Street gangs forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year during violence that also targeted the main international airport and Haiti’s two largest prisons. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s online media association said two reporters were killed and several others were wounded in a gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s […]
Haitian authorities have struggled to address rise of powerful armed gangs, and accountability for violence is rare. Armed men have opened fire on a group of journalists in Haiti who had gathered to cover the reopening of the capital’s largest public hospital. While authorities have not offered details on casualties from the attack on Tuesday, […]
At least two people were killed and others injured on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists who gathered for a government press conference scheduled to announce the reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital. A journalist and a police officer were killed at the scene, a witness told Reuters. Radio Télé […]
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Watch: Highlights from Notre Dame’s reopening ceremony in Paris 02:40 UP NEXT Special Report: Watch the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris 01:03:37 French president thanks workers who helped rebuild Notre Dame 02:00 Watch: Notre Dame’s […]
French President Emmanuel Macron thanks all who ‘saved, helped, rebuilt’ beloved cathedral after devastating 2019 fire. World leaders have gathered in the French capital for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, five years after the UNESCO World Heritage site was severely damaged in a fire that drew a global outpouring of support. Paris Archbishop Laurent […]
Share Key members of the restoration project are seated Philippe Jost, a veteran French civil servant and the president of the cathedral restoration effort, and Philippe Villeneuve, the project’s chief architect, are seated for the ceremony. Jost said world leaders who visit Paris often asked to visit the restoration worksite. He said Prince Charles dropped […]
With Donald Trump, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and dozens of other world leaders in town Saturday for the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, Emmanuel Macron has succeeded in making Paris the capital of international diplomacy for the day. President-elect Trump earlier landed in Paris on his first international trip since his election win, joined later […]
The Prince of Wales will meet Donald Trump in Paris when he joins world leaders for the ceremonial reopening of Notre Dame. William will travel to Paris on Saturday at the request of the French government for the high-profile event celebrating the restoration of the cathedral, “the soul of France”, after a devastating fire in […]
US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday landed in Paris on his first international trip since his election win, preparing for a day of intense diplomacy before attending the reopening ceremony for the Notre Dame cathedral restored after the 2019 fire. President Emmanuel Macron scored a major coup in Trump’s acceptance of the invitation to attend […]
PARIS (AP) — The reopening this weekend of Notre Dame is a succession of ceremonies to breathe life back into the iconic cathedral and celebrate the recovery from its devastating fire in 2019. High points will be the ritualized reopening of the cathedral’s massive doors, the reawakening of its thunderous organ and the celebration of […]