Victims of the 2015 attack on the satirical weekly took the stand this week with vivid accounts of how their colleagues were killed — and how their own lives were suddenly overturned.
Author: AURELIEN BREEDEN
For 20 Years, His Firm Called Him Antoine. Now Mohamed Is Suing.
Mohamed Amghar, a retired software sales manager in France, has filed a discrimination complaint against his former employer, accusing the company of making him use a traditional French name at work.
Macron Drops Idea of a Modern Spire for Notre-Dame
The French president had floated the idea of replacing the fire-ravaged cathedral’s 19th-century spire with a “contemporary architectural gesture.” Few were in favor.
François Fillon, Ex-Presidential Hopeful in France, Is Convicted of Embezzlement
Mr. Fillon was sentenced to prison time. His 2017 presidential bid fell apart after allegations that he paid his wife with taxpayer funds for a fake job.
French Court Strikes Down Most of Online Hate Speech Law
The court ruled that the new law disproportionately infringed on freedom of speech. It was a blow to the government’s efforts to regulate content on tech platforms.
Coronavirus May Have Been In France a Month Before Previously Thought
A sample taken on Dec. 27 from a French patient with pneumonia has tested positive for coronavirus, nearly a month before the disease was first officially acknowledged to have emerged in France.
How an Invisible Foe Slipped Aboard a French Navy Ship
Nearly 60 percent of sailors from the flagship aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, tested positive for the coronavirus, leading to questions, finger-pointing and investigations.
Marking Notre-Dame Fire in a Locked-Down Paris
Events to pay tribute to the first anniversary of the catastrophic fire were canceled, and renovation work at the cathedral halted, because of the coronavirus.
Ex-Priest in France Is Convicted of Abusing Dozens of Scouts
Bernard Preynat, 75, received a five-year sentence after admitting to assaulting boys over a 20-year period, a scandal that embroiled a top cardinal.
Paris Court Convicts 6 in $50 Million Fake-Identity Scheme
The group used a silicone mask to impersonate a French defense minister in video calls, asking wealthy individuals and groups to pay millions for fake government operations.