France
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Orphans International Announces New Director for 20th Year
New York, N.Y. The Board of Directors of Orphans International Worldwide ( OIW ) announces with great pleasure the hiring of Luisa Duarte-Silva, Ph.D. as Executive Direct…
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: Immigrant Doctors in France Save Grand-maman
With Tony Abdel ghany. Provins, France. The entire world seems divided at year-end between the forces of love and hatred. Authoritarian regimes have reared their ugly hea…
France: UN Condemns Terrorist Attack on Crowds Celebrating Bastille Day in Nice
New York, N.Y. Senior officials from across the United Nations family today condemned the deadly attack in Nice, France, calling for stepped up efforts to fight terrorism…
Live from Leogane: Orphans International Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan
Leogane, Haiti. "My father, Ambroise Beauliere, wrote our school's mission statement forty years ago to provide private education at the best possible quality at the lowe…
Kerry: U.S. Committed to Increasing Efforts Against ISIS
Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday the Islamic State group "will feel even greater pressure" in the coming weeks as the United States, Franc…
Millions March in France Against Terrorism
Paris, France. World leaders joined nearly four million people in the streets of Paris and around France Sunday, in solidarity with the victims of a terror spree last wee…
Obama, Hollande to Meet in Wake of Paris Attacks re: ISIS
Washington, D.C. Less than two weeks after the deadly attacks in Paris, U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, to the Oval Office…
Refugees are the Responsibility of the World – Peter Sutherland
New York, N.Y. Peter Sutherland is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration. A strong advocate for the rights of mig…
U.N., World Condemns ‘Despicable’ Terrorist Attacks in Paris
New York, N.Y. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have condemned the “despicable" terrorist attacks carried out today in various locati…
Young French Clarinetist of Extraordinary Talent Plays New York
New York, N.Y. One can become addicted to the young global talent that plays upon the stages of the world under the banner of Young Concert Artists ( YCA) , directed by t…
My Haiti Travels Launches Inaugural Impact Week Haiti Voyage in 2013
My Haiti Travels , a boutique concierge firm that coordinates high-quality travel services to Haiti for leisure and business purposes, is launching its first annual “Impa…
Slow Food at Sprig Fights Fast-Food Culture
New York, N.Y. In a sea of steaks, burritos and grab-and-go food in busy Midtown East, there is a beacon of the Slow Food movement, serving healthful food in an elegant,…
Film Shown at U.N. Donor Conference on Collapse of Haiti's Presidential Palace
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The film "Thirty-Five Long Seconds: Haiti's Deadly Earthquake" was screened recently as part of the recent Donor's Conference at the United Nations…
First 'Davos' for Women's International Development in NYC
New York, N.Y. I met Cecilia Attias, former First Lady of France and founder and executive chair of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for It was extraordinarily successful -…
Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully
New York, N.Y. As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Literatu…
French Artist & Legend CharlElie Couture in New York City
New York, N.Y. We first met French Contemporary Artist CharlElie Couture at the French Embassy in New York for the Wynton Marsalis ceremony in the fall of 2009. He impres…
Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM
C ash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the earthquake in Haiti, Hai…
Jim Luce on France
J im Luce lived in Paris as a child as his father was teaching at the Sorbonne for a year. Jim spoke fluent French in Kindergarten but, even with frequent trips to Haiti,…
Wynton Marsalis Awarded French Legion of Honor in NYC
New York, N.Y. Wynton Marsalis received France’s highest distinction last week in New York – the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor, an honor that was first awa…