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Paris (AFP) - Chinese officials are threatening to stop all police cooperation with France after it gave political asylum to the wife of the former Interpol chief, a Chinese national now languishing in prison on charges of bribery, a French source close to th…

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept a "back pocket" closing statement at last year's stormy G7 summit in case U.S. President Donald Trump blocked the usual united communique, the top Canadian organizer has revealed. Sen. Peter Boehm was Trudeau's sh…

French inventor Franky Zapata has successfully crossed the Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard for the first time, after a failed attempt last month. Zapata took off from Sangatte, northern France early on Sunday morning and landed in St. Margarets Bay, near …

A Frenchman who has spent years developing a jet-powered hoverboard zoomed across the English Channel on Sunday, fulfilling his quest just 10 days after failing in a first attempt when he fell into the water while trying to refuel. Franky Zapata set off on h…

Franky Zapata, a French inventor, has just become the first person to cross the entire English channel on a jet-powered "flyboard." He landed in St. Margaret's Bay in Dover on the morning of August 4, after flying the 35 km stretch in 20 minutes. According…

Noted Aug. 2, 2019 by Armin About (Est. 1903) “The Tour de France is an annual men’s multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelt…

The Pan American Games in Peru, a 3D-printed prosthetic arm in Australia, a baby Sumatran elephant in Indonesia, paddle-boarding pups in the U.K., the Tour de France in Paris, U.S. Democratic presidential debates in Detroit, Vladimir Putin in a submersible, a…

The fire that badly damaged Notre-Dame this spring has had several long-term effects: For starters, it served as a tool for right-wing groups in France and abroad, who tried to “weaponize” the church as a political symbol of the decline of Christianity. It be…

Barcelona had classified the sale of Philippe Coutinho as a priority this summer but sources at the Catalan club have told ESPN FC there's "concern" about the fact they have still not received a single offer for the Brazilian. With just eight days to go unti…

PARIS -- No one knew it on the climb of the Col de l'Iseran last Friday, but thanks to weather -- the ultimate referee -- the 2019 Tour de France was about to be decided by a penalty kick. It may forever be labeled anticlimactic after a tight race that…