Currently head of the economics desk in Paris, he worked in Stockholm and Brussels before moving to the United States where he was a correspondent in New York, the White House (2000 to 2005) and ...

Three decades after his death, François Mitterrand remains a defining yet contested figure in French politics. His biographer ...

France's main Braille publisher is in financial crisis after a bold decision to sell its embossed books for the same price as standard ones. Its future raises the broader question of whether printed ...

Mitterrand promised the same magical economic results. The French economy collapsed, and socialist policies had to be rolled back.

(UPDATE) LONDON — MTV kickstarted a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its debut music video.

Dahbia Benkired, an Algerian woman, was convicted of raping and killing 12-year-old Lola Daviet, in a case that outraged France and raised questions about the deportation of migrants. By Ségolène Le ...

A portrait of the late former French justice minister Robert Badinter adorns the facade of the Panthéon during his induction ceremony, in Paris on October 9, 2025. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / AFP Robert ...

In France, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy. Manufacturing is the most important sector and accounts for 86 percent of total ...

Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open after a two-year absence, receiving a wild-card invitation on Wednesday to compete in singles at Flushing Meadows at age 45.

Look up oxymoron in the dictionary and you may just see the phrase "Essential 1981 Donruss." Nonetheless, the set was a historically important monopoly-busting debut from a company that would soon ...

The biggest race in cycling gets underway on Saturday, July 5, when riders will begin their three-week battle for the coveted Tour de France yellow jersey. Tadej Pogačar, the 26-year-old Slovenian ...

Jeffrey Fields receives funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Schmidt Futures. USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding ...