Prosecutors summon Musk over allegations of child abuse images, deepfakes on X

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris yesterday, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the

A 9-year-old was found locked in a van since 2024, malnourished and unable to walk

A 9-year-old boy has been rescued after living locked in his father’s utility van in eastern France since 2024, according to the local prosecutor. The child has been hospitalized,

A new director is being appointed to lead the Louvre Museum after jewel heist, sources say

The home of the ‘Mona Lisa’ is getting a new boss. Two French officials told The Associated Press that art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director,

As far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial ends, her presidential bid is at stake

Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial over alleged misuse of European Parliament funds is ending today with one question looming above all others: will the French far-right

Saint-Tropez bids adieu to Bardot with a funeral and public homage

Actor Brigitte Bardot’s coffin is carried into Notre-Dame de l’Assomption church for her funeral ceremony, yesterday, in Saint-Tropez Brigitte Bardot’s funeral was being held yesterday

French president to pay three-day state visit

French President Emmanuel Macron will begin a three-day state visit to China today, a trip that is seen as an opportunity for the two countries to

The Louvre urged to speed up security upgrades before the heist

France’s court of auditors urged the Louvre museum to speed up its security modernization plans as a priority, in a report conducted before the Oct.

Heist of the century: Five more arrests as Louvre jewel heist probe deepens and key details emerge

The dragnet tightened around the Louvre yesterday. Five more people were seized in the crown-jewels heist — including a suspect tied by DNA — the Paris prosecutor said,

Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum 

This photo provided last week by Interpol and taken from its website shows the jewels stolen in the Louvre museum Suspects have been arrested in connection

Finding the jewels and the thieves in the Louvre, a heist race against time

The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts say after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad

French PM suspends a controversial pension reform to avoid government collapse

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu delivers his policy speech at the National Assembly in Paris, yesterday French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said yesterday he will propose suspending

Macron appoints Lecornu as France’s latest prime minister

France’s Defense minister Sebastien Lecornu French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying

Paris residents fight overtourism of Montmartre neighborhood

When Olivier Baroin moved into an apartment in Montmartre about 15 years ago, it felt like he was living in a village in the heart

Tourists and residents embrace it as temperatures soar

Swimming in the Seine is an increasingly popular tourist attraction in the French capital — and a must-do for Parisians themselves. Thousands of people have

Fireworks, warplanes and axes: How France celebrates Bastille Day

Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower and fireworks in nearly every French town — it must be Bastille Day. France

France tops international suppliers to Macau with exports of over MOP2 billion in 2024

France is Macau’s second-largest supplier of food products and beverages after mainland China, with exports valued at over MOP2 billion in 2024, Christile Drulhe, the Consul

From France comes a call for Trump’s America to return Lady Liberty – t won’t happen

Hey, America: Give the  So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the

Trump’s AI ambition and China’s DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris

The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France where world leaders, executives and experts will hammer out pledges on

Macron is to address the iconic museum’s costly renovation

The Louvre needs a full upgrade, and a costly one. French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce today possibly hundreds of millions of

Marseille mayor condemns ‘racist’ banner displayed by Nice supporters during match

Marseille mayor Benoît Payan has condemned the offensive banners displayed by Nice supporters during Sunday night’s (yesterday, Macau time) match against Marseille and called on French league (LFP)

France’s Macron to address nation day after no-confidence vote topples government

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation today , a day after the National Assembly ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a historic no-confidence vote that has left France

Stars, heads of state, solemn rituals and high-security celebrations

The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some of the same measures used during

French authorities oppose 20-minute red cards promoted by World Rugby

French authorities are joining forces with players to oppose plans by World Rugby to change its regulations with the introduction of a 20-minute red card, saying it poses a health

Long-forbidden French anti-riot force sent to Martinique as thousands defy bans on protests

France has sent a group of special anti-riot police that’s been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where protesters have gathered despite the government

Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles sexual abuse victims face

The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her over the course of nearly a decade has highlighted the

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88,

With AI, jets and police squadrons, Paris is securing the Olympics — and worrying critics

A year ago, the head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France’s capital would be “ the safest place in the world “ when the Games

French vote splits among left, center and far-right. With no majority, political paralysis threatens

French voters divided their legislature among left, center and far right, with no single political faction getting even close to the majority needed for form a government. The

France 1, Belgium 0 Another frustrating match for Kylian Mbappé. Another underwhelming performance by France at the European Championship. Didier Deschamps isn’t concerned — his

Exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls

Voters across mainland France began casting ballots yesterday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right

Sino-French ties bridging East-West differences

Pandas are a rare species found only in China. But the West first learned about the panda through French missionary Armand David more than 150 years ago. This

Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he’d find ways to work

France remains ‘le grand fromage’, and Camembert remains in a wooden box

The European Union has long known that the way to France’s heart is through its stomach. So, don’t touch the Camembert — never, ever.

France is deploying 7,000 troops after a deadly stabbing by a suspected Islamic radical

France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in

France rolls out the red carpet for King Charles III’s state visit

King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France yesterday meant to highlight the friendship between the two nations with great

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