Thomas Adamson
The Associated Press
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Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion Week
Highlights from the first day of spring-summer haute couture displays from Paris Fashion Week. → Read More
UN: Great Barrier Reef should be on heritage 'danger' list
PARIS (AP) — A United Nations-backed mission is recommending the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, sounding the alarm that without “ambitious, rapid and susta... → Read More
Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut
PARIS (AP) — The European Space Agency made history Wednesday by selecting an amputee... → Read More
Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut
The European Space Agency has made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — one step → Read More
New measures for size introduced as world's population surpasses 8 billion
Scientists meeting outside of Paris on Friday have expanded the world's measuring unit systems for the first time this century. → Read More
New measures for size, as world's people surpass 8 billion
What is bigger: A ronna or a quetta? Scientists meeting outside Paris on Friday who have increased the world’s measuring unit systems for the first time this century have the → Read More
Paris 2024 Olympics, Paralympics mascot is a smiling hat
PARIS (AP) — The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics have been revealed... → Read More
The mascot for the next Olympic Games is a hat
The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia and the Balkans. → Read More
Iconic French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
GENEVA (AP) — Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave... → Read More
Iconic French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first big endeavor, “Breathless,” and stood for years as one of the world’s most vital and provocative directors has died. He was 91. → Read More
Iconic French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
Godard defied convention over a long career that began in the 1950s as a film critic. He rewrote rules for camera, sound and narrative. → Read More
Rescuers to move whale stranded in French river to saltwater
French environmentalists will try to move a dangerously thin beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater river basin Tuesday to try and save its life. → Read More
Why Louvre's Mona Lisa keeps a smile: Paris' cooling system
The Mona Lisa may maintain her famously enigmatic smile because she benefits from one of Paris’ best-kept secrets: An underground cooling system that’s helped the Louvre cope with the sweltering heat that has broken temperature records across Europe. → Read More
France skirts over Khashoggi killing amid Saudi prince visit
PARIS (AP) — France’s presidency on Friday focused on global warming, the war in Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal in relaying details about the controversial dinner in Paris between Saudi Crown Pr… → Read More
France skirts over Khashoggi killing amid Saudi prince visit
France’s presidency on Friday focused on global warming, the war in Ukraine and the Iran nuclear deal in relaying details about the controversial dinner in Paris between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron. → Read More
Europe's leaders look to ink energy deals to sidestep Russia
European leaders ramped up their push to secure alternative energy supplies Monday as fears escalate of a complete natural gas cutoff by Russia, with the leaders of Italy, France and the European Union looking to seal deals with their counterparts in Algeria, Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates. → Read More
French voters elect parliamentarians, in test for Macron
French voters are going to the polls in the final round of key parliamentary elections that will demonstrate how much legroom President Emmanuel Macron’s party will be given to implement his ambitious domestic agenda. → Read More
Why France's parliamentary elections are important to Macron
Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power. → Read More
Macron vs Le Pen: France votes in tense presidential runoff
France began voting in a presidential runoff election Sunday with repercussions for Europe’s future, with centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron the front-runner but fighting a tough challenge from far-right rival Marine Le Pen. → Read More
France’s two presidential contenders: Who’s proposing what
It’s crunch time for voters in France as incumbent President Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, is meeting far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen of the National Rally at the ballot box for Sunday’s final presidential vote. With foreign policy an issue as war ravages Europe's east, along with worries over inflation in one of the world's biggest economies, the stakes could not be higher. → Read More