World Jun 30 French president urges parents to keep teenagers home to quell rioting spreading across France Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores Friday in a fourth day of violence in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep…
World Jun 29 France deploys 40,000 police to quell violence after shooting of teen driver France sent tens of thousands of police officers into the streets on Thursday in an effort to head off widespread urban rioting following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that shocked the nation.
World Mar 23 1 million march in France, unions call for more pension protests during King Charles III visit The announcement follows record turnout in Thursday's protest march in Paris against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular bill to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.
Arts Dec 15 Paris marks bloody mary cocktail’s 100th birthday Harry's Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented at the iconic watering hole in 1921.
Economy Dec 01 Glimmers of hope for world economy, but dangers lurk The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicted Tuesday that the world economy will bounce back to its pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year, but that recovery will be uneven across the countries.
World Dec 13 British working-class towns desert Labour Party In every election since 1945, voters in this port in eastern England elected a Labour Party lawmaker. Until this week.
Economy Jul 17 U.S. objects to France’s tax on tech giants The tax on Facebook, Google and other U.S. tech giants, has provoked a strong rebuke from the White House, which said it could lead to U.S. tariffs on French imports.