The mayor grew up in a building so decrepit — filthy hallways, no private toilets, no showers — that his friends in nearby concrete towers
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From New England to Notre-Dame, a U.S. Carpenter Tends to a French Icon
Notre-Dame Cathedral sat in the pre-dawn chill like a spaceship docked in the heart of Paris, its exoskeleton of scaffolding lit by bright lights. Pink
French Farmer Was Spark Behind Widespread Protests
Jérôme Bayle had spent seven nights on a major French highway, leading a group of aggrieved farmers in protest, when the prime minister arrived, dressed
French Farmers Block Roads Around Paris in Growing Standoff
Irate farmers deployed tractors to block the main roads in and out of Paris on Monday in an intensifying standoff that has left the capital
French Parliament Approves Immigration Overhaul
France’s Parliament late Tuesday approved an immigration overhaul that was made tougher under right-wing pressure, securing a legislative win for President Emmanuel Macron but risking
Michel Ciment, Eminent French Film Critic, Is Dead at 85
Michel Ciment, a French film critic whose passion for cinema helped define it as serious art for generations of French moviegoers, directors and producers, even
French Nuns and Climate Activists Square Off Over Plans for a Megachurch
When climate activists protesting the building of a huge church complex in a natural park in the South of France scaled the construction site, the
The Rigid World of French Cheesemaking Meets Unbound Climate Change
Just past the neat vineyards and country houses with their blue shutters and tile roofs, goats munch their way through a field of thigh-high plants
Pyotr Pavlensky Found Guilty in French Court for Sex Tape Scandal
The Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky was convicted on privacy invasion and consent laws in France after publishing intimate texts and videos of a politician for
Man Found Guilty of Complicity in 2016 Terrorist Murder of French Couple
A French-Moroccan man was convicted on Wednesday on charges of complicity in the 2016 murders of an off-duty police officer and his partner at their