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Paris police use tear gas, water cannon on 'yellow vest' protests anniversary
On the Place d’Italie in the south of the city, demonstrators, many clad in black and hiding their faces, vandalised an HSBC bank branch.
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Macron vows to push pension reform 'to the end' despite strikes
Emmanuel Macron told RTL radio that there would be "no complacency or weakness" in pushing through the changes, even if it risked making him more unpopular.
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Customer kills French waiter in sandwich spat
Colleagues of the victim called police after he was shot him with a hand gun at an eatery in the eastern Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand on Friday night, the source said.
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Notre-Dame cathedral 'still at risk of collapse' after fire
France's culture ministry insisted that the urgent need to make the cathedral safe had dictated the pace of the works, following criticism that it had ignored the risks of lead poisoning.
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French police shoot dead homeless man after knife threat
Bystanders called the emergency services when they saw the man, who was in his fifties, trying to kill himself.
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Shops looted, woman dead in France after Algeria football win
Two stores near the Champs-Elysees in Paris were looted, including a Ducati motorcycle shop where people took helmets, gloves and even bikes, an AFP journalist said.
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Paris declares 'climate emergency'
The declaration also said Paris city hall would create a 'climate academy' with the aim of better educating the young and the public about the issue.
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Paris bans old diesels to tackle pollution
Paris on Monday banned all diesel vehicles aged 13 years or over from the city centre, the latest move in a campaign to tackle pollution on the city's streets.
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Europe set to sizzle again as heatwave continues
With France, Spain, Italy and parts of central Europe hard hit by the record-breaking temperatures, officials pleaded with people to take precautions.
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Paris's Notre-Dame holds first mass since devastating blaze
Dressed in a white robe and helmet, Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit led the service, which was attended by just some 30 people - half of them clergy.
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Strike over staff shortage shuts Louvre in Paris
The museum said staff were striking on the grounds that their numbers were no longer sufficient to cope with ever-increasing visitor numbers.
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Eiffel Tower shut down as man scales iconic landmark
A man who sparked a mass evacuation of the Eiffel Tower by scaling the iconic Paris landmark has been admitted into a psychiatric hospital.
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Eiffel Tower celebrates 130th birthday
Built for the 1889 World's Fair, the tower - which soars to 324 metres in height and weighs 7,300 tonnes - still attracts nearly seven million visitors every year.
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Police arrest 'yellow vest' demonstrators as protests resume
Police headquarters reported 126 arrests and 11,000 checks on individual protesters.
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'French Spiderman' climbs Paris skyscraper harness-free
During the stunt, bystanders at the bottom pointed smartphones toward clear blue skies as wispy clouds raced overheard in blustery winds.
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Paris ties Singapore, Hong Kong as world's priciest cities
The French capital was the only eurozone city in the top 10, rising from the second most expensive last year and from seventh position two years ago.
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French president calls for reconciliation with Italy
Relations between the two countries have fractured due to repeated clashes between centrist Macron and Italy's populist coalition government.
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Protesters invade Cameroon embassy in Paris
Police forced them out of the building two hours later and onto the street, where they continued their protest outside the embassy.
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Dowdy no more: Men in suits storm back into style
Long eclipsed on the men's catwalks by supposedly more practical street and sportswear, the suit was thought to be slowly going the way of the doublet and pantaloon.
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Yellow vest protests hit with police water cannon, tear gas in Paris
Thousands of protesters in Paris marched noisily but mostly peacefully through the Grands Boulevards shopping area in northern Paris.
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'Yellow vest' protest numbers fall in run-up to Christmas
In Paris, the scene of violent clashes in previous demonstrations, traffic was normal in the morning and most shops, except for some luxury boutiques, were open for business on the busy weekend before Christmas.
