French cosmetics giant L'Oreal announced Thursday its intention to acquire all the shares of Magic Holdings International Limited, a Chinese facial care firm, the French company said.
With record low approval ratings and most of his economic promises in tatters, French President Francois Hollande on Sunday said growth was recovering and unemployment would decrease as government's measures were boring fruit, likely to ease growing public tension.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein will pay official visits to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and France soon, said an official announcement Thursday without specifying the date of his visit.
French President Francois Hollande on Monday called on Washington to offer Paris and its European allies guarantees on the spying issue before continuing free trade negotiations.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls on Saturday condemned the attack on six Chinese students in France's western Gironde Province, describing the incident as an act of xenophobia.
French President Francois Hollande called on his European partners to hold a meeting in sought of a common front on trade talks with China following its anti-dumping probe on European wine imports, a government official said Wednesday.
French President Francois Hollande will pay a state visit to Tokyo at the invitation of the Japanese government from June 6 to 8, said the presidency Monday in a statement.
The man suspected of stabbing a French soldier last week was believed to have acted in accordance with his "religious ideology," Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.
The 66th Cannes Film Festival drew its curtain down on Sunday evening after 12 days' competition with French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1&2" ("Blue is the Warmest Colour") taking the prestigious Palme d'Or.
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) board expressed confidence in Christine Lagarde Thursday as the global lender's managing director answered questions in a French court over alleged abuse of office during her time as French finance minister.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde will answer questions at a French court on Thursday over alleged abuse of office during her time as French finance minister, local media reported on Wednesday.
French President Francois Hollande signed the bill on gay marriage into law on Saturday after it was approved by the Constitutional Council on Friday, the president's office announced.
French upper house of parliament, the Senate approved on Tuesday the Socialists' reform of labor code that offers more flexibility to firms and raised costs on employing staff.
French former president Nicolas Sarkozy was charged with taking financial advantages of the L'Oreal heiress Bennecourt, his lawyer said Thursday night.
Large-scale military operations in Mali "are coming to an end," Malian Prime Minister Diango Cissoko said here Tuesday.
The French government on Monday decided to partially renew the operating licence of processing-meat firm Spanghero that was implicated in the horsemeat scandal.
French President Francois Hollande said on Monday France and its African partners are winning the battle against Islamist rebels in northern Mali.