Tag - france

 
Menu
Search
 
July 12, 2026
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

FRANCE

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands following a signing ceremony for agreements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
Macron urges Xi to help correct ‘unsustainable’ global trade imbalances
The French president’s visit to China comes as the EU seeks help in ending the war in Ukraine and Beijing looks for economic wins from U.S. tariffs.
French President Emmanuel Macron walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an official welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday as part of a three-day visit to China.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2025
Macron and Xi meet in Beijing to discuss trade tensions and Taiwan
The French president is hoping to attract more Chinese investment into France, whose major exports include aeronautics and luxury goods.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second from right) received French President Emmanuel Macron (second from left) and his wife, Brigitte (left), at the Capital International Airport in Beijing on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2025
France’s Macron in China with Ukraine on the agenda
The French presidency said Macron will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Beijing must “refrain from providing any means, by any means, to Russia to continue the war.”
A researcher uses a pipette to transfer a sample into a microtube during a press visit, as researchers work to monitor and prevent the spread of avian influenza, including the H7N9 bird flu virus, at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 28, 2025
Bird flu could cause pandemic worse than COVID if virus mutates: Institut Pasteur
The virus would become a pandemic virus if it gains the capability of human-to-human transmission, the head of the French institute’s respiratory infections center says.
Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, used a call with his French counterpart to push for diplomatic backing amid a spat with Japan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 28, 2025
China turns to France for support during its feud with Japan
Beijing and Paris should “firmly support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests,” Wang said, according to a statement.
Security personnel install barriers near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum the day after a spectacular jewel heist by thieves who broke into the landmark by using a crane, in Paris on Oct. 20.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2025
France arrests four more people over Louvre heist, prosecutor says
Three men and a woman have already been charged over the spectacular daylight heist.
A model of a Future Combat Air System (SCAF), a European aircraft developed by France, Germany and Spain is displayed during the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris on June 19, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
France and Germany step up pressure on arms firms to resolve fighter impasse
The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) has been mired in disputes between Airbus and France’s Dassault Aviation.
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier strike group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford, USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Mahan and USS Bainbridge, sail toward the Caribbean under F/A-18 Super Hornets and a B-52 bomber in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Troubled by U.S. Venezuela operation, Europeans limit intel sharing
French, Dutch and British official worry that their intel could be used for strikes that would be considered illegal in their countries.
France center Emilien Gailleton (left) and flyhalf Romain Ntamack take part in a training session in Marcoussis, France, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 21, 2025
Rusty France face ‘tired’ Australia at end of torrid year
Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies are one loss away from a first winless European tour since 1958 and a record 10th defeat of the year.
Kansai Electric Power's Takahama nuclear power station in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2025
MOX fuel arrives at Takahama nuclear plant for first time in three years
MOX fuel is produced by mixing uranium with plutonium extracted from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel to enable its reuse.
In 2018, French state-controlled energy giant Electricite de France signed a €600 million deal, unaffected by international sanctions over the Ukraine war, with a subsidiary of a Russian state company for the recycling of reprocessed uranium.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
French uranium being sent to Russia, Greenpeace says
The move is legal but “immoral,” the head of Greenpeace France’s nuclear campaign said, as nations seek to step up sanctions on the Russian government over its invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with Greece’s prime minister following their meeting in Athens, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
Zelenskyy in France to seal air-defense and warplane deals
The Ukrainian president is in Paris for talks with Emmanuel Macron as heavy Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have increased in recent weeks.
The French team celebrates after qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in Paris on Thursday.
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2025
France punches World Cup ticket on 10th anniversary of 2015 Paris attacks
Portugal, meanwhile, was made to wait after losing 2-0 against Ireland as Cristiano Ronaldo saw red.
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 13, 2025
Ten years after Paris attacks, jihadi threat has evolved
The groups themselves are now most active in Africa as well as parts of Asia rather than Europe.
Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (second from left) greets attendees while wearing a happi coat at a tasting event for sake from the prefecture, on Tuesday in Paris.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2025
Tottori governor promotes local goods in Paris
The visit to the French capital was arranged based on Gov. Shinji Hirai’s wish for his prefecture to deepen its relations with Europe.
Christophe Ingrain, lawyer of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, walks past the press as he leaves his client's home in Paris on Monday following Sarkozy's return after being released from La Sante Prison.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2025
Sarkozy freed from Paris jail ‘nightmare’ after just 20 days
A Paris court decided Nicolas Sarkozy could be let out of prison, the first jailing of a former president in the French Republic’s history, while he challenges his conviction.
Frederic Merlin (left), founder of Societe des Grands Magasins, and Donald Tang, executive chairman at Shein, outside the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville (BHV) department store as shoppers queue for the opening of the company's first permanent retail store in Paris on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2025
France moves to suspend Shein over sex dolls and weapons as Paris store opens
The discovery of the dolls on Shein’s website by France’s consumer watchdog on Saturday fueled an outcry and heightened the pressure on Shein, already under fire over its store.
French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum in Paris on Oct. 19.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025
Louvre heist work of petty criminals, not organized crime, prosecutor says
The profiles of the four people under arrest so far are not typical of organized crime professionals capable of executing complex operations, the Paris prosecutor said.
A French CRS riot police officer patrols near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2025
Inside the heist that shocked the world
More than a week after thieves stole over $100 million worth of jewels from the Louvre, details of the burglary and security lapses are coming to light.
Beirut's skyline as seen from Mansourieh, Lebanon. The Israeli army still occupies five positions in southern Lebanon and continues to carry out strikes on Lebanese territory, claiming to target Hezbollah.
WORLD
Oct 28, 2025
U.N. and France slam Israel after attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon
The incident “shows disregard for safety and security of the peacekeepers implementing Security Council mandated tasks in southern Lebanon,“ the U.N. peacekeeping force said.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.
What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Sompo looks beyond insurance to focus on well-being
Sompo looks beyond insurance to focus on well-being

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER