Protesters have hit France with transport strikes, demonstrations and blockades that are targeting the Paris Metro and other sectors.

Title holder Paris Saint-Germain roared to victory in the Champions League by beating Atalanta 4-0.

European Union regulators have accepted Microsoft's proposed changes to its Teams app to resolve an antitrust investigation.

Dan Brown's latest thriller, “The Secret of Secrets,” has been published this week.

Protesters blocked roads and set fires in Paris and across France as part of a nationwide “Block Everything” campaign.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that 26 of Ukraine’s allies have pledged to deploy troops as a “reassurance force” for the war-torn country once fighting ends in the conflict with Russia.

French actor Gérard Depardieu has been summoned to trial in Paris over allegations of rape and sexual assault against actor Charlotte Arnould.

France's foreign ministry officials have met with a representative of U.S. ambassador Charles Kushner.

Jonas Vingegaard has his sights set on a first Grand Tour title in two years when the Spanish Vuelta starts on Saturday, with top rival Tadej Pogačar skipping the mountainous three-week race.

The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women’s division at its world championships next month.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologized for an ad campaign that has upset consumers in China and elsewhere and says it has removed all related materials worldwide.

A heat wave has gripped parts of Europe, with temperatures reaching 43 degrees Celsius in southern France.

About 1,400 firefighters have been deployed in France's southern Aude region to prevent the country's largest wildfire in decades from reigniting.

Israeli airline El Al says its Paris office has been vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in what it has called a “deeply disturbing” incident.

Authorities say France’s biggest wildfire this summer is spreading quickly in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border after leaving one person dead.

Shares of Palantir Technologies sailed past previous record highs Tuesday after booking its first $1 billion sales quarter and raising its performance expectations for the year.

The NBA will play at least six regular-season games in Europe over the next three seasons, starting with a pair of games between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic this season.

A Lebanese pro-Palestinian communist militant has arrived in Lebanon following his release after more than 40 years in prison in France.

The Trump administration has announced that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO.

Paris is celebrating Josephine Baker with a new mural honoring her legacy.

Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade.

Netflix on Thursday announced another quarter of steady growth built upon its video streaming service’s more than 300 million subscribers.

France’s prime minister has proposed cutting two public holidays to save money in next year’s budget.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced $7.6 billion euros in additional military spending over the next two years.

French prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving Elon Musk's platform X.

The iconic red windmill sails of Paris' Moulin Rouge are spinning again.

A woman convicted of stowing away on a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or a passport won’t be released from custody.

Countries prepared to provide troops for a future stabilization force in Ukraine have agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris to facilitate a rapid deployment after the war ends.

The unique and original Birkin bag that fashion house Hermès made for actor and singer Jane Birkin has sold for 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, at auction in Paris.

Armani Privé opened under an unmistakable shadow.

Imane Ayissi’s fall couture show blends African tradition with Parisian craftsmanship.

Dutch wunderkind and celebrity favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge for years.

Paris Couture Week begins with a striking moment as Cardi B appears in a custom Schiaparelli gown, holding a live crow.

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon set a world record in the 1,500 meters Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, finishing in 3 minutes, 48.68 seconds.

Europe sizzled in its first major heat wave of the summer on Tuesday.

The power of celebrity is the one trend that defined the fashion season in Paris.

Much of Paris Fashion Week chased spectacle.

Protests erupt in Togo's capital Lomé as President Faure Gnassingbé faces criticism over constitutional changes that could extend his rule indefinitely.

Issey Miyake’s menswear line has returned to Paris Fashion Week with a dazzling show at the Cartier Foundation.

Three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon has failed in her bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes.

Torrential storms in France caused two deaths, flooded Paris streets and created a leak in parliament’s roof that interrupted a prime minister’s speech.

The birds scattered in every direction as the first drumbeat thundered across the plaza outside Paris’s Centre Pompidou, heralding the start of Pharrell Williams’ latest Louis Vuitton spectacle.

It-designer Anthony Vaccarello has sent out a Saint Laurent men’s collection that felt both sun-drenched and haunted, set not just in the heart of Paris, but drifting somewhere between the city and the legendary queer enclave of Fire Island in New York.

Giorgio Armani will not be present to take his bows after the Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani runway shows at the upcoming Milan Fashion Week.

Imagine Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu competing together for a Grand Slam trophy.

Aryna Sabalenka says she has written to Coco Gauff to apologize for the “unprofessional” comments she made following her loss to her American rival in the final of the French Open.

The Louvre Museum has failed to open on time Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stuck in long, unmoving lines.

French authorities have ordered black partition walls around some Israeli defense industry displays at the Paris Air Show.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Greenland is “not to be sold” nor “to be taken” in a key visit to the strategic Arctic territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

French President Emmanuel Macron says a top-level U.N. conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians scheduled for next week has been postponed.

Olympic champion Imane Khelif is skipping the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands less than a week after World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes.

Coco Gauff has reached her second final at Roland-Garros by beating Loïs Boisson 6-1, 6-2 to end the surprising, upset-filled run by a French wild-card entry who is ranked No. 361.

Lorenzo Musetti has been warned for unsportsmanlike conduct for kicking a tennis ball that inadvertently hit a linesperson during his French Open quarterfinal against Frances Tiafoe.

Tennis players at Grand Slam tournaments such as the French Open can have to play at 11 a.m. or 8 p.m. or anywhere in between.

The president of World Boxing has apologized after Olympic champion Imane Khelif was singled out in the governing body’s announcement to make sex testing mandatory.

Four-time champion Iga Swiatek has posted a 26th successive win at Roland-Garros and set up a French Open semifinal clash against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.

Novak Djokovic will take on Alexander Zverev in the French Open quarterfinals.

Carlos Alcaraz has called himself for breaking the rules at the French Open and conceded a point during his four-set victory over Ben Shelton.

Tommy Paul has become the first American man in the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003.

Paris Saint-Germain players walked into a wall of noise at their home stadium and brandished aloft the Champions League trophy that their fans have waited so long to see.

Novak Djokovic has reached the fourth round of the French Open for the 16th consecutive year with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over qualifier Filip Misolic in a match marked by noise from Paris Saint-Germain fans cheering for goals as they watched the Champions League final on their phones.

Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint overnight.

It’s been 30 years since three American men reached Week 2 at the French Open.

When Jannik Sinner’s opponent in the French Open’s third round finally won a single game, the Court Suzanne-Lenglen crowd responded with a standing ovation.

The French Open isn’t the only sports event in Europe drawing attention from tennis players.

After glamorizing tobacco for decades, France is preparing for its most sweeping smoking ban yet.

Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to participate in upcoming events with the sport’s new governing body.

Carlos Alcaraz has been wearing nasal strips in some matches since last season.

Coco Gauff has managed to move into the French Open's third round despite some shaky serving.

A family looking for seashells in Bradenton Beach found something a lot more special: A message in a bottle that had traveled all the way from Hawaii.

Casper Ruud is hardly an up-and-comer simply trying to make his way — and a living — in professional tennis.

Two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud has dropped 13 of the last 14 games and lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 to Nuno Borges in the second round at Roland-Garros while bothered by a bad left knee.

In all sports, there are advantages to being at home.

For Novak Djokovic, this is a relatively easy call.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has lost in the French Open’s first round to 10th-seeded Paula Badosa 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4.

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance.

Tommy Paul was pleased to come back to win his first-round match at the French Open, of course, but perhaps not as thrilled as he was to discuss regaining the truck that was repossessed back home in Florida when he accidentally missed some payments.

Rafael Nadal is being celebrated during a ceremony in the main stadium of the French Open on Day 1 of the tournament.

Heading into the French Open, an argument could be made that the headlines about tennis lately have been as, or more, intriguing off the court — and in the court of law — than on the court of play.

Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.

The French Open is entering a new era this year now that Rafael Nadal has retired.

Play in the year’s second Grand Slam tennis tournament is scheduled to begin at the French Open on the red clay courts of Roland-Garros on Sunday.

A Paris court has found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian.

A woman who was able to sneak onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass last year has been convicted of a stowaway charge.

Carlos Alcaraz will open his defense of the French Open title against veteran Kei Nishikori.

Kim Kardashian is a step closer to following in her father’s footsteps and becoming a lawyer.

Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen nearly four decades ago from the Paris grave that has long been a place of pilgrimage for fans of the legendary Doors singer and poet.

The Tour de France is set for a dramatic finale in July after organizers announced a climb up Montmartre in Paris on the final day.

Pierpaolo Piccioli is the new creative director of the iconic fashion house Balenciaga.

The Ballon d’Or ceremony to award the most coveted individual honors in soccer finally has a better date for women nominees to be there.

Carlos Alcaraz is clearly the favorite for the French Open.

This was a week of reckoning for powerful men in France’s film industry.

Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life.

A popular Turkish American online streamer who is critical of President Donald Trump was recently detained and questioned at O’Hare International Airport after his flight from Paris landed in Chicago.

Kim Kardashian says she feared she would be raped and killed during a 2016 armed robbery in Paris.

South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung has been named the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position.

Europe is marking one of its most joyous days in history.

Paris Saint-Germain weathered one attack after another and showed remarkable adaptability to hold off and defeat an inspired Arsenal 2-1 to reach the Champions League final.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa says that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control.

The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans.