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Francois Fillon, former French prime minister, member of The Republicans political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French centre-right, attends a political rally in Charleville-Mezieres, France, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Francois Fillon fought to keep his place as French conservative presidential candidate on Friday amid sliding opinion poll ratings and speculation about his ability to carry on after accusations his wife got public money for work she did not do.

Louvre visitors learn of attack by loudspeaker, told to sit

Visitors to the Louvre learned by loudspeaker announcement of Friday’s attempted attack on the Paris museum and there was no panic, witnesses said, though some children cried as guards directed people to sit tight together and away from windows. A French soldier shot and wounded a man armed with a machete and carrying two bags on his back as he tried to enter the world-renowned museum in what the government said appeared to have been a terrorist attack.

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A bonfire set by demonstrators protesting a scheduled speaking appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos burns on Sproul Plaza on the University of California at Berkeley campus on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. The event was canceled out of safety concerns after protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and started a bonfire.

Mosque shooting suspect in Canada known for far-right views

The French Canadian university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque was known for far-right, nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen. Alexandre Bissonnette was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage at a Quebec City mosque that Canada’s prime minister called an act of terrorism against Muslims.

Socialist primary winner in France had backing of prominent anti-Semites

A left-wing politician in France who handily defeated Prime Minister Manuel Valls in the Socialist presidential primaries was endorsed by the founders of the country’s Anti-Zionist Party. Benoit Hamon, who supports dramatically expanding welfare payments and has called for his party to support Palestinian causes to increase its appeal to Muslim voters, beat his hard-line challenger Sunday with 58 percent of the vote in the second and final round of the balloting.

Diabetes or its rapid deterioration can be an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer

Patients and their doctors should be aware that the onset of diabetes, or a rapid deterioration in existing diabetes that requires more aggressive treatment, could be a sign of early, hidden pancreatic cancer, according to research presented at the European Cancer Congress 2017 today . Ms Alice Koechlin, from the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France, told the meeting that an analysis linking nearly a million patients with type 2 diabetes in Lombardy and Belgium with recorded cases of pancreatic cancer showed that 50% of all pancreatic cancers cases in the two regions were diagnosed within one year of patients being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and being given their first prescription to control it.

Bold Eagle soars again in Prix d’Amerique

Bold Eagle, who won the 2016 Prix d’Amerique opodo at Vincennes racetrack in Paris, France, went back-to-back on Sunday afternoon at he captured this year’s $1 million renewal by about three lengths in a mile rate time of 1:54.3 for the 2,700-meter race . The time lowered the world record for the distance of 1:55 he set while winning last year’s Prix d’Amerique.

French left-wing presidential primary: Hamon vs. Valls

Manuel Valls, a center-leaning former prime minister who rallied France tog… . Former French prime minister and candidate in the left-wing primary for the 2017 French presidential election, Manuel Valls, arrives for a meeting in Alfortville, outside Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

Emmanuelle Riva dies aged 89

Riva, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013 for her role in the film Amour, died in a Paris clinic on Friday after a long illness, according to her agent. The actress was a well-known face in French cinema over her 60 year career starring in films including Alain Resnais’ acclaimed Hiroshima Mon Amour in 1959 and more recently the Palme d’Or winning Amour about an aging Parisian couple dealing with the aftermath of a stroke.

France’s hard left faces off against center left in primary

Candidate for the left-wing presidential primaries Benoit Hamon visits a cultural center in Lille, Northern France, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Manuel Valls, a center-leaning former prime minister who rallied France together after extremist attacks, will confront stalwart Socialist Benoit Hamon in the country’s left-wing presidential primary runoff Sunday.

France’s hard left faces off against center left in primary

” Hard-left Socialist rebel Benoit Hamon heads into France’s left-wing presidential primary runoff as a surprising favorite to beat pro-business pragmatist Manuel Valls, in a vote that will realign France’s unpredictable presidential campaign. Hamon is the favorite in Sunday’s vote after arriving in pole position in the first round with 36 percent of the votes.

Prosecutors open probe into report of Fillon’s wife’s fake jobs

French politician Francois Fillon, member of the conservative Les Republicains political party and his wife Penelope, left, attend a final rally ahead of the first round of vote to choose the conservative candidate for France’s presidential election in Paris, France, on November 18, 2016. Photo – Reuters File French politician Francois Fillon, member of the conservative Les Republicains political party and his wife Penelope, left, attend a final rally ahead of the first round of vote to choose the conservative candidate for France’s presidential election in Paris, France, on November 18, 2016.

Cyberconscripts: Baltic draftees can choose IT over infantry

Estonian defense official Erki Kodar chats with a conference goer as part of a Cyber Security conference held in Lille, northern France, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Estonia is experimenting with the idea of cyberconscription, giving draftees with tech skills the chance to step into roles defending the military’s electronic infrastructure.

Cyberconscripts: Baltic draftees can choose IT over infantry

Estonian defense official Erki Kodar chats with a conference goer as part of a Cyber Security conference held in Lille, northern France, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Estonia is experimenting with the idea of cyberconscription, giving draftees with tech skills the chance to step into roles defending the military’s electronic infrastructure.

The ENF: at the far-right of the European Parliament

Here is a snapshot of members of the Europe of Nations and Freedom , a circle of far-right parties who met in the west German city of Koblenz on Saturday. The small group, which comprises 40 EU lawmakers from nine nations in the 751-member European Parliament, was created by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in June 2015.

French presidential candidate Fillon to propose immigration quotas

French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon, who is favourite to win this year’s election, will lay out on Wednesday his proposals to cut immigration to a “strict minimum” through the use of quotas, an aide said on Tuesday. Fillon, who is seen beating far-right leader Marine Le Pen if they meet in a runoff in May in the presidential election, will also urge the European Union to tighten its asylum and immigration policy to counter threats from Islamist militants.

Loan Watch: Veretout on target/Wins for Cowans and Mason

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Australia kicks off global New Year party defying terror threat

SYDNEY: Global terror attacks have cast a pall over 2016 but Australia was Saturday set to defy the threats and ring in the New Year with bumper crowds gathering to watch a firework extravaganza on Sydney’s glittering harbour. 2016 has seen repeated bloodshed, most recently a deadly truck attack at a Berlin Christmas market, a similar incident on Bastille Day in France that killed 86, and atrocities in Turkey and the Middle East.

European cities ramp up security for New Year after Berlin attack

European capitals tightened security on Friday ahead of New Year’s celebrations, erecting concrete barriers in city centres and boosting police numbers after the Islamic State attack in Berlin last week that killed 12 people. In the German capital, police closed the Pariser Platz square in front of the Brandenburg Gate and prepared to deploy 1,700 extra officers, many along a party strip where armoured cars will flank concrete barriers blocking off the area.

Garbage trucks part of Times Square security

Heavily armed counterterrorism officers take shelter from the rain beneath an overhang in Times Square on Thursday in New York, as the New York Police department began ramping up security for the city’s massive New Year’s Eve celebration. Heavily armed counterterrorism officers take shelter from the rain as they stand against the front of a watch store in Times Square on Thursday in New York.

Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Departs 6th Fleet

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower , guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto , and guided-missile destroyers USS Mason and USS Nitze concluded missions in the Mediterranean, which included maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and air support to Operation Inherent Resolve . Upon arriving in the eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea, Ike conducted dual carrier operations with the French ship Charles de Gaulle to combine their efforts in support of OIR in Iraq and Syria.

Airbus to Slow A380 Production in 2017 in Accord With Emirates

Airbus Group SE will put off a dozen deliveries of the A380 plane in the next two years following an agreement with Emirates, its largest customer for the model, as demand continues to fade for the double-decker. Handovers of six A380s apiece that were originally planned for 2017 and 2018 will be shifted to a year later following an agreement with Emirates and engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, the Toulouse, France-based planemaker said Tuesday in an e-mailed statement.

editorial | Goodbye and good riddance to 2016

Terrorism shows no signs of abating, with Islamic State taking credit for a string of shocking attacks, from Brussels Airport in March, to the Bastille Day horror in Nice, France, to this week’s truck plowing into a crowd of holiday shoppers at a Berlin market. Closer to home, tragedy struck the LGBT community with the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando in June, and in the Bay Area, the horrific Ghost Ship fire broke all of our hearts.

Security tightens up at Christmas markets across Europe

Security was tightened at Christmas markets across Europe on Tuesday after a deadly truck attack on a market in Berlin – and pointed questions arose over why the German capital was vulnerable despite months of warnings. Monday night’s truck rampage in Berlin left 12 people dead and nearly 50 wounded.

Francois Girard-Leduc, 77, of Westborough

He was the husband of Anna Potapova Le Tiec; father of Philipine Girard-Leduc, Pauline Girard-Leduc and Charlotte Girard-Leduc, all of Paris, France, and Alexis Girard-Leduc of Westborough; brother of Jean Girard-Leduc and Christine Girard-Leduc both of Paris, France; and grandfather of Hugo Benard, Adele Benard, Hadrien Roger-Vasselin and Paul Ghuysen.

Francois Girard-Leduc, 77, of Westborough

He was the husband of Anna Potapova Le Tiec; father of Philipine Girard-Leduc, Pauline Girard-Leduc and Charlotte Girard-Leduc, all of Paris, France, and Alexis Girard-Leduc of Westborough; brother of Jean Girard-Leduc and Christine Girard-Leduc both of Paris, France; and grandfather of Hugo Benard, Adele Benard, Hadrien Roger-Vasselin and Paul Ghuysen.

9 Dead After Truck Plows Into Crowd at Berlin Christmas Market

A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said. German media, citing police at the scene, said first indications pointed to an attack on the market, situated at the foot of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, which was kept as a bombed-out ruin after World War Two.