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“Paquita,” by Pierre Lacotte, at the Opéra Bastille, December 2, 2024. MARIA-HELENA BUCKLEY/ONP Christmas celebrations at the Opéra National de Paris promised to be flamboyant.…

US President-elect Donald Trump defended his choice of Charles Kushner for US ambassador to France, describing him as a “family member” and a “very successful man” in an interview released on Wednesday, December 11.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged the release of protesters “arbitrarily” arrested in a crackdown on pro-EU demonstrations in Georgia, in telephone talks with the billionaire former premier Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Elysée said.

  The embezzlement trial threatening Marine Le Pen with a ban from running for public office is not deterring her far-right Rassemblement National (RN) from…

Béatrice Zavarro was sworn in in 1996 and still wears the same dress, doing what she can to mend her worn-in collar or patched fabric…

France’s largest internet operator Orange was, on Tuesday, December 10, slapped with a €50 million ($53 million) fine for sending unsolicited adverts resembling emails to…

An Argentine court, on Tuesday, December 10, dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after a match in the country in July. A judge in Mendoza dismissed the case on the advice of the prosecution, which called for the charges to be dropped over inconsistencies in the woman’s version of events.

French President Emmanuel Macron aims to name a new prime minister for France “within 48 hours,” sources close to him Tuesday, December 10, told Agence France-Presse.

A French prosecutor demanded the filmmaker Christophe Ruggia be put under house arrest for two years over sexually assaulting an actor when she was a…

A French filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting actor Adèle Haenel when she was 12 went on trial in Paris on Monday, December 9, five years…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, December 9, called cross-party talks aimed at “forming or making possible a government of national interest” after the ouster…

The rebirth of a stone phoenix, attended by political phoenix Donald Trump, and the French president, who was celebrating the genius of a nation of…

On December 7 and 8, the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after the 2019 fire was more than just a religious event. The event…

Liturgical celebration, architectural and technical event, diplomatic summit, global spectacle, unifying symbol in the midst of a political crisis… The reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in…

Newly restored Notre Dame cathedral held its first mass on Sunday, December 8, with Christians celebrating the return of the French capital’s most famous place of worship after a grand re-opening ceremony. The beloved Paris monument nearly burned down in 2019, but has been fully renovated and fitted with a new roof and spire during a frenzied five-year reconstruction.

  Of course, nothing went according to plan. The Elysée had its dreams, but the weather made sure of this. On Saturday, December 7, the…

An electric fatbike rider, Place de la Bastille, Paris, October 22, 2024. FLORIAN THÉVENARD FOR THE WORLD It’s a sound that cyclists have learned to…

Kylian Mbappé says he reacted with disbelief when he saw media reports from Sweden two months ago that he was the subject of a rape…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on Saturday, December 7, in Paris for the grand reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP), where he…

The reopening of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on the weekend of December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after a fire on April 15,…

Was it to speak in his ear between the opening of the doors and the Te Deum? Donald Trump had initially insisted on sitting next…

In the foreground, the baptistery of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet. Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON…

“We certainly don’t want to copy Starbucks, we’re part of the third wave of coffee shops,” said Carlos Eisler. The message from the chief operating…

President Emmanuel Macron hosted three-way talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and US President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on Saturday, December 7. Trump held talks…

The Archbishop of Paris re-opened Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday, December 7, by symbolically knocking on the doors and entering the 12th-century landmark, which has been restored after five years of renovations following a devastating fire in 2019.