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On Monday, the prosecutor requested 10 and 12 years’ imprisonment for the two men behind the ‘hate campaign’ that targeted Samuel Paty, and 14 and…

Agnès Fichot will never forget that day in 1977 when, just a few years out of law school, she picked up the phone to call…

A watch worn by French war-time hero and president Charles de Gaulle fetched more than half a million euros as part of an auction of…

Since the start of the Pelicot mass rape trial, there has been talk of the defendants’ sexuality. In particular, the defense and experts invited to…

French mass rape trial adjourns ahead of verdict set for Thursday The trial of a French man and dozens of strangers who he enlisted to…

  Pelicot rape trial: Time for humility There were just a few more words left. The last ones from the 50 defendants – the 51st…

French prosecutors on Monday, December 16, sought jail terms of between one and 16 years for eight people on trial over the 2020 beheading of…

The Cinémathèque française, Paris, February 15, 2013. JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP There was no screening as planned of Last Tango in Paris (1972), by Italian director Bernardo…

The Comoros, on Monday, December 16, declared a national week of mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated the neighbouring French overseas department of Mayotte, where the…

The Perrier bottling plant in Vergèze, the site of the Bouillens spring LODI FRANCK/SIPA The most famous of sparkling water brands is under threat of…

Mass rape trial: 50 defendants make their final statements One last word each. After three and a half months, on the 64th day of the…

France’s central bank on Monday, December 16, downgraded its 2025 growth forecast to 0.9% from 1.2%, citing “increased uncertainty” for the economic outlook both at…

This undated photo provided by NGO Medecins du Monde on Sunday, December 15, 2024, shows a devastated hill on the French territory of Mayotte in…

Faithful members of the Fraternité Saint-Barthélemy walk along the seafront promenade during Good Friday, as part of the Easter celebrations, in Bonifacio, Corsica, March 29,…

A man who turned himself in saying he was responsible for five murders in northern France on Saturday, December 14, had no criminal record, authorities said Sunday.

France’s new PM Bayrou faces budgetary challenges as Moody’s downgrades credit rating No grace period whatsoever. It was 25 minutes past midnight on Saturday, December…

  In France, Dunkirk region in shock after quintuple murder No one lands here by chance, especially not if intending to kill a man by…

Heavy toll feared after French territory hit by cyclone, reports suggest at least 11 deaths, damage to properties as an unexpectedly violent cyclone hits French…

Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre surround the Holy Crown of Thorns during a procession for its return at Notre-Dame de Paris…

Cyclone Chido obliterated shantytowns on the French island territory of Mayotte on Saturday, December 14, with French ministers fearing a “heavy” death toll from the destruction, which has already claimed two lives.

It was just past 5:00 pm on Friday, December 13, when France’s new prime minister, François Bayrou, walked alone across the courtyard of the Hôtel…

Gaëlle Fasciaux, nursery assistant, baptized in the spring in the Saint-Léger church in Lens (northeastern France) on October 28, 2024. BENJAMIN GIRETTE FOR THE WORLD…

In rocky circumstances, a name finally came out of the hat on Friday, December 13: François Bayrou, the president of the Macron-aligned MoDem party, became France’s new prime minister at 73.

Over a year after he visited Marseille, Pope Francis returns to the Mediterranean shores. Whereas his predecessor , on September 12, 2008, inaugurated the Collège…

The French Government confirmed this Saturday that the American financial rating agency Moody’s downgraded the French sovereign debt rating by one notch, from Aa2 to…