French singer and actor Patrick Bruel has been charged with rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, prosecutors said on Wednesday, in a case that now involves accusations by more than... Read more »

The abduction and killing of 11-year-old French schoolgirl Lyhanna has catapaulted child protection to the top of France’s political agenda – with President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday calling for full accountability and the... Read more »

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday presented initial measures to better protect children, following a meeting with key ministers, in a bid to quell public anger sweeping the country over the... Read more »

The mother of a girl who had lodged a rape complaint against the chief suspect in the Lyhanna murder case is to sue the French state and the justice minister, her lawyer... Read more »

Jean-Luc Melenchon has launched his presidential campaign on Sunday with a rally in Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb that has become both a stronghold for the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party and a... Read more »

In Trappes, one of France’s most culturally diverse working-class suburbs – known as banlieues – faith leaders are finding unexpected ways to bring communities together. A Cameroonian-born priest not only fills his church... Read more »

Bernadette Chirac, the formidable former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Élysée Palace beside President Jacques Chirac while forging her own political identity and transforming a children’s hospital... Read more »

In Nantes, France’s largest slave port, the descendant of a slave-trading family has joined forces with a man whose ancestors were enslaved to help repair the enduring legacy of slavery from the grassroots... Read more »

French start-up Quobly secured €115 million in funding this week as it pursues an ambitious goal: building quantum computers using the same manufacturing techniques as ordinary computer chips. Issued on: 04/06/2026 –... Read more »