Eleanor Beardsley appears in the following:
Paris says 'au revoir' to electric scooters as ban takes effect
Friday, September 01, 2023
After five years of chaos in the streets, Paris is saying goodbye to electric scooters. One of the first major cities to embrace them is now the first major capital to fall out of love and ban them.
Paris' rental electric scooter ban has taken effect
Friday, September 01, 2023
The city held a referendum and banned rental e-scooters after reports of injuries and three deaths.
Paris is the first European capital to ban rentable electric scooters
Friday, September 01, 2023
After five years of chaos in the streets, Paris is now saying goodbye to electric scooters. It was one of the first major cities to embrace them in 2018.
A visit to a castle being built from scratch deep in a forest in Burgundy, France
Monday, August 07, 2023
A vacation in Europe might include visiting a medieval castle. In a forest in Burgundy, France, you can actually step into the past to discover the secrets of building one.
Paris honors the handwritten word by setting up 1,700 desks for a public dictée
Thursday, August 03, 2023
In France, the time-honored tradition of the dictee — or dictation — is alive and well. Recently, 1,700 desks were set up on the Champs Elysees in Paris for the world's largest dictee session.
In the Paris suburb where riots erupted, protests have died down but anger remains
Saturday, July 29, 2023
A visit to the Paris suburb where riots first broke out in France, following the police killing of a young man of North African descent.
24 years after Kosovo, the U.S. is asking Serbia's president not to side with Putin
Saturday, July 22, 2023
The U.S. is appealing to Serbia's president while Russia would like nothing better than renewed conflict in Kosovo, where tensions are at their highest in two decades.
NATO pledges its support for Ukraine, but gives it no timeline for membership
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
President Biden said NATO countries will help Ukraine defend itself against Russia now and into the future, even as they did not offer a clear pathway for Ukraine to join the alliance.
NATO countries are wrapping up their 2-day summit in Lithuania
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Lithuania is hosting the meeting, and some in the former Soviet republic feel pride for getting that chance.
What's happening at the NATO summit
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Thirty-one countries are meeting in the capital of the Baltic country of Lithuania for a crucial NATO summit that is taking place in the midst of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A preview of tomorrow's NATO annual summit
Monday, July 10, 2023
On Tuesday, the 31 members of the NATO alliance will meet for their annual summit — the second summit held since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.
45,000 police were on French streets and that was enough to calm violent protests
Monday, July 03, 2023
Authorities in France say security measures are starting to calm the violent protests that began after the police killing of a 17-year-old last Tuesday.
Over 700 protesters have been arrested in Marseille, France
Sunday, July 02, 2023
How protests and unrest in France, following the police shooting of a teenager in a traffic stop outside Paris, is affecting the southern city of Marseille.
In France, protests persist over the police killing of boy of Algerian descent
Friday, June 30, 2023
France braces itself for a fourth night of unrest, as protestors continue to take to the streets after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop.
Interethnic tensions threaten the fragile peace in Kosovo
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Peace in the Balkan nation is under attack by interethnic tensions. The U.S. has invested heavily in the democratic country that declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.
NATO has gone into high gear as the war in Ukraine continues
Thursday, June 15, 2023
As the war in Ukraine intensifies, NATO is stepping up training to increase readiness among its members, including maneuvers this month on NATO's eastern flank in Romania.
To rebuild Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof, carpenters use centuries-old techniques
Sunday, June 11, 2023
When fire engulfed the Paris landmark in 2019, the intricate maze of medieval beams supporting the roof fell to the cathedral floor. Experts are working to restore the church by the end of 2024.
Carpenters are working at a frenzied pace to finish repairing Notre Dame Cathedral
Saturday, June 03, 2023
After the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral back in 2019, workers across France are rushing to finish materials for its reopening in December 2024.
Carpenters are working at a frenzied pace to finish repairing Notre Dame Cathedral
Friday, June 02, 2023
Workers across France are rushing to restore various parts of Notre Dame Cathedral, with a goal to reopen the site in Paris in December 2024 — five years after a destructive fire.
What's next for French protesters
Monday, May 29, 2023
Unhappy with the pensions reforms rammed through by President Emmanuel Macron, millions of French citizens have been protesting. But the law is still set to go into effect later this year.