Olympic France’s happy clitoris
The first Olympic mascot that is political, red, sexual and feminist has arrived to represent the Paris 2024 Games
The first Olympic mascot that is political, red, sexual and feminist has arrived to represent the Paris 2024 Games
The planned expansion of a Paris train station has led to the discovery of skeletons, offerings, and ceramic and glass objects
The sliver of a neighborhood is tucked deeply away near the historic Latin Quarter and the magnificent, domed Pantheon. For diehard, beret-wearing fans of the show, it has become a landmark of its own
The crash of Flight 447 from Rio to Paris killed 228 people and led to lasting changes in aircraft safety measures
The move is likely to enrage unions and other opponents of the pension plan, including protesters gathered in spots around France on Friday evening as the decision came down
Thousands marched along the designated protest route in Paris, while some protesters veered off to the Constitutional Council, which is to decide Friday whether to nix any or all parts of the legislation
A giant banner emblazoned with the words ‘64, it’s no’ was displayed by unionists on the top of the Arc de Triomphe monument soon after the meeting broke up
A man in Paris lost a testicle to an officer’s club, a police grenade took the thumb of a woman in Rouen, and a railroad worker hit by grenade fragments lost an eye
The 15,000 mini-machines will vanish from central Paris at the end of August after contracts with the three operators expire
The mayor of the French capital wants to eliminate them from the public space, but has assured that she will respect the result of Sunday’s referendum on the issue
From Moscow to Tokyo, Madrid, New York, Paris and other major urban centers, the Russian-American photographer Anastasia Samoylova portrays how the urban landscape is heading towards homogenization
Security was ramped up for the 10th round of protest marches since January after the government warned that some demonstrators intended ‘to destroy, to injure and to kill’
They approved a bill that would legalize the temporary use of so-called intelligent surveillance systems to safeguard the Paris Games and Paralympics
The French Minister for Transformation and Public Administration said in a statement that ‘recreational’ apps aren’t secure enough to be used in state administrative services
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said ‘common sense and friendship’ has led to the cancellation, a day after as many as one million demonstrated on the streets
Striking workers have refused to provide red carpets and critics are calling for the British king’s visit to be canceled altogether amid pension reform protests
The president is sticking to his decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 despite mass protests and recent violent incidents in the streets
A two-week strike by Paris garbage collectors is taking a toll on the renowned aesthetics of the French capital
Organizers are planning to install a water-cooling system under the Athletes Village like the one that has helped the Louvre Museum cope with the sweltering heat that broke records last year
With the failure of both votes Monday, the pension bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 is considered adopted
Police banned further gatherings on the Place de la Concorde, where protesters tossed an effigy of Macron into a bonfire as a crowd cheered Friday night
The risky move is expected to trigger a quick no-confidence motion in Macron’s government
Rubbish is mounting up on the streets of the French capital as municipal workers strike against the government’s plan to raise retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030
The 45-year-old pro-business centrist has put his legacy on the line with his pension reform plans
While activists in some places celebrated political and legal advances, observances also pointed to repression in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran
The continuing strikes and protest actions come after more than a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across France on Tuesday
The governing body of European soccer said Tuesday that a scheme has been set up to reimburse all 19,618 tickets purchased by Liverpool fans