Yellow Vests

Police were filmed clashing with pro-Brexit protesters outside Parliament today - after being spotted raving and skateboarding with environmentalists during the week.  In the footage, taken today outside the Palace of Westminster, appears to show officers gr…

Some say the $1 billion donated to the Paris cathedral should’ve been directed elsewhere. As more than $1 billion has rolled in to repair the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a debate is raging over whether the glut of donations would have been better spent on …

PARIS—The weather suddenly turned warm here this week. In the sidewalk cafés, they’re now sipping rosé, and on the Île Saint Louis, facing the back of Notre-Dame, the café-sitters burst into applause whenever firefighters pass by in their bulky red uniform. I…

PARIS (AP) For many yellow vest protesters, the stinging sadness that came with the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has quickly given way to boiling anger. Some of the activists, whose violent protests against inequality have been shaking up France …

Pledged donations from French billionaires, companies and ordinary citizens for the restoration of fire-ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral are approaching 900 million euros after just two days, a reflection of the landmark’s resonance in the national psyche. But t…

People wait for the Way of the Cross ceremony on Good Friday as part of the Holy Week celebrations, near Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 19, 2019. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images As people across Paris prepare for Easter celebrations wit…

Paris (AFP) - For their 23rd consecutive Saturday protest, France's yellow vests have been told they will be banned from the area around Paris's fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral. The ban will be in place all day Saturday, a police statement said, following …

Paris (AFP) - Days after the catastrophic fire at Paris's Notre-Dame, around 30 business owners on Thursday gathered at a cafe in the shadow of the burned cathedral. The owners of restaurants and souvenir stores, flower stalls and gourmet food markets in an …

Image copyrightAFP/GettyImage caption Michel Houellebecq has been called France's greatest living writer but is accused of misogyny, Islamophobia and racism The controversial writer Michel Houellebecq is to be awarded France's highest honour on Thursday. …