French PM resigns after just 3 weeks! – hundreds of thousands of workers march against cuts

FRANCE’S Prime Minister Sébastian Lecornu was summoned back to the Élysée presidential palace in Paris on Monday afternoon just hours after his shock resignation plunged the country deeper into political chaos. The centrist PM quit less than 24...

Pharma tariffs under Trump: industry renaissance or patient price crisis?

US President Donald Trump announced a wave of new tariffs, chief among them a 100% tariff on branded pharmaceuticals. The penalty would only apply to companies that aren’t planning or currently constructing manufacturing facilities in US...

Europe’s high quality of life is getting hard to afford. Just ask France.

A woman walks past a cafe, Tuesday, July 29, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla) PARIS - Across Europe, and especially in France, the bill is coming due. The cost of a signature brand of humanist economics - the so-called European way of...

Inside the treasures of the Marc Chagall windows in Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital

The Chagall Windows in the Abbell Synagogue at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem (Photo: ADAGP/Paris – Windows by Marc Chagall created jointly with Charles Marq) Many synagogues have beautiful stained windows but the synagogue...

Europe: Luxury rebound in France cushions European stock losses amid turmoil

[BENGALURU] European stocks slipped on Tuesday (Oct 7), dragged down by healthcare and bank shares, while a luxury-led rebound in France kept regional losses in check after Monday’s political upheaval. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed 0.2 per...

8 Matcha Spots in Paris

Matcha isn’t just having a “moment” – it’s having a full-blown Parisian love affair. While Japan and France have been borrowing from each other’s cultural wardrobes for well over a century (the French even coined the term japonisme to describe the...

Physics Nobel Prize granted to US, UK, and French researchers of quantum mechanics

Tuesday, October 7th 2025 - 21:20 UTC All three laureates have affiliations with the University of California The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three researchers: John Clarke (UK), Michel H. Devoret (France/USA), and John M. Martinis...

England, France, US physicists win Nobel for key research in quantum tunnelling

Stockholm, Oct 7: Three physicists from England, France and U.S.A won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research into quantum mechanical tunneling, on Tuesday. The winners, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis, will be formally...

A Taste of Paris: The Best Vegan Cafés, Bakeries, and Restaurants

Okay, arguably it always is, but right now, the City of Light seems to be everywhere. The new season of Emily in Paris, for example, is set to hit Netflix later this year. And in the final season of the Amazon Prime hit The Summer I Turned Pretty,...

Alexander Zverev Makes Explosive Statements About his Form and Health After Shanghai Exit

World No. 3 Alexander Zverev was eliminated from the Shanghai Masters after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat to France’s Arthur Rinderknech on Monday. Zverev admitted he played “terrible tennis” and appeared frustrated as the match slipped away. His loss...

Joe Rogan slams American diet as people claim US food makes them sick but they can eat whatever they want in Europe

Joe Rogan has slammed bread and pastas made in the US for containing ingredients that are 'slowly poisoning' the population. In a resurfaced clip from The Joe Rogan Experience, the podcaster brings up a TikTok video where a user claims they have...

WOAH confirms 2 outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in Spain

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has confirmed two outbreaks of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in Spain. The first case was reported in a herd of cattle in the municipality of Castelló d’Empuries, which is situated in the province of...

From France to New York: Sisters of St. Joseph Mark 375 Years of Service

The first U.S. home for the Sisters of St. Joseph was a log cabin in St. Louis, Missouri. (Images: Courtesy of Sisters of St. Jospeh of Brentwood) BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — From modest origins in a picturesque French town, a movement was born that would...

Denmark PM Proposes Social Media Ban for Kids Under 15 to Safeguard Mental Health

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has unveiled a bold proposal to prohibit social media access for children under 15, positioning the Nordic nation at the forefront of global efforts to shield young users from digital harms. In her...

France cuts wine output forecast after heatwave

Paris — France’s farm ministry lowered its projection for this year’s wine output on Tuesday to 36-million hectolitres, down from the 37.4-million forecast last month and 1% below last year’s harvest, citing a heatwave in August. The revised...

Everything I wish I knew before applying for French nationality

After recently acquiring French nationality by residency, here are a few of the things The Local France's journalist, Genevieve Mansfield, learned along the way. In 2019, I carried my cat and a large piece of luggage up six flights of steps,...

France calls to restrict use of octocrylene in cosmetics

The French government agency for food, environmental and occupational health & safety, ANSES, has proposed that the use of octocrylene in cosmetics should be dramatically reduced to the point where it would lose efficacy in a formulation. The...

EUR/USD Falls Further as French Political and Fiscal Uncertainty Weighs

FTSE 100 hovers around record highs. EUR/USD falls further as French political and fiscal uncertainty weighs. France’s political crisis continues German factory orders unexpectedly fell -0.8% MoM EUR/USD trades range-bound EUR/USD is falling for a...

US Dollar Extends Gains as French and Japanese Political Risks Deepen

The US dollar has come back bid. It is trading near session highs late in the European morning. The French crisis has not been resolved, and the policy mix advocated by the new head of the LDP and soon-to-be prime minister continues to weigh on...

French industrialist seeks Gulf funding to build 37 bridges across Syria

What struck French businessman Philippe Matiere most during a recent visit to Damascus was the many traffic jams and he could sense the opportunity for his engagement with the recovering nation. “There's a new renewed sense of life,” said Mr...