"This compromise will not fully satisfy anyone. But I am firmly convinced that it allows us to take New Caledonia out of the spiral of violence, uncertainties, and destruction." ...

The agreement does not grant France’s 172 years-old Pacific colony independence, either immediately or in the future.

Technological evolution in media the past 75 years has turned the Tour de France from a niche spectator event mainly for the ...

In the land of the 35-hour work week, this is tantamount to treason. Most of the public seems to hate it, unions have called it a declaration of war and the far right has called it a provocation. The ...

France announced a sweeping, hard-fought agreement Saturday aimed at granting more autonomy to the restive South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, but stopping short of the independence sought by ...

Between 1632 and 1760, records show that 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France's North American colony, historian Dominique Deslandres reveals in two recent studies.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez will tie the knot sometime this week during a three-day wedding celebration in Venice, Italy. This will be the second marriage for both the billionaire Amazon founder, 61 ...

Ancient seas left an expanse of rolling gypsum dunes known as White Sands in New Mexico, and within this surreal landscape lies evidence that humans have roamed the Americas for at least 20,000 ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he’ll launch a new push with France to try to break a deadlock on a decade-old European Union effort to deepen the bloc’s capital markets and improve ...

New evidence from the Mandrin Cave in Southern France suggests that Homo sapiens occupied Europe at least 10,000 years earlier than previously believed. Archaeologists discovered fossilized ...