Paris

(PARIS) — France braced for even worse transportation woes when the new work week begins Monday due to nationwide strikes over the government’s redesign of the national retirement system. French President Emmanuel Macron convened top officials to strategize f…

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said he is determined to see through his government’s planned pensions reform, but the leader of hardline union CGT said he will fight until the plan is withdrawn, the two men said in interviews publish…

And so when economists and historians, then and ever since, zeroed in on questions about, say, whether Keynes underestimated Germanys capacity to pay its war reparations they miss the larger point. Keynes could have surely been wrong. But his arguments about …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits a military unit in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Friday. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made his latest address to the nation this week in the gym, then posted…

PARIS (Reuters) - French retailers and hoteliers warned their crucial Christmas season could be spoiled if a strike, which was causing travel chaos for a second day on Friday, drags on for much longer. The strike, aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron …

In the end, it is more about the United States than about NATO. Why is it more shocking for President Macron to talk about brain-dead NATO than for President Trump to say it is obsolete? Why are European partners more upset when the French president raises do…

In the three years since the two world leaders first met each other, US President Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron's relationship has slowly deteriorated.  Trump, who once said he has a "great relationship" with Macron, on Tuesday told repor…

Mass strikes taking place across the whole of France against proposed pension reforms have severely impacted transportation services and brought Paris to a near standstill on Thursday. Interested in France? Add France as an interest to stay up to date on th…

Now Playing: Friendly grey seal tries to remove diver's helmet Now Playing: Dog rescued by US Coast Guard Now Playing: French soldier salutes, Protests in Chile, and a koala recovers: This Week in Photos Now Playing: More tha…

NANTES (Reuters) - French police fired tear gas at protesters in the western city of Nantes, the BFM news channel reported on Thursday, during one of the biggest public sector strikes for decades aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron’s to abandon his pen…