PARIS Haute-couture designer Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director at Chanel and an icon of the fashion industry with his extravagant outfits and striking catwalks, has died aged 85.
PARIS More than half of French people want the "yellow vests" to end their sometimes violent anti-government protests, with many believing demonstrators still marching through cities each weekend no longer reflect the group's early demands.
Belfort Bis vor fünf Jahren war Alstom in Belfort der größte Arbeitgeber. Dann verkaufte der Konzern sein Turbinen-Geschäft an den US-Rivalen General Electric.
PARIS A secret "boys club" of journalists in France has been accused of harassing women writers and feminists during a near-decade long campaign of online bullying.
BELFORT, France After four decades on the production line at French trainmaker Alstom, Claude Gemino had little sympathy for Emmanuel Macron when Brussels scotched the French president's hopes of creating a European rail champion.
PARIS France's agriculture minister sought to reassure households that food shopping bills would not jump dramatically as a rise in minimum food prices aimed at raising farmers' incomes came into effect on Friday.
PARIS French lawmakers have backed a bill banning protesters from hiding their faces during demonstrations, reinforcing President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to push back against violent members of the "yellow vest" movement.
PARIS France's "yellow vests" suffered the first setback to their ambitions to contest May's European elections after one of 10 candidates and their campaign director quit following a barrage of attacks from within the divided protest movement.
PARIS A decision by a small group of "yellow vest" protesters to contest May's European Parliament elections has exposed deep splits within their amorphous anti-government movement about whether and how to become a more organised political force.
LONDON/PARIS Rescuers said there was almost no chance of Premier League football player Emiliano Sala being found alive after a recording emerged of a fearful voice message he apparently sent from his stricken plane before it disappeared over the English Channel.
Vietnam is preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to arrive by train for his summit in Hanoi next week with U.S. President Donald Trump, two sources with direct knowledge of security and logistics planning told Reuters on Wednesday.