
Catherine Porter
International Correspondent at The New York Times
Correspondent for the New York Times, based in Paris, France. Canadian. Please reach out with any tips: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Catherine Porter
NORMANDY, France — It was the first trip to Europe since he called America’s allies there “PATHETIC” in a private Signal group chat, and said that he shared the vice president’s “loathing of European freeloading.”So there was some anxiety and nervous trepidation about US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to the French beaches of Normandy on Friday to commemorate the 81st anniversary of D-Day.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth honored the sacrifices of the soldiers who died landing in France 81 years ago. But there was no escaping current tensions.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |Catherine Porter
By Image President Trump issued a slew of clemency actions on Wednesday, according to a White House official familiar with the matter, wiping the convictions or cutting sentences for more than two dozen people. Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times Tune in, and tell us what you think at [email protected]. For corrections, email [email protected].
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Catherine Porter
VANNES, France — The former surgeon who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 299 people, most of them children, was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison by a French court Wednesday, in what is considered the largest pedophilia case in the country’s history. “It was predation on victims the most vulnerable, when they were sick in the hospital,” Judge Aude Buresi told the courthouse in Vannes, a coastal town in Brittany, where the majority of the abuse took place.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Catherine Porter |Ségolène LE STRADIC
A former surgeon confessed to abusing at least 299 people, mostly children, in what is considered the largest case of its kind in French history. The former surgeon who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 299 people, most of them children, was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison by a French court on Wednesday, in what is considered the largest pedophilia case in the country's history.
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Gérard Depardieu was convicted yesterday of sexually assaulting colleagues on set. Today at Cannes, producer Benjamin Zeitoun said he didn’t want to judge. “When you don’t know the thing at the center, really close, it’s not possible to have an opinion." https://t.co/dHbO6F9MEN

It's been almost four hours since the Depardieu case began in a Paris court. Up until now, his lawyer has tried to cast doubt on the impartiality and thoroughness of the police investigation as well as witness testimony. He has still not taken the stand.

RT @MarionDub: Au tribunal de #Paris pour suivre le procès de Gérard #Depardieu pour #agressionssexuelles à l’égard de deux femmes, Amélie…