Oak trusses raised to roof of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral

A crane hoisted massive oak trusses from a barge and onto Notre Dame Cathedral in a spectacular operation to rebuild the fire-ravaged monument and bring it back to

Macron weakened by crisis over teen killed by police

Even in normal times Emmanuel Macron needed allies’ help governing France. To get some things done he worked with the traditional right. The center-left helped the

France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting

France will deploy 40,000 police officers overnight to quell violence that engulfed cities and towns in the wake of a deadly police shooting, France’s interior minister said

Macron calls for massive investment to respond to climate emergency and poverty at Paris summit

French President Emmanuel Macron called yesterday for concrete solutions and massive investment for developing countries at the start of a two-day summit aimed at seeking better

Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age

French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital’s Orly Airport with strikes Tuesday as they sought to

Rebuilding Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof transports workers back to Middle Ages

If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years

Macron vows to build back factories, boost economy

Building factories to boost job creation and make France more independent — that’s President Emmanuel Macron’s ambition for the French economy. It’s a big challenge, as

In Macron’s country, streets and fields seethe with protest

A big day has come for French high school student Elisa Fares. At age 17, she is taking part in her first protest. In a country

In Paris streets, heaps of garbage become protest symbol

Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily — and in some places standing higher than a human being. A strike by Paris garbage collectors,

Biden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit

French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden’s presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put

Iconic New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91

Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first big endeavor, “Breathless,” and stood for

French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse

An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released today (Tuesday) that represents the country's first

Edith Piaf celebrated on 100th anniversary of her birth

NEW YORK (AP) — Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this month and never has she been more vital. The cabaret singer who once sang on the streets for spare change

France | Police to get better guns, more intel agents to fight terror

  France announced sweeping new measures to counter homegrown terrorism yesterday, including giving security forces better weapons and protection, going on an intelligence agent hiring spree and creating a better database

France | As Charlie Hebdo fronting Muhammad sells out, comic detained 

  Charlie Hebdo’s defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris yesterday, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the paper fronting the Prophet Muhammad. In the city still

FRANCE | Charlie Hebdo publishing prophet cartoon on new cover

  The surviving staff of Charlie Hebdo plans an unprecedented run of 3 million copies of the next issue today, with the Prophet Muhammad on the cover, as France hunts for

France is the third largest investor in Angola

Foreign direct investment from France in Angola totals over 10 billion euros and France is the country’s third biggest supplier, the Angolan Foreign minister, Georges Chikoti said Tuesday in Luanda. While

EXTREMISM | Hunt on for militants who beheaded French mountaineer

France’s defense minister said yesterday that Algerian forces are hunting for the Muslim extremists who beheaded a French mountaineer over France’s airstrikes on the Islamic State group. Jean-Yves Le Drian also said France, which has

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