With a new update just in time for the start of the 2012 event, the official application of the French Open tennis tournament allows fans to follow all the matches and catch every serve of the tournament. The Roland-Garros 2012 app is available for f... [Full Article]
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Saturday after talks with his US counterpart that France's planned troop withdrawal from Afghanistan this year would not affect NATO "unity" at an alliance summit in Chicago. (Source: AFP... [Full Article]
The appointment of Fleur Pellerin as France's first South Korean-born minister has prompted soul searching over social values in the country of her birth where she was adopted at the age of six months. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A Frenchman who lost his limbs in an electrical accident swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia in strong winds and currents Thursday, finishing the first stretch in a mission to swim between five continents. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A limbless Frenchman planning to make four challenging swims around the world finally got his epic journey under way Thursday after sorting out paperwork problems in Papua New Guinea. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Socialist Francois Hollande took over as France's president Tuesday and jetted off to Berlin hours later for talks on Europe's debt crisis - only to have his plane struck by lightning. No one was hurt. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
France gets a new president as Francois Hollande is sworn in as the country's first Socialist leader in nearly two decades at a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in central Paris. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were mystified by a spate of hair care packages sent from Paris to residents of the South Island's remote west coast. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A limbless Frenchman planning to swim around the world was delayed from starting his epic journey in Papua New Guinea on Monday by a paperwork problem. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
When incoming French president Francois Hollande arrives at his inauguration on May 15, it will be in an eco-friendly car from Citroen, a brand with ties to the occasion going back to the 1950s. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]