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LYON, France A "low force" blast hit a busy pedestrian street Friday in the French city of Lyon, injuring seven people as it shattered the glass from a refrigerated shop cooler in a bakery, a local official said. France's anti-terrorist office opened an inqu…

Micky Mouse and Cinderella costume characters, and many other beloved Disney icons continue to serve up smiles millions of them at attractions around the world. Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Florida was the worlds most-visited theme park in 2018, with a w…

Lo, how the mighty have fallen. Theresa May, yes, but also Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon is in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today, just a few of days before the long-planned handover of power from President Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev to his hand-picked successor. H…

The landmark change to the official definition of a kilogram, the internationally accepted basic unit of mass, came into effect Monday. No longer based off of the manmade platinum-iridium alloy cylinder tucked away in a high security vault in Paris, France, …

My project was to write the Odyssey of Penelope, she said. In Atlantics, Diop shows that the act of remaining is as profound, as narratively rich and urgent, as leaving. This is a reversal of the familiar male-driven movies in which a woman waves goodbye to …

The Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors after a person has tried to scale it. Interested in France? Add France as an interest to stay up to date on the latest France news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The Paris monument's media office said the u…

PARIS—Here in France, I.M. Pei, who died this week, is best known for one thing: The glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum. When it opened in 1989, two centuries after the French Revolution, it was seen as a revolution of its own—and not necessa…

(SALLANCHES, France) — A longtime chief of the Basque militant separatist group ETA was arrested Thursday in a French Alps town after being on the run for 17 years, Spanish authorities said, proudly announcing the capture of a man accused of crimes against hu…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Six-time world player of the year Marta and the unretired Formiga will lead Brazil in the Women's World Cup in France. Brazil coach Vadao announced his squad on Thursday, betting on 33-year-old Marta to end a nine-match losing streak and …

Google, Twitter and Facebook all signed the Christchurch Call. Getty Images Tech giants and political leaders from around the globe came together in Paris on Wednesday to pledge their commitment to tackling the spread of terrorist content online, following …