Two parts of the planet remain detached and could be connected by bridge - but one travel guru has explained why this hasn't ...

France had fallen to the Nazis in 1940, but an internal resistance movement had struggled to sabotage occupying forces and overthrow the German-backed Vichy government. By late summer of 1944, as ...

After firing his coalition partner, chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to call fresh elections in the new year.

U.K. deal will likely draw attention to France, another European sovereign state with contested territories in the Indian Ocean region like Tromelin Island.

France’s government confirmed it expects the budget deficit to rise to 6.1% of economic output in 2024 as it canceled some ...

Tyre maker Michelin plans to close two of its French factories, affecting about 1,250 workers, it said on Tuesday as Europe's ...

Because of their privileged status as a transnational religious institution and their allegiance to the pope, the Jesuits enjoyed considerable autonomy from both the Spanish and Portuguese crowns.

The French government has withdrawn a proposed amendment to its 2025 budget that would have legalized online casinos, citing ...

“Bringing the deficit back to 5% next year is really the credibility threshold,” Villeroy told a news conference with French Finance Minister Antoine Armand in Washington. “The government ...

The French national assemblee will exceptionally ... a number of which have been filed by the government's camp. Opposition parties fear it's deliberately delaying discussions to force the budget ...

France's National Assembly on Friday approved an amendment to the government's 2025 belt-tightening budget bill that would ...