World Sep 10 Nationwide protests in France turn new prime minister’s first day into chaos A day of anti-government action across France on Wednesday saw streets choked with smoke, barricades in flames and volleys of tear gas as protesters denounced budget cuts and political turmoil.
World Sep 08 Legislators topple French government in confidence vote, forcing Macron to seek yet another prime minister Prime Minister François Bayrou was ousted after he gambled that lawmakers would back his view that France must slash public spending to repair its debts.
World Aug 17 European leaders will join Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump at the White House European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the possibility of U.S. security guarantees now on the negotiating table.
Politics Aug 01 Trump officials weigh fate of $9M contraceptives stockpile feared earmarked for destruction Funded by U.S taxpayers, the family planning supplies were intended for women in war zones, refugee camps and elsewhere, according to a bipartisan letter of protest to Secretary of State Marco Rubio from two U.S. senators.
Arts Jul 10 Original Hermès bag made for Jane Birkin sells at auction for 7 million euros The huge amount on Thursday blew past what auctioneer Sotheby’s had said was the previous record for a handbag. The bidding started at 1 million euros or $1.17 million and quickly became stratospheric.
World May 26 France’s first lady appears to push her husband on a plane. Macron says they were joking The moment quickly made headlines in France, with media trying to decipher the interaction that cameras spotted through the just-opened door of the plane.
World May 23 Kim Kardashian’s robbers found guilty in Paris court, but won’t face prison time The chief judge, David De Pas, said that the defendants' ages — the oldest is 79 and some others are in their 60s and 70s — weighed on the court’s decision to impose sentences that he said “aren’t very severe.”…
World May 13 Kim Kardashian describes being bound and held at gunpoint in robbery trial testimony Kim Kardashian says she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris. She testified in the trial Tuesday, confronting for the first time the men accused of tying her up at gunpoint in her…
World Apr 10 Video shows Ukrainian POWs killed by men identified as Russian soldiers Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers who have surrendered being shot to death by men identified as Russian troops in the village of Piatykhatky.
Politics Mar 31 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking public office for 5 years after embezzlement verdict Le Pen denounced the verdict in an interview with French TV channel TF1 as a “political” move aimed at preventing her from running in the 2027 presidential election and said that millions of French people “are outraged.”…