World Sep 28 A longtime city of cars, Paris is seeing a new kind of road rage: Bike-lane traffic jams The country is one of car-lovers, the home to Renault, Citroen and Peugeot. But a nearly decade-long pro-bike drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo is picking up pace ahead of the Paris Olympics next year.
Health Aug 04 Pioneering athletes breaking down barriers to breastfeeding in Olympic sports Breastfeeding and high-performance sports were long an almost impossible combination for top female athletes. For the 2024 Olympic Games, pioneering mothers will show that it is possible to breastfeed and be competitive.
Arts Jul 16 Jane Birkin, actor, singer and style icon, dies in Paris at 76 Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76.
World Jul 07 Unrest spreads to France's small towns in wake of deadly police shooting of teenager Tranquil French villages and towns escaped previous cycles of urban violence.
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 08 4 young children critically injured, 2 adults wounded in knife attack in French Alps Lead prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said all four children suffered life-threatening knife wounds.
World May 14 Zelenskyy makes surprise stop in Paris, meets with French President Macron Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive…
World Apr 11 Costly and complex cleanup of Seine River underway ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics A costly and complex cleanup is resuscitating the Seine just in time for it to play a starring role in the 2024 Paris Olympics and, after that, for it to genuinely live up to its billing as the world's most…
World Apr 06 Pension protests continue in France Protesters have disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris' main airport and marched in their thousands again in other French cities with strikes and demonstrations to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap contested pension reforms.
World Apr 03 Parisians eliminate e-scooter rentals in overwhelming vote Scattered around Paris, easy to locate and rent with a downloadable app and relatively cheap, the scooters are a hit with tourists who love their speed and the help-yourself freedom they offer.