out in the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Flames and smoke were seen billowing high above the cathedral's roof on Monday as the spire collapsed.

Faced with weeks of mounting protests, Algeria's longtime president plans to resign by the end of the month.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met the leaders of France, Germany and the European Union in Paris on Tuesday. The Europeans hope a united approach will give them a stronger position in trade talks with Beijing.

Global reliance on just a handful of crops for calories is hurting the environment — and wildlife, a new report says. It urges the world to diversify its diet to save plant and animal species alike.

The president's decision that he wouldn't seek a fifth term brought joy to the streets. But students resumed protests after the ailing leader delayed elections, meaning he stays in power indefinitely.

A French couple, who's daughter was killed in Syria after she joined ISIS, is hoping to bring her children to live with them in France.

With recent incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism in France, a group of women from different religious and ethnic backgrounds sought greater understanding by learning about the horrors of the Holocaust.

French authorities say there's been a 74 percent increase of anti-Semitic acts in the country since 2017. Hundreds denounced the rise in anti-Semitism at a recent memorial.

With his government rocked by ongoing yellow vest demonstrations, French President Emmanuel Macron launched a nationwide series of community conversations. But some wonder if anything will change.

There has been a large turnout for hundreds of town hall debates across France, called by President Emmanuel Macron in an effort to diffuse social tensions amid the yellow vest protests.

French actress Catherine Deneuve once told fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, "my most beautiful love affair is with you." Now she's auctioning off more than 100 of her YSL haute couture ensembles.

"You just had to ignore the fear in your gut and push it away, become someone else," recalls one Jewish survivor, now 94. "I had to act like a regular Berliner. And this is what saved me in the end."