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French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back on CNN reports about his ‘terrible’ call with US President Donald Trump, invoking a quote about the process of politics being a bit like sausage-making. Citing anonymous sources, CNN reported Monday that a phone call between Trump and Macron was “just bad. It was terrible.” Asked about this at […]
GETTY Beautiful Nantes is a great base for exploring the France’s Loire river And you needn’t even endure a long flight or trek through a sweltering jungle to enjoy such adventures. For they are all to be had just a short, low-cost flight away in Nantes, birthplace of the writer Jules Verne, gateway to the […]
When Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was a prisoner of war, the lesson he learned was this: Prison food is amazing. The year was 1763, and potatoes — a fairly recent import from the Americas — were illegal in France, as they were considered dirty, diseased and unfit for human consumption. But Parmentier, a young army pharmacist, was […]
Published time: 15 Dec, 2017 11:17 Chinese energy giant CNPC could take over Total’s stake in a major Iranian gas project if the French company is forced to leave Iran over any new US sanctions, sources told Reuters. Read more Total signed the $ 1 billion deal to develop the South Pars gas field this […]
The Vallée Blanche in Chamonix is one of the world’s most spectacular off-piste ski descents. It starts from the Aiguille du Midi cable car – Europe’s highest at 12,600ft – and runs for 14 miles across the cascading snow-covered glaciers of the Mont Blanc massif mountain range. It is unmarked, unmaintained and unpatrolled, so not […]
Published time: 19 Nov, 2017 23:08 Edited time: 19 Nov, 2017 23:29 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck in the Pacific near the French territory of New Caledonia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports. Notice of a possible tsunami has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC). The quake was centered 82 km (51 […]
When it comes to our family holidays, there are big decisions to be made. Do we go for the resort holiday where the children are within easy reach of constant entertainment, or the chic urban retreat where we parents are within easy reach of a fistful of culture (and a glass of wine)? When we […]
GETTY Aix-en-Provence greatest spots include the Cassis harbour and Place de l’Hôtel de Ville The late summer sunshine filtered through the leaves of the century-old umbrella pine trees, casting dappled shadows across the manicured borders and hedges. A heady scent of lavender filled the air, and the gentle trickle of the numerous water fountains mingled […]
Imagine that you leave it all behind: your supermarket, your exhaust-choked highway, your 24/7 screens. You have a garden; you grow your own food. You compost. You take the bus. You do it not because you’re forced to, but because you, your neighbors and the whole world are working together to make a greener, healthier […]
Christopher Nolan’s war epic, which has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is performing above expectations in the US this weekend, has been lambasted by a prominent journalist in France. Writing in Le Monde, Jacques Mandelbaum accused the movie of largely ignoring the French involvement in the infamous battle, which resulted in tens of […]
