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France approves tax on internet giants despite US threats

France has adopted a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook despite US threats of new tariffs on French imports if...

Saudi princess tried in absentia for alleged Paris beating

The only daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was put on trial in absentia in Paris for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to strike a...

Europe ‘facing more frequent and more intense heatwaves’

An international group of experts tasked with assessing climate change has warned that Europe faces the unappetising prospect of more frequent and more intense...

Heatwave puts Italy and France on highest weather alert

France’s national weather service issued its highest-level danger alert as it warned that parts of the country could expect temperatures to reach an “exceptional...

France put on hot weather alert as heatwave reaches Europe

Meteorologists have placed more than half of France, including around Paris, on alert for high temperatures as a heatwave was expected to spread across...

France orange alert declared for 40 degree heat wave

Authorities around Paris have issued an orange alert for intense heat, the second-highest level on its scale, as very hot temperatures are expected across...

Brigitte Macron says she has no taste for politics

France’s first lady says Emmanuel Macron’s election as president “terrified” her and insists that she has no political ambitions of her own. Oh, and she...

Notre Dame residents urged to take blood tests amid lead pollution fears

Paris’ regional health agency is recommending that children under seven and pregnant women who live near Notre Dame Cathedral take a blood test amid...

Paris wants a ‘Princess Diana Square’ at site where she died

Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Diana, Princess of Wales at the site of the car crash that killed the...

Eiffel Tower closed after visitor tries to scale it

France’s Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors after a person has tried to scale it. The Paris monument’s media office said the unidentified individual...

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