Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago on Sunday, unleashing an eruption of kissing, dancing, tears and gratitude.
Read moreThe chief Paris prosecutor announced Friday that he will investigate the rape of minors, age 15 and older, as well as other charges linked to the case of the late wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Paris officials on Tuesday downplayed the risk of lead poisoning from the massive fire that tore through Notre Dame cathedral in April, as tests continue to show worrying levels of the toxic metal at nearby schools.
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The city of Paris has ordered a deep cleaning for schools nearest to Notre Dame, whose lead roof melted away in the cathedral’s devastating fire in April.
Read moreThe Paris prosecutor’s office says that there is no evidence from a preliminary investigation to suggest that a fire that destroyed large parts of Notre Dame Cathedral was criminal.
Read moreThe Eiffel Tower was evacuated and closed down on Monday after a man began scaling the Paris monument, eventually stopping his climb near the top but apparently refusing to come down.
Read moreFrench protesters and police clashed briefly in Paris as thousands of people gather for a May Day march. Demonstrators were arrested at several rallies in Russia and workers’ celebrations were held around the world.
Read moreParis police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark.
Read moreFueled by a lattice of centuries-old timbers, the fire moved hungrily across Notre Dame’s rooftop toward the cathedral’s iconic spire. It belched yellow smoke, spitting out gritty particles of wood, stone, lead and iron and wanted more. Far below, their vision obscured by fumes and tears, firefighters, priests and municipal workers passed treasures hand-to-hand, hoping the speed of desperation could outrun the flames.
Read moreNotre Dame Cathedral would have burned to the ground in a “chain-reaction collapse” had firefighters not moved as rapidly as they did to battle the blaze racing through the beloved landmark building, a French government official said Wednesday.
Read moreNearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the French president set a five-year deadline to get the work done.
Read moreParis’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed at least 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof and clambering across balconies as flames rapidly engulfed their nine-story apartment building.
Read moreParis Fire Department said rescuers have found a woman’s body under the rubble of a bakery in Paris that was blown apart by a powerful explosion, bringing the overall death toll to four.
Read moreTwo anti-gang French policemen are going on trial on charges of gang-raping a Canadian tourist at Paris police headquarters.
Read moreParis, the City of Lights, is pushing to become a city without so many car lights. Since taking office in 2014, Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo has pushed to remove more vehicles, especially gas-powered ones, from the boulevards of Paris, one of Europe’s most congested and smog-laden cities.
Read moreThe insurer that paid out more than $6.1 million to Kim Kardashian West for a 2016 robbery brought negligence claims Wednesday against the reality star’s former bodyguard.
Read moreThe themes and trappings are familiar for an Ernest Hemingway narrative: Paris, wartime, talk of books and wine and the scars of battle.
Read moreA French judicial official says the sole surviving suspect from the November 2015 Paris extremist attacks was in the judges’ office on Thursday for the sixth hearing since he was charged last year.
Read moreWorldwide investments in renewable energy need to dramatically overtake investments in fossil fuels as early as 2025 to meet United Nations climate-change goals, according to new research.
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