John Leicester
Correspondent at Associated Press
A bit of this, a bit of that, always for The Associated Press. France-based, with itchy feet. Jack of all news trades, possibly mastering some. Words and images
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3 days ago |
argus-press.com | Stefanie Dazio |John Leicester |Kirsten Grieshaber
BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Wednesday, presenting a united front with France against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, demanding more aid for Gaza and announcing he soon would visit Ukraine.
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5 days ago |
argus-press.com | John Leicester
PARIS (AP) — Fearful that the kidnappers might sever another finger from their hostage or worse, the French police commander ordered his officers — with a radioed “Go” command — to raid the house where he suspected that the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur was being held. Fabrice Gardon, director of Paris' judicial police, then waited anxiously in his unit's headquarters in the north of the French capital for the code word they use to signal that a hostage has been freed.
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1 week ago |
kdhnews.com | Stefanie Dazio |John Leicester |Kirsten Grieshaber
By STEFANIE DAZIO, JOHN LEICESTER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press BERLIN (AP) - Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany's new chancellor Wednesday, presenting a united front with France against U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, demanding more aid for Gaza and announcing he soon would visit Ukraine. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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1 week ago |
barchart.com | Stefanie Dazio |John Leicester |Kirsten Grieshaber
BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Wednesday, presenting a united front with France against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, demanding more aid for Gaza and announcing he soon would visit Ukraine.
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1 week ago |
wftv.com | Stefanie Dazio |John Leicester |Kirsten Grieshaber
BERLIN — (AP) — Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany's new chancellor Wednesday, presenting a united front with France against U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, demanding more aid for Gaza and announcing he soon would visit Ukraine.
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