‘Rue David Bowie’ — Paris to Name Street After Rock Icon
PARIS –– The city of Paris will on Monday name a street after rock music icon David Bowie, officials said, a first in honour of the singer eight years after his death.
PARIS –– The city of Paris will on Monday name a street after rock music icon David Bowie, officials said, a first in honour of the singer eight years after his death.
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will put increased restrictions on transgender athletes amid controversy over their advantages over women.
French authorities said this New Year’s Eve was a “calm” night in which only 745 vehicles were set on fire and nearly 400 arrests.
Eurostar services to and from London were canceled Saturday after a tunnel under the River Thames became flooded due to heavy rain.
France will mobilise nearly 100,000 police officers, gendarmes and soldiers to Paris on New Year’s Eve amid a “very high terrorist threat”.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was closed to visitors and tourists on Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations.
The giant opening ceremony to launch the Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks.
Emmanuel Macron is facing outrage over plans to replace historic stained glass windows with modern verisions in the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
Two “African type” teens were arrested after a pregnant woman was assaulted and robbed in Paris for being “Jewish and therefore rich”.
The suspected Paris Islamist terrorist attacker reportedly confessed to police, claiming he was motivated by the “persecution” of Muslims.
A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others were charged with allegedly sexually exploiting followers seeking enlightenment.
Paris police arrested a man on Saturday evening after he allegedly killed one man and injured another two while shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’.
Six teens on trial in Paris for alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class.
Migrants living in camps along the Seine River in Paris were removed on Tuesday amid a cleanup effort for next year’s Summer Olympics.
The French far-left has been criticised for boycotting a bipartisan protest against antisemitism as over 100,000 demonstrated in Paris.
Stars of David were spray painted on homes in Paris on Tuesday night in what political leaders called a chilling evocation of “the 1930s.”
A woman is in critical condition after police opened fire at an individual allegedly threatening people on public transport.
Top art historian publishes report on fire, says not only could blaze been avoided, but other historic buildings remain vulnerable.
Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says a wax figure depicting him in a museum in Paris needs to be updated with “important details” — “starting with my skin color.”
French police have arrested two Paris-area residents over links to the October 16th terrorist attack in Brussels.
A reporter in Paris captured a heartwarming moment when he found himself trapped at the top of the Eiffel Tower with a couple he had just met.
The Louvre Museum in Paris has been evacuated after reportedly receiving a bomb in the wake of suspected Islamist attack on Friday.
Bedbugs have plagued France for decades. They get around easily as people travel from city to city and have become resistant to insecticides.
One evening in 2016, an assailant killed two police officers in their family home, in front of their 3-year-old son.
A couple from New Zealand recently had an unpleasant travel experience on Singapore Airlines in June because of a furry passenger.
The French general in charge of the restoration of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Jean-Louis Georgelin, has died at 74.
Paris Olympics organizers canceled a swimming test event Saturday in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality.
Heavy rains in Paris have led to the cancellation of a swimming event in the Seine River that was to be a test for next year’s Olympics.
First lady Jill Biden landed in Paris early Monday morning ready to celebrate the United States formally rejoining a U.N. arts and culture agency which has billed the White House $619 million for its trouble.
Massive riots that saw thousands of cars and buildings burnt out sees over 1,200 convictions and 600 people sent to prison.
A West African migrant has been arrested after allegedly pushing a woman in front of an oncoming train in Paris on Friday.
A crane hoisted massive oak trusses onto Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday in a spectacular operation to rebuild ‘Our Lady of Paris’.
Military investigates whether a group of well-disciplined young men in balaclavas zip-tying suspected looters were actually their own people.
Former U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman slammed the Biden administration for its having yet to invite the Israeli premier to the White House while accusing it of “strengthening” the otherwise “weak” Iranian regime.
The huge extent of damage and vandalism caused in nearly a week of nightly riots in France dramatically underlined by government figures.
A court in France reversed the French government’s decision to ban a prominent Iranian opposition group’s rally in support of the current uprising in Iran, in what is being hailed as a “major blow” to Tehran’s repressive Islamic regime and a major victory for its opponents.
France considers state of emergency after hundreds of arrests and injured police officers, and thousands of fires including town halls.
France erupted in violence for a second night Wednesday as security forces moved to prevent more protests over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police.
Paris struck by major violence overnight as residents protest the shooting of a teenager by police, with major deployment expected tonight.
French rescue workers searched Thursday for a person feared missing after a powerful blast brought down a building on Paris’ Left Bank.