France News

The Lourdes flooding has damaged the Christian holy site in France and forced officials to close the site.

Proving that Madison Avenue still has much to roar about, the hottest party of the Cannes Lions festival went off in style last night at the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc in Antibes.

Three drunk local male residents attacked the students, who had arrived in France two months ago to study winemaking, late Friday night at the students' home in Hostens, Gironde, about 50 kilometers southwest of Bordeaux.

The grand Metaphone is a pixilated music hall located in Pas-de-Calais, France. Designed by HA©rault Arnod Architectes , the unusual space allows for new musical forms, dynamic lighting, and unique sounds to be reflected across the architectural structure itself.

Flash floods in southwestern France claimed two elderly victims in the space of 24 hours as unseasonal storms caused havoc across huge swaths of the country on Wednesday.

An elderly woman has been killed in fierce flooding that has closed one of Catholicism's holiest shrines - the Grotto of Lourdes in southwest France.

ADELAIDE is awash with crepes, pastries and other sweet and savoury creations, as a flurry of French cafes open their doors across the city.

In 1642, when he was 19, Blaise Pascal thought he would try to ease his father's burdens.

Volotea's recently launched Biarritz to Strasbourg route, was inaugurated on 3 June, with the crew sporting these bright Basque berets.

RIDERS bearing a baguette paid a visit to Maiden Castle as they marked the launch of a new cross-Channel cycle route.

To celebrate 60 years of the twinning partnership between Saint-Nazaire, France and Sunderland, a new road in Ryhope has been named Saint-Nazaire Way.

It's not every day that a Burke County band gets a formal invitation from the mayor of Caen, France, the Department of Defense and an international music company to take part in remembering a bloody battle from 70 years ago.

If you're an English speaker you'll read all about the Muslima claiming that she was caused to miscarry after being attacked by "skinheads" for wearing the veil in france.

LE BOURGET, June 18 The construction of the stern for the first Mistral helicopter carrier being built for the Russian Navy will be finished in France because a Russian shipyard cannot meet the deadline specified in the contract, a senior Russian defense official said Tuesday.

Philippe Jernnard, 61, of La Rochelle, France, was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a U.S. Airways plane.

A sustainable method from BT3 Technologies of France deposits fatty acids on paper substrates to yield superior barrier properties against moisture and oxygen.

French authorities Tuesday shut the grotto at Lourdes and evacuated about 200 people following flash floods at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site.

The Paris-based designer Leo Caillard had, as he wrote me, "the idea conception" and took the photographs.

The Russian delegation has landed its first deal at the Paris air show, selling all-weather K-52 Alligator helicopter gunships to Iraqi.

Teacher Jeremy Forrest arriving at Lewes Crown Court where he is accused of abducting a pupil.