Nicolas Sarkozy stripped of Legion of Honour over corruption conviction
Former French president loses country’s highest state award despite Emmanuel Macron’s opposition to move The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his...
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World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns
Speaking at France summit, António Guterres called for bold pledges to stop deep sea from becoming ‘wild west’ Nations must move from “plunder to protection”...
I love the graffiti I see in Paris – but tagging is just visual manspreading | Alexander Hurst
Call me a middle-class ‘bobo’, but inspired street art has nothing in common with sprayed-on assertions of ‘me, me, me’ Among the layers of life...
Weather tracker: Fierce thunderstorms and big hailstones hit parts of Europe
France particularly badly hit, while rainfall across southern China triggers landslides and widespread disruption This week, large parts of Europe have been affected by a...
France finally acts to deliver justice in infamous Dreyfus case
More than century on, wronged officer is in line for posthumous promotion More than a century ago he was wrongly convicted of treason in a...
Two people die and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League victory
Vehicles torched in French capital as football supporters clash with police following match in Munich Two people have died and hundreds have been arrested across...
At least 81 arrested in Paris as fans celebrate PSG’s Champions League victory
Police on the Champs-Élysées use teargas and pepper spray to keep order after huge crowds had gathered for game At least 81 people have been...
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French scientist who invented abortion pill, dies aged 98
Doctor whose discovery helped create mifepristone was ‘guided by his commitment to progress made possible by science’ French scientist Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the inventor of the...
Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she believes online pornography played role in rape case
Caroline Darian tells Hay festival that pornography websites are ‘part of the system’ of misogyny and violence There is “no way” that Gisèle Pelicot would...
Trump indicates ‘positive’ progress in US-EU trade talks
Wall Street up in early trading after US president commends bloc for calling to ‘quickly establish meeting dates’ Donald Trump has indicated there has been...
