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Experts are predicting this summer to be the busiest travel season in years as more pandemic-related travel restrictions ease.

Zheng Qinwen has become the fourth Chinese woman to reach the fourth round at the French Open, doing so in her tournament debut.

The 75th Cannes Film Festival wraps Saturday with the presentation of the Palme d’Or and other awards selected by a nine-member jury headed by French actor Vincent Lindon.

“Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Broker,” another tale of misfits from society’s margins.

Robert De Niro was the honored guest at the 28th annual amfAR Gala Cannes, where one lucky guest won an auction to have lunch with the actor and a piece of his family history.

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A court in Spain has dismissed Colombian singer Shakira’s appeal in a tax fraud case.

Last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will withdraw from the tournament.

Germany’s health minister says the government plans to suspend a pandemic rule requiring people to show proof of vaccination, a negative test result or recent recovery from COVID-19 to enter the country over the summer.

As health authorities monitor the global outbreak of monkeypox, the United States is now responding to a request to release the nation’s stockpile of the monkeypox vaccine.

Hugo Gaston has pulled off a five-set victory over 19th-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia.

Barbora Krejcikova has become only the third defending women’s champion to lose in the first round of the French Open.

Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to nine offences, including seven rapes, at Chester Crown Court.

Climate change is jolting the wine industry. Lesley Stahl reports on how the economics, practices and in some cases even the flavors of wine are being altered by our shifting climate.

The crowds at the French Open are back to their no-mask, no-distancing, full-capacity, pre-pandemic levels after two years of COVID-19 restrictions.

French feminist collective SCUM has said she is one of their activists and was there to denounce sexual violence by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

A woman who stripped off her clothes to reveal a message written on her body has crashed the Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new Cabinet.

They join a growing list of countries where cases of the rare viral illness have popped up outside of the disease’s typical territory in recent days.

Seven countries including the U.S., France, Italy, Israel and Greece have taken part in an series of drills in and around Cyprus designed to ease civilian evacuations from conflict zones and to conduct offshore rescue operations, amid a renewed sense of urgency due to the war in Ukraine

The virus causes flu-like symptoms and has been identified in the U.S., France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Canada and the U.K.

As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America, scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease’s spread in the West

Gusts of wind of up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) have hit areas in western and northwestern Germany and the national weather service there is warning that heavy storms could bring the possibility of tornadoes.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally.

Iran’s state TV says two French citizens have been arrested in Iran after meeting with protesting teachers and taking part in an anti-government rally

After two years of the pandemic, the 75th Cannes Film Festival is getting going with a familiar dose of controversy and some new snafus as it readies for its largest gathering on the French Riviera since the 2019 edition.

The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to energy supplies.

UK-EU relations will never be easy. But they should be better than this.

An award-wining Iranian filmmaker says authorities have raided the offices and homes of several filmmakers and other industry professionals and arrested some of them.

Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy, has died.

At the Met in New York, an in-depth look at Carpeaux’s “Why Born Enslaved!”, a marble bust depicting an enslaved woman.

The stakes are high, the fight nasty and the party of centrist President Emmanuel Macron is the one to beat.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and led defending champion Canada to a 5-3 victory over Germany in their opening game at the world ice hockey championship in Helsinki.

In Europe, boats have tended to be associated with efforts to keep refugees out. But advocates say this setup is more supportive.

France’s Foreign Ministry says that two French nationals have been arrested in Iran and French authorities have “fully mobilized” to secure their swift release

The long-rumored memoir by Bono, U2′s frontman, is coming out this fall.

Kelly Meafua's club said one of his teammates "tried to rescue him, without success."

Palantir said there is a "wide range of potential upside" to its guidance "including those driven by our role in responding to developing geopolitical events."

Long-divided left-wing parties in France will march into forthcoming legislative elections largely together, after the Socialist Party voted to join a nascent coalition behind hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

The tech industry’s deep pockets are wooing governments. There’s a risk of regulatory capture.

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Changpeng Zhao, Binance's CEO and founder, described France as "very progressive" in adopting crypto.

Calls for a windfall tax after BP announced rising profits are among the stories leading the papers.

British officials say hundreds of people have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the last 24 hours, after more than a week in which no crossings were reported.

No sooner had Emmanuel Macron defeated a far-right rival in last month's presidential vote than left-wing parties began mounting a challenge for legislative supremacy in June elections.

So far on Monday more than 100 migrants are thought to have been brought from the English Channel.

Tens of thousands of people were marching in cities across Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for their citizens.

France alleges its forces in Mali are the victim of smear campaign involving a Russian mercenary group.

The High Authority for Communication of Mali has announced a decision to permanently suspend French media outlets Radio France International and France 24, two of the most listened to news outlets in the West African country

Seeing Macron win in France, America's Trumpy far right knows that to win, it has to cheat. It has to lie and tear down trust in democratic processes.

As he begins a second term as France’s president, Emmanuel Macron has given the green light for the delivery of artillery pieces to Ukraine

As he begins a second term as France's president, Emmanuel Macron has given the green light for the delivery of artillery pieces to Ukraine.

When Vladimir Putin congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as France's president and wished him “success in your activities,” the Russian leader probably was being more polite than sincere. As he embarks on a second term, with the intention of keeping France at the forefront of international efforts to force Putin to change course in Ukraine, Macron has given a green light for the delivery of modern artillery pieces to Kyiv that could help stem Russia’s new offensive in the east of the country. Used to great effect against Islamic State forces in Iraq and in other conflicts, they represent a step up in France's assistance to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government.

Many world leaders saw the French president's win over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen as bolstering the European Union.

The party says a shorter-term scheme would stop those at the top benefiting from "outdated tax perks".

But without a change in governing style, the risk of another polarizing election standoff won’t go away.

The far-right has gone mainstream in France. With 41.5% of the vote, unprecedented for her, Le Pen's anti-foreigner, anti-system politics of disgruntlement are now more entrenched than ever in the psyche, thinking and political landscape of France. Since the Le Pen dynasty — first her dad, Jean-Marie, and now Marine, his daughter — first started contesting presidential elections in 1974, never have so many French voters bought into their doctrine that multicultural and multiracial France, a country with the words “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” inscribed on its public buildings, would be richer, safer and somehow more French if it was less open to foreigners and the outside world.

France's Emmanuel Macron used his victory speech Sunday to address disaffection at his leadership.

The 44-year-old will now serve for another five years as President of the French Republic.

France's Emmanuel Macron looks set for a second term as president, with exit polls predicting he will comfortably beat his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in Sunday's election.

A chalet rental operator told Insider of a Russian family that left mid-stay after war broke out, and of a "noticeable absence" of Russian bookings.

France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday in a race between between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen.

France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday in a race between between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen.

No matter the outcome of Sunday’s election, the appeal of extremist candidates is worrying for the health of transatlantic liberalism.

Sunday's contest has implications for the spread of far-right ideology, France's relationship with the rest of Europe and the country's posture toward Russia.

The leader of France's nationalist party, Marine Le Pen, is seeing her previous links to Russia resurfacing ahead of Sunday's vote.

Marine Le Pen’s vision for France if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s runoff presidential election would include a ban on Muslim headscarves in public, schoolchildren in uniforms and laws passed by referedum

After years of seeing Marine Le Pen as a dangerous extreme, many voters now see her as a politician like any other.

Disgruntled left-wing voters whose candidates were knocked out in the first round of France's election are the wild cards in the winner-takes-all runoff on Sunday.

The French president may well win reelection, but the forces propelling the far right are nevertheless strengthening.

President Emmanuel Macron staked his rule on placing France at the heart of a strengthened European project, while Marine Le Pen is a skeptic of the continent’s defining geopolitical institutions — the European Union and NATO.

A college baseball pitcher in Texas is facing expulsion for attacking a player at bat after a home run.

France’s presidential campaign has been difficult for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities.

Martin Walker’s ‘Bruno’s Challenge’ and Cara Black’s ‘Murder at the Porte de Versailles’ should come with wine and cheese.

The bosses of several major crypto companies say governments are beginning to take a more positive approach to the sector.

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if she is elected.

The key question, when voters head to the polls on April 24, will be how many people find the new flavor of Le Pen a more acceptable choice.

A Chilean man has appealed his 28-year prison sentence over the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend in France in 2016. Nicolas Zepeda, 31, lodged the appeal on Wednesday, a day after a local French court gave him his sentence and determined that the murder was premeditated, as prosecutors had previously claimed. Zepeda moved to Japan to study at the University of Tsukuba in 2014 and started dating Kurosaki, according to reports.

A new book explores the first campaign to decolonize Europe’s museums—and exposes the conspiracy that smothered it.

British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva.

For months, French President Emmanuel Macron looked certain to become the country's first leader in 20 years to win a second term.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, according to two EU officials.

French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations.

Secret intelligence is playing an unusually public role in the war in Ukraine.

The last surviving suspect from the deadly 2015 Paris attacks has told a court he felt “ashamed” after failing to detonate his suicide belt on the bloody night of Nov. 13.

In what appeared to be a coordinated action to tackle Russian espionage, at least four European allies say they are expelling dozens of Russian diplomats.

Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron shattered their own rhythm dance world record on Friday to take the lead over two American teams at the world championships in Montpellier, France.

Greece has signed deals worth some 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) to buy three navy frigates and six additional Rafale fighter jets from France, as Athens strengthens its armed forces in response to tension with neighboring Turkey.

The European Union’s executive arm has proposed a 500 million-euro aid package to help food producers in the 27-nation bloc weather the economic impact of the war in Ukraine.

Farmers worldwide are weighing whether to change their planting patterns and grow more wheat this spring as Russia's war in Ukraine has choked off or thrown into question grain supplies from a region known as “the breadbasket of the world.”.

As veterans of World War II get older and older, with most of them now in their late 80s and 90s, how will we preserve that legacy and keep their sacrifice alive?

A Norwegian duel is playing out for the season-ending men’s World Cup ski race and the seasonlong slalom title.

Mikaela Shiffrin’s standout World Cup season has ended by letting the giant slalom title slip away to Tessa Worley.

A Ukrainian police officer in Mariupol has warned the besieged port city has been “wiped off the face of the earth” and has pleaded with the American and French presidents to provide his country with a modern air defense system.

High energy costs are stoking unrest in parts of Europe.

Russia’s request to freeze a FIFA ban on its soccer teams ahead of next week’s World Cup qualifying playoffs has been denied.

A federal labor board wants to reinstate an Amazon employee who was fired from his New York City warehouse job after leading a protest in the early days of the pandemic calling for better COVID-19 protections.

Mikaela Shiffrin has soared back to the summit of skiing by clinching the overall World Cup title.

Mikaela Shiffrin has won skiing’s overall World Cup title for the fourth time.

Novak Djokovic will be allowed to play at the French Open even if he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 as long as the coronavirus situation in France remains stable.