The Place de la Concorde, once the site of the guillotine that executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution, is being transformed this week for a very different event:
In the decades before the storming of the Bastille, France did not simply move toward revolution because of bad harvests, economic collapse, or the glaring inequality between Versailles and the starving streets
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A new book has unleashed a blistering critique of President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of surrounding himself with a “boy band” of loyalists and making reckless decisions driven by “narcissism and depression.”
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A Paris court on Monday found ten individuals guilty of cyber harassment against France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron, in the latest legal action over false claims that she is a transgender woman.
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Britain has launched a precision missile strike against Islamic State positions in Syria, working in tandem with the French air force, the Ministry of Defence confirmed. RAF Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets deployed
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by refusing to back a controversial plan to use frozen Russian state assets to finance Ukraine, according to a
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French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the European Union could be forced to take “strong measures” against China, including tariffs, if Beijing does not address its growing trade surplus with the
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French President Emmanuel Macron used a high-profile meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to push for increased Chinese investment in France, seeking to narrow a persistent and politically sensitive trade gap that
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French President Emmanuel Macron has faced criticism over a proposal to introduce a certification scheme for “serious” media outlets, which some observers have described as Orwellian. Macron said the plan was intended
More French President Emmanuel Macron has raised fresh alarms about the future of the Group of 20, suggesting the international economic forum may be “reaching the end of a cycle.” Speaking at the
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French President Emmanuel Macron is contemplating inviting Chinese President Xi Jinping to the 2026 Group of Seven summit in Evian, a move that has reportedly been discussed with some European allies. The
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A courtroom drama in Paris has cast an unflattering light on France’s intelligence service, the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE), which has been accused of misusing a secret emergency fund
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French prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged human trafficking and pimping connected to the late Harrods and Ritz Hotel owner Mohamed Al Fayed, following claims by an American woman, Pelham Spong,
More France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron has once again found herself at the centre of a wave of online rumours questioning her gender – a conspiracy theory that began circulating shortly after Emmanuel
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Inmates at Paris’ La Santé prison have reportedly threatened former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the death of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to a cell phone video circulating online. Sarkozy,
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Across the globe, adults-only spaces are on the rise. In South Korea, hundreds of cafés have declared themselves “no-kids zones.” In Japan, websites map districts where noisy children are unwelcome. Spain’s adults-only
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