Angela Charlton, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital. An IOC inspection team has given a resounding thumbs-up to Paris’ preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games. The IOC said Wednesday that Paris organizers are where they should be in their planning with 415 days to go before the opening ceremony. (AP...

Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal

by Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Graham Dunbar Associated PressJune 20, 2023June 20, 2023

PARIS — French police searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to prosecutors, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer…

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, Saturday.

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Fires scorch Spain, France amid heat

by Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressJuly 17, 2022

Philippe Darriet, president of the Institute for Wine and Vine Research fills glasses with wine for a blind tasting at the ISVV Institue in Villenave-d’Ornon, southwestern France, on March 1.

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Cosmic mouthful: Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

by Masha Macpherson Associated Press, and Angela Charlton Associated PressApril 2, 2021

A person walks with an umbrella in light rain in the City of London financial district, Tuesday, the first morning of England entering a third national lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak began.

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Pandemic growth outpacing vaccines

by Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Angela Charlton Associated PressJanuary 5, 2021

Mauricette, 78, is the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Rene-Muret hospital in Servan near Paris, Dec. 27. France started its first vaccinations against the coronavirus at a nursing home northeast of Paris, in one of France’s poorest regions.

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France’s go-slow vaccination strategy backfires

by Angela Charlton Associated PressJanuary 4, 2021

Map locates attack in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia

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Blast at WWI ceremony in Saudi Arabia wounds 3

by Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Aya Batrawy Associated PressNovember 11, 2020

A woman holds a poster reading:'The culture dies' as she attends a protest of people working in the entertainment and event industry against the German government's economic policies to combat the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease and demand more support for their business, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Germany, France impose more limits to curb virus

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Angela Charlton Associated PressOctober 28, 2020

Commuters wearing face masks walk on the platform, of a Paris subway, Sunday. A curfew intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, has been imposed in many regions of France including Paris and its suburbs.

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Doc: France has ‘lost control’ of virus

by Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Mike Corder Associated PressOctober 26, 2020

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Bob Loughman, prime minister of Vanuatu, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at U.N. headquarters. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo via AP)

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At UN, nations urge reckoning with colonial crimes

by Angela Charlton Associated PressSeptember 28, 2020

A cargo ship approaches the port of Piraeus as other ships are anchored, near Athens, Greece, May 26.

Stuck at sea: Nations urged to help virus-stranded mariners

by Angela Charlton Associated PressSeptember 24, 2020