Where Rimbaud Found Peace in Ethiopia
Footsteps By RACHEL B. DOYLE In December of 1880, the mercurial French poet Arthur Rimbaud entered the ancient walled city of Harar, Ethiopia, a journey that had involved crossing the…
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Boo Fries Are The South’s Glorious Version Of Poutine
By now the poutine craze has peaked and subsided a bit. Poutine — Canada’s gift to the world, of French fries doused in gravy and topped with cheese curds —…
Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad Meets With French Lawmakers
DAMASCUS, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Wednesday with French parliamentarians, the first such meeting since France closed its embassy in 2012 and announced that Syria’s…
How To Make Foamed Milk In A French Press, Because You Can
Throw out your pour overs, get rid of the Chemex, and pledge allegiance to the French press because this simple brewer can make you great coffee AND foamed milk to…
France Confiscates Passports to Stem Flow of Fighters to Syria
PARIS — The French authorities began to use new, sweeping counterterrorism powers on Monday to halt the stream of young people going to Syria, confiscating the passports of six people…
French government fighting online war against jihadist youth recruiting
The video campaign, which started this month, is the latest volley in a fierce battle being fought online between the French government and jihadist groups. What’s at stake is nothing…
Gaps in France’s Surveillance Are Clear; Solutions Aren’t
PARIS — Last June, Patrick Calvar, the head of France’s domestic intelligence service, faced a decision: continue surveillance on a French Islamist who had been viewed as a potential threat…
Jewish leaders rebuff Netanyahu’s call for mass migration
But members of the Jewish community in Denmark and some leading Jewish advocates around the world rebuffed Netanyahu’s unabashed call on Sunday for Jews to leave Europe, which come as…
Hundreds Of Jewish Tombs Damaged In Northern France
Hundreds of graves have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the president called an “odious and barbaric” anti-Semitic act against French values. The vandalism comes…
In Louisiana, Desire for a French Renaissance
VILLE PLATTE, La. — “Qui c’est qui parle?” Jim Soileau asked, his baritone filling the studio of radio station KVPI and traveling across the Cajun prairie. Who’s speaking? It was…
A Field Guide To Europe’s Radical Right Political Parties
From Greece and France to Sweden and Denmark, Europe’s far-right parties have taken the spotlight in recent months. Trading on sometimes vitriolic anti-euro, anti-immigrant sentiment, as well as renewed security…
Rita Ora Says Four Sentences In ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’
Rita Ora put in a full compliment of prep work for her role as Mia Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey.” – 1. “She’s here?” 2. “Oh my God, you…
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn admits his approach to sex is ‘rougher’ than most
His words followed testimony from two sex workers about his behavior at sex parties he’s accused of organizing or encouraging in Europe and the United States. He denies knowing that…
Charlie Hebdo Attack Puts Schools Under Scrutiny
SAINT-OUEN-L’AUMÔNE, France — On a recent morning at the Lycée Edmond Rostand in this largely middle-class suburb of Paris, Céline Cauvin, a history and geography teacher, was leading high school…
Strauss-Kahn Denies He Knew The Women At His Orgies Were Prostitutes
Disgraced former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a French court Tuesday that he was unaware that women who participated in orgies at luxury hotels in Paris and Washington…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Says He Didn’t Engage in ‘Unbridled’ Behavior
LILLE, France — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund who is accused of participating in a global sex ring, said on Tuesday that he had committed…
Shots Fired Near Marseille on Day of French Prime Minister’s Visit
PARIS — Several armed men fired shots in the air on Monday in a poor suburb of Marseille while the French prime minister, Manuel Valls, was in the city to…
Armed men seen in southern French city of Marseille; PM due to visit
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is scheduled to be in the city later in the day.
Hooded Gunmen Fire On Police In Marseille: Report
Hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles fired on police in the French city of Marseille, where Prime Minister Manuel Valls was paying a visit on Monday, a police source said….
Mardi Gras Fast Facts
Janurary 6, 2015 – Carnival celebrations begin with various parades that continue through midnight on Fat Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is also known as…
Ukraine, Rebels Agree On Humanitarian Corridor To Evacuate Civilians Trapped By Fighting
Pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian authorities agreed Friday on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine as German and French leaders prepared to…
Old Tradition of Secularism Clashes With France’s New Reality
ROSNY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Laïcité, the concept of state secularism, is a defining principle of the French republic, right up there with the national motto of liberty, equality and fraternity. Developed…
François Hollande Vows to Defend France's Republican Ideals
PARIS — President François Hollande of France on Thursday sought to reassure a nation still shaken by the recent terrorist attacks in and around Paris, saying that the country would…
Want To Be In Two Place At Once? Go To Llívia.
It’s difficult to be in two places at once. But if you’re headed to Llívia, Spain, then it’s no problem at all. That’s because it’s a country within a country….
Source: ISIS video may show woman linked to kosher grocery attack
“French authorities are investigating the possibility this woman could be Hayat Boumeddiene,” the source said. – The grocery store attack followed the January 8 attack by Islamic gunmen on Charlie…
French Soldiers Attacked By Man With Knife In Nice
Three soldiers on an anti-terror patrol in the southern French city of Nice were attacked by a man with a knife Tuesday, a French police union official said. Sarah Baron…
France’s Ideals, Forged in Revolution, Face a Modern Test
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France — In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, France has begun a defensive but potentially decisive debate over what it means to be French — and whether…
Attorney General Eric Holder to go to Paris in wake of attack
In the wake of deadly terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hedbo, the United States has repeatedly said it will work closely within its own intelligence and defense…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Former IMF Chief, Goes On Trial For Sex Charges
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is going on trial for sex charges in France — the nation where he once was considered a top presidential contender. The former head of the International Monetary…
Official: Gunman recorded terror attack on Parisian kosher grocery
The information backed up a report by Eric Pelletier, a national security reporter at the French magazine L’Express, who wrote that Amedy Coulibaly recorded seven minutes of the attack, including…