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France shuts down amid nationwide strike over pension reforms

The Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s vaunted high-speed trains stood still and several thousand people protested in Paris as unions launched nationwide strikes over...

Man killed, 330,000 without power following heavy snow in France

Heavy snow in southern France has brought down power lines and trees and left one person dead. The snowfall has also caused widespread traffic disruption. The...

French woman claims director Roman Polanski raped her in 1975

A French woman in her early 60s claims she was raped as a teenager by Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, according to reports in the...

Ken Owens says Wales will gain confidence from past experiences against France

Ken Owens believes that experience is a key factor behind Wales’ successful big-game mentality. The Six Nations champions tackle World Cup quarter-final opponents France in...

Typhoon Hagibis leaves dozens dead in Japan

Rescue crews in Japan are digging through mudslides and searching for missing people following a typhoon that has left dozens dead. Typhoon Hagibis unleashed torrents...

Global Fund raises $14bn to fight Aids, TB and malaria

Almost $14bn has been raised to finance the global fight against Aids, tuberculosis and malaria over the next three years, French President Emmanuel Macron...

France honours victims of knife attack at Paris police headquarters

French interior minister, Christophe Castaner, has posthumously bestowed France’s highest award, the Legion d’honneur, on the four victims of last week’s knife attack at...

French security chief talks of ‘malfunctions’ before police attack

France’s interior minister has acknowledged there were “malfunctions” that failed to prevent a deadly attack inside Paris police headquarters by an employee. Christophe Castaner said...

‘Nothing to suggest Paris police attacker had been radicalised’ – French govt

The French government has said there is nothing to suggest the police employee who stabbed four colleagues to death at Paris police headquarters had...

Edward Snowden calls on French leader Macron to grant him asylum

Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked classified documents detailing government surveillance programmes, is calling on French President Emmanuel Macron to...

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