The mass French return to work, known as the “rentrée,” is often marked by renewed social conflict. This year has been no exception as the
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Top French Court Upholds Abaya Ban in Schools
A top court in France on Thursday upheld a new government decree barring children in public schools from wearing the abaya, a loosefitting, full-length robe
French Citizen Killed After Straying Into Algerian Waters
Algerian coast guards shot and killed a French citizen and detained another after they strayed on jet skis into Algerian waters from Morocco, where they
Léon Gautier, Last Surviving French Commando From D-Day, Dies at 100
Léon Gautier, the last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined Allied forces in the D-Day invasion to wrest Normandy from Nazi Germany’s
Jacques Rozier, Last of the French New Wave Directors, Dies at 96
Jacques Rozier, who directed critically acclaimed films like “Adieu Philippine” and “Du Côté d’Orouët” and who was considered the last surviving member of the French
‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Heads to Broadway
Joshua Harmon’s “Prayer for the French Republic,” a play about a family grappling with contemporary and historical antisemitism in France, will transfer to Broadway this
At the French Open, Djokovic Storms the Court and Into Controversy, Again
After everything that Novak Djokovic had put himself through over the past few years, the French Open began with the possibility, finally, of a Grand
French Police Face Scrutiny for Heavy Hand During Pension Protests
“I would gladly have broken your legs.” That’s what a French police officer told Souleyman Adoum Souleyman, a Chadian student who had just been arrested
French Anger Shifts From Pension Law to Focus on Macron
The postponement of a state visit to France by King Charles III had become almost inevitable: The optics of President Emmanuel Macron dining with the
Macron Calls for Enshrining Right to Abortion in French Constitution
Rendering homage to Gisèle Halimi, a feminist lawyer instrumental in the legalization of abortion in France, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that a bill