The French and Brazilian governments have launched a four-year plan to protect the Amazon rainforest,in the process reviving their bilateral relationship.
French actor Juliette Binoche talks about turning 60,and starring in a new TV series and a movie – one of them with her ex-partner Benoît Magimel.
In The Taste of Things,the French star’s former partner Benoît Magimel appears as a renowned 19th-century gourmet. She plays his live-in cook and sometime paramour.
Athletes who were approved to compete at the Olympics under a neutral flag can only “experience the event” – likely watching from near the river.
Despite facing the same pressures as other global cities,Paris has a deliberate strategy to retain its poorer citizens – and it spends a lot of money doing so.
It is enormous at 18 metres tall and 48 tonnes,with dozens of human passengers riding on its head,shoulders and flanks.
With so many centuries of history seeped into its walls,it’s practically a portal to the Middle Ages.
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
The French government,the City of Paris,and the 2024 organising committee remain determined to stage the ceremony on the Seine – but security agencies aren’t so sure.
A five-day hike around Mont Ventoux,the southern France mountain that strikes fear into the hearts of Tour de France cyclists every few years,is equally confronting and rewarding.
France has become the first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its Constitution,a move welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups.