Pop star and fashion designer Pharrell Williams has been named UNESCO’s goodwill ambassador for artistic education and entrepreneurship on Tuesday in Paris.

A Russian woman who was arrested after she stowed away on a flight from New York City to Paris last month has been arrested again in Buffalo.

Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish fashion brand Mango, has died after suffering an accident, the company said in a statement.

The reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral was a solemn celebration of cultural and spiritual renewal.

New Zealand's Associate Immigration Minister Chris Penk has overturned a visa refusal for the U_S_ conservative commentator Candace Owens, citing “the importance of free speech."

Thousands of users report Meta's platforms are currently down.

The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the central African country.

Donald Trump is pushing Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Denmark has delivered a second batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed Donald Trump to Paris with a full dose of presidential pomp.

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term in 2027 and said he will name a new prime minister within days.

Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will build a $10 billion artificial intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana.

UNESCO has listed the restoration techniques for the zinc roofs of Paris as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Jill Biden has departed on her final solo foreign trip as first lady.

France’s minority government appears to be in its final hours as opposition lawmakers from the left and the far right vow to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s Cabinet.

Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral has some surprising stories to tell before it reopens this weekend after five years of restoration.

The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend will be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some measures used during the Paris Olympics.

Belgium is granting sex workers full labor rights, including health insurance, paid leave and pensions, starting Sunday.

The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service says Russia is conducting a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine's allies that risks dangerously escalating the conflict.

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral has showed its new self to the world Friday.

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre.

The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding that still clings to the cathedral is puzzling some Parisians and raising questions about whether the monument's grand post-blaze reopening is more symbolic than substantive.

The EU and the South American trade bloc Mercosur are working to finalize a trade deal that has been in negotiation for over 20 years.

Thousands of Microsoft users woke up to email, Teams and other issues Monday morning.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has threatened bring down France’s minority government by the end of the year unless changes are made to the country's budget bill.

South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial segregation, has died in Paris.

When Jean-Charles de Castelbajac saw Notre Dame cathedral burn in April 2019, he felt compelled to act.

A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as the “Virgin of Paris,” has returned to Notre Dame cathedral, five years after surviving the devastating fire of 2019.

The San Antonio Spurs are offering one lucky fan the chance to watch the Silver and Black play in Paris -- for free!

A French student detained for weeks in Tunisia has returned to Paris after weeks of top-level diplomatic discussions.

Paris police made two arrests after a brief fan-fight at a Nations League soccer game between France and Israel.

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business.

There was a brief altercation between a small number of fans early into Thursday’s Nations League soccer game between France and Israel despite heavy security inside the stadium, a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli club team’s visit.

Protests have erupted in Paris against a controversial gala organized by far-right figures in support of Israel.

Nearly $1 billion in donations were pledged within days of the fire that ravaged Paris' Notre Dame cathedral five years ago.

Paris prosecutors have requested a 2-year prison sentence against France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen and an additional 5-year period of ineligibility to run for office.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on Western allies to provide further support to Ukraine “to change the trajectory of the conflict.”.

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription.

Many European leaders have marked the end 106 years ago of World War I with warnings that liberty should be cherished and defended as armed conflict has returned to the continent.

Paris police say that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation.

Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with fresh chimes.

As one of the Arab World’s largest book fairs opens in Algeria on Wednesday, there is one conspicuous absence.

Lauren Betts had 18 points and four blocks as No. 5 UCLA beat No. 17 Louisville 66-59 in the second match of a season-opening doubleheader in France.

The trial of eight people in Paris on terrorism charges started on Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty.

Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as Nvidia cornered the market for chips that run artificial intelligence systems.

Saudi startup airline Riyadh Air has ordered 60 Airbus aircraft.

A new league format on the U.S. beach volleyball tour is bringing a team concept to what has always been a two-person sport.

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Chipmaker Intel has won a fresh victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top court confirmed a lower tribunal’s decision to overturn a billion-euro antitrust penalty.

France’s government is defending its decision to bar Israeli companies supplying the wars in the Middle East from exhibiting at an upcoming trade fair outside Paris.

A film production company that helped make “Blade Runner 2049” has sued Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for using an AI-generated image resembling a scene from the science fiction movie to market Tesla’s new robotaxis.

Hundreds have gathered in London’s Kensington Gardens to mourn Liam Payne as fans around the world grieved for the One Direction singer who died this past week.

The Paris prosecutor’s office is investigating alleged discrimination years ago by PSG following a complaint that scouts from the club illegally profiled potential recruits by their origin.

Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show.

Police in France say four people have died in a car crash after their Tesla vehicle reportedly hit a road sign and caught fire.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen strongly denied committing any wrongdoing at a Paris court Monday as she and her National Rally party stand trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been city-hopping across Europe to promote a “victory plan” that he said “aims to create the right conditions for a just end to the war” against Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s “super proud” of the cameo appearance by his wife, Brigitte, in the fourth season of the Netflix show “Emily in Paris.”.

France’s minority government has survived a no-confidence vote, two weeks after taking office, getting over the first hurdle placed by left-wing lawmakers to bring down new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier.

Chinese drinkers may pay more for Remy Martin and other European brandies after the government announced provisional tariffs of 30.6% to 39%.

A federal judge said the Federal Trade Commission can proceed with its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.

Justin Jefferson played soccer with Vinícius Júnior in Brazil and walked the runway with pal Joe Burrow in Paris.

U.S. authorities and Microsoft say hackers linked to Russian intelligence targeted dozens of former military and intelligence officials, journalists and civil society groups with a sophisticated campaign designed to steal information.

French Union of Auschwitz Deportees president and Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia has died.

Stephen Curry got the question and didn’t even have to think about the answer.

Alessandro Michele’s Valentino debut signaled a transformation, with a stage set like a living room in flux, evoking a sense of renewal.

Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski broke seasonal conventions at Hermès with a spring collection drenched in warm golden beiges and autumnal tones, blending refined sensuality with utilitarian chic.

Hundreds of people have marched in Paris in support of the right to abortion for women across the world.

British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been barred from being a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years after the poverty charity she founded nearly two decades ago was deemed to have been “poorly governed” with “inadequate financial management.”.

France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron is appearing as a surprise guest on the fourth season of the Netflix show “Emily in Paris,” parts of which were released on Thursday.

Filming “Emily in Paris” in Rome has given star Lily Collins a confidence boost ahead of her West End debut.

French rescuers say they have found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side.

Parisian business owners and hotel managers were promised a summer like no other.

The Paris luxury fashion house Givenchy has named Sarah Burton creative director for women’s and men’s collections, with immediate effect.

The Paralympic Games have ended with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music.

France has defeated Argentina 3-2 on penalties under the lights of the Eiffel Tower for the gold medal in blind football on the penultimate day of the Paralympic Games.

The final act of the Paralympics in Paris will be a giant dance party.

Nearly two decades ago, Paris Hilton released her debut album, 2006’s eponymous “Paris” — an album of breezy pop music that offered a soundtrack to her cheery and decadent public-facing lifestyle, anchored by the reggae-lite sugar rush of “Stars Are Blind.”.

Ella Sabljak helped Australia win the bronze medal in wheelchair rugby at the Paris Paralympics then turned her thoughts to growing the sport.

Soccer fans are known for being loud and rowdy.

With one of the world's tallest people on the team, Iran is chasing its third Paralympic gold medal in sitting volleyball.

Paralympics organizers say triathlon competitions in Paris scheduled for Sunday have been postponed for a day because of concerns about water quality in the Seine River after heavy rainfall.

Minority athletes don’t just bear their countries’ hopes for gold at the Olympics and Paralympics.

South Korean shooter Jinho Park completed a full set of Paralympic medals after winning the men’s 10-meter air rifle standing SH1 final in Paris.

For many Paralympic athletes, equipment isn’t simply a tool for mobility, but also an extension of the self.

For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the Paralympic Games has come at a cost.

At the Paralympic Games in Paris, women are blazing trails in the roughest of sports — mixed-gender but male-dominated wheelchair rugby.

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee is giving its Paralympians an advantage long held by its Olympians: a training facility of their own.

Zakia Khudadadi has made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympics by becoming the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal.

Concerns over water quality in the Seine River have resurfaced at the Paralympic Games with organizers changing the schedule for para triathlon races.

Great Britain’s Jodie Grinham returned to the Paralympic stage Thursday for the first time since Rio 2016, this time seven months pregnant.

Stephen Curry has signed a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors for the 2026-27 season, one in which the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader and Olympic gold medalist will earn nearly $63 million.

Miles Krajweski and Jayci Simon are trying to win Team USA’s first para badminton medal in the SH6 mixed doubles event for players of short stature.

The Paralympic flag was raised into the night sky as Paris celebrated the start of its second Olympics on Wednesday.

The leaders of France's main left-wing coalition have accused President Emmanuel Macron of denying democracy.

French performer Barbara Butch carried the Paralympic torch on Sunday evening in an act of defiance after being targeted by hate speech over her appearance in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Paralympic athletes and even the International Paralympic Committee are raising their visibility on social media with content focusing on and even making fun of their physical disabilities.

Nacer Zorgani has had a busy summer.

Novak Djokovic says he understands why Jannik Sinner’s lack of a suspension despite two positive drug tests has some tennis players questioning whether there’s a double standard in the sport.

Former gold medalists Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves have been chosen as the United States’ flagbearers for the Paralympics opening ceremony.