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French Holocaust survivor Simone Veil dies at 89

SimoneVeil,aformermagistrateandHolocaustsurvivorbestknowninFranceforlegalizingabortioninthe1970s,diedonFriday.Shewas89yearsold.AJewishsurvivorofaNazideathcampat

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France music festival goes on despite Brussels attack

France's annual music festival, where groups play on street corners and in cafes nationwide, will go ahead despite several attacks on police in past weeks and Tuesday evening's terrorist incident in Brussels, the French government spokesman said.

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France music festival goes on despite Brussels attack: spokesman

France'sannualmusicfestival,wheregroupsplayonstreetcornersandincafesnationwide,willgoaheaddespiteseveralattacksonpoliceinpastweeksandTuesdayevening'sterroristin

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French police: Assailant in Champs-Elysees attack has been on watch list

ThesuspectinMonday’sChamps-Elyseesattackhadbeenonasecuritywatchlistsince2015,theAssociatedPressreported.Policehavealsofoundweapons,ammunition,andgastanksintheca

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French journalist killed in Mosul explosion: media

FrenchjournalistStephanVilleneuvehasbeenkilledafteramineexplodedinMosul,theheadofthenewsdepartmentatpublicbroadcasterFranceTelevisionssaidonTuesday.TwootherFren

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'Real victory will be in 5 years,' Macron camp says after election win

PresidentEmmanuelMacron'sgovernmentonMondaypromisedtorenewpoliticsinFranceasfinalofficialresultsshowedhehadwonthecommandingparliamentarymajorityhewantedtopushth

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Facebook, Twitter and YouTube face fines for allowing 'evil' online

Facebook,TwitterandYouTubecouldbeslappedwithmultimillion-poundfinesforfailingtoremoveextremistandcriminalcontentunderplansbytheUKandFrance.Onlineradicalisationw

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French President Macron heads for crushing parliamentary majority

FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron'spartyisoncourseforanoverwhelmingparliamentarymajorityafterSunday'sfirstroundofvotingfortheNationalAssemblylefttraditionalpartiesi

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Ronaldo fires Portugal, France complicates path to Russia

Francecomplicatedtheirtaskofensuringautomaticqualificationtonextyear'sWorldCupinRussiaafterfallingtoadramatic2-1defeatinSwedenonSaturday.Swedensnatchedvictorywi

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France launches website to lure foreign brainpower on climate change

TheFrenchpresidencylaunchedonThursdayawebsitetolureinternationalscientists,engineersandentrepreneurstoFrancefollowingU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'sdecisiontopullout

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France vows to go beyond Paris climate commitments

FrancehasvowedtogobeyonditsinitialinternationalcommitmentstocombatclimatechangefollowingUSPresidentDonaldTrump'sdecisiontopulloutoflastyear'sParisaccord,agovern

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France's Macron set for biggest majority since De Gaulle

‍Emmanuel Macron's party is set to win the biggest parliamentary majority for a French president since Charles de Gaulle's 1968 landslide, a survey of voter intentions for the coming legislative elections showed on Tuesday.

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France's Macron set for biggest majority since De Gaulle

‍EmmanuelMacron'spartyissettowinthebiggestparliamentarymajorityforaFrenchpresidentsinceCharlesdeGaulle's1968landslide,asurveyofvoterintentionsforthecominglegisl

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Putin set to visit France in hope of mending strained ties

OnatripthatwilllikelyshapeRussia-Francetiesforyearstocome,PresidentVladimirPutinissettovisitFrancefortalksonMondaywithnewly-electedFrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron

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7th Chinese Film Festival opens in Paris

ElevenChinesefilmswillbescreenedinsevenFrenchcitiesaspartofthe7thChineseFilmFestivalinFrance.Hitfilmsfromthepast12monthsfromavarietyofgenreswillgreetFrenchaudie

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Macron tries to sell plan to reform France’s labor market

French President Emmanuel Macron is holding meetings with unions and business organizations to discuss reforming the country’s labor market, which many blame for France’s sub-par economic performance over recent years.

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Macron tries to sell plan to reform France’s labor market

FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacronisholdingmeetingswithunionsandbusinessorganizationstodiscussreformingthecountry’slabormarket,whichmanyblameforFrance’ssub-pareconom