The new exhibition at the French National Immigration History Museum, which reopened in June, seeks to provoke reflection on French identity in a context of the rise of the extreme right
French police say that temporarily relocating them is necessary to maintain security during the opening ceremony
Pioneering mothers are showing that it is possible to breastfeed and be competitive. They include French judo star Clarisse Agbégnénou
‘We are ready,’ says the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, a year ahead of an event that should portray a united France
Uncertainty dogged the Tokyo Games in 2021 during the COVID-19 outbreak and chaotic organization plagued the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
The killings at a kosher Parisian supermarket and a satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, persuaded Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo that bringing the Summer Olympics back to France’s capital for the first time in a century could unite the hurting nation
Officials from many of the sports on the Olympic program are still split on how to treat Russian athletes one year before the Paris Games
Some residents question whether the newfound focus is just pushing users elsewhere instead of treating deeper ills at the root of the crack crisis
The acrobatic team event is physical with flips and throws and swimmers diving off the shoulders of teammates below
Tuesday’s chaos arrives after the spectacular breakdown seen last November during Ticketmaster’s sale of “Eras” tour tickets in the U.S.
The country’s political discourse has forgotten the most important cause of violence: isolation. A collective loneliness has been feeding on the economic, social and political exclusion of the grandchildren of immigrants
Last season’s phenomenon is here to stay: influencers and celebrities, including Rita Ora, have donned the look outside the runway shows
The speedy trials of those arrested in the unrest have unveiled the complex psychology that fueled last week’s violence
A shocking video of an officer firing at and killing a delivery driver of north African descent triggered nationwide protests
Governing his already-polarized country has gotten close to impossible for Macron because a suburban police officer stopped a yellow Class A Mercedes in a bus lane and fired one fatal shot into the 17-year-old driver’s chest
The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old shot by police in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the racial reckoning in the U.S. that began in 2020 with the killing of George Floyd
Civil disobedience takes on new forms of struggle in Paris, London and Bogotá through organized groups that paint cracked sidewalks and turn off brightly lit shop signs, but also to slash tires
A shocking video of the tragic shooting of a teenager by the police sets off a fiery three-night riot, exposing deep-rooted divisions in France
Despite government appeals for calm and vows that order would be restored, smoke from cars and garbage set ablaze was already billowing over the streets of the Paris suburb of Nanterre following a peaceful afternoon march
The killing of Nael Tuesday during a traffic check in Nanterre, captured on video, shocked the country and stirred up long-simmering tensions between young people and police in housing projects
French President Emmanuel Macron called the 17-year-old’s death ‘inexplicable and inexcusable’
The Sultan of Jolo’s heirs are seeking billions from the Malaysian government for mineral rights in northern Borneo, while a Spanish attorney faces criminal charges for his role in the case
The voguing star talks about his childhood, racism, homophobia, and the political message of dance
The 7th-century cemeteries in the east of the capital, of great artistic, architectural and historical value, are being swept aside to make way for roads
The blast ignited a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted the evacuation of buildings in the neighborhood on Wednesday
Tuesday’s search and other related raids were linked to two preliminary investigations related to the Olympics that had not previously been made public, according to an official with the financial prosecutor’s office
Comedian Hannah Gadsby is the show’s lead curator thanks to the success of a 2018 stand-up routine in which they slammed the Spanish painter
