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Le Grand K: Quantum leap for mass as science redefines the kilogram
Sealed in a vault beneath a duke's former pleasure palace among the sycamore-streaked forests west of Paris sits an object the size of an apple that determines the weight of the world. Forged against a backdrop of scientific and political upheaval following the French Revolution, ...
'Nationalist' Trump largely alone in Paris as Macron urges leaders not to start turning inward
For President Donald Trump in Paris, America First meant largely America alone. At a weekend commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the president who proudly declares himself a "nationalist" stood apart, even on a continent where his brand of ...
Dozens of world leaders mark 100 years since end of World War I at Paris ceremony
U.S. President Donald Trump joined dozens of world leaders in Paris on Sunday to mark 100 years since the moment World War I drew to an end. Trump was among more than 66 leaders gathered on a rainy day at the Tomb of the Unknown ...
Trump, Macron hold constructive talks in Paris after 'misunderstanding'
U.S. President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron held a "very constructive" bilateral meeting Saturday, an official in the French presidency said. The two leaders met hours after Trump was scathing in a tweet of Macron's suggestion earlier this week that Europe needs a ...
Paris Saint-Germain says it was not aware some club scouts outside the capital were secretly and illegally profiling potential young recruits with lists containing their ethnic origins. PSG acknowledged that forms with "illegal content were used between 2013 and 2018," but declined responsibility for implementing ...
Courting controversy, Macron praises WWI general who later collaborated with Nazis
French President Emmanuel Macron waded into controversy Wednesday by praising a general who helped win World War I but became a top Nazi collaborator in World War II — comments that triggered outrage among French Jews. Marshal Philippe Petain will be honored alongside other top ...
French security agents have arrested six people on preliminary terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack President Emmanuel Macron, according to a French judicial official. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the allegations, said intelligence agents detained the six in three widely ...
Search on for survivors as buildings collapse in French city
Two buildings collapsed into a pile of rubble and beams Monday in the French city of Marseille, where authorities spoke of a race against time to find people possibly trapped in the ruins. The buildings — one condemned and supposedly vacant, the other containing apartments, ...
On 100th anniversary of end of WWI, world leaders to mark event with Emmanuel Macron in France
President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday kicked off a week of commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, which is set to mix remembrance of the past and warnings about the present surge in nationalism around the globe. Some 70 to ...
Voters turned out in exceptional numbers Sunday for an independence referendum in the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, with early results suggesting that voters favor keeping ties with France. With results declared from 202 of the 284 polling stations, the "Non" vote against independence ...
Painful past unearthed as French prime minister Edouard Philippe visits Dien Bien Phu battle site
Standing at the site of the epic battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam, French colonel Jacques Allaire wept at the memory of his 4,000 fellow fighters who died in the bloody fight that would spell the end of France's colonial rule in ...
