France

A comparative exhibition in Paris’ Musée d’Orsay and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases world famous masterpieces and rarely seen works from around the world

Hassan Diab (69) is only person accused in connection with blast outside Copernic synagogue

One price, home and away

Alain Robert (60) ascends building to support opponents of Macron reforms

Europe still has ground to make having underperformed US for many years but some analysts say markets are exposed

At the heart of the pact are semiconductors, the electronic circuits that drive modernity

Validation marks political victory after months of protest over reform

Armed police wdeployed outside France’s Constitutional Council in Paris ahead of decision

Final show of anger before a decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards

French president seeks to reassure allies that Paris is not changing course after Beijing trip

The corn, which has become extraordinarily popular, has a colourful past

French president does not address controversy in Netherlands speech

Macron says France would not lift a finger to protect the island, but Biden has promised to defend it against attacks from China

Rescue workers search debris as fire still smoulders under rubble of four-storey building

At least six people still sought by more than 100 firefighters after canine unit’s work delayed by fire causing high temperatures and smoke

Five people taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after explosion

Rescue services continuing to search for further casualties, says president Emmanuel Macron

Macron’s reforms have ignited a months-long firestorm of public anger

Sodexo plans to spin off the unit, which has 5,000 employees in 31 countries, by distributing shares to shareholders

Ukraine to loom large over European leaders’ meetings with Chinese president as Xi seen as key influence on Putin with potential role in ending war

Critics say Marlène Schiappa’s decision to pose for magazine is a distraction from vociferous nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms

A total of 24 people died in scooter-related incidents in France in 2021

The tour operator was arrested in Iran last October at the height of nationwide protests over the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini

As western weapons flow to Ukraine, a spring offensive is imminent despite Russia’s nuclear rhetoric

Take5: One-bedroom apartments in Lima and Quintana Roo, a converted boathouse in Kolnes, a farmhouse in Limousin or a three-bed cottage in Belmullet?

Carlow native Isla Gordon stumbled on a new career, and more besides, in the vineyards of New Zealand before settling in France

About 740,000 demonstrate across France against Macron’s pension reform

World Cup finalists pushed all the way, follow the action as it happened at the Aviva Stadium

Monarch’s first state visit since taking the throne was postponed due to pension demonstrations

Move highlights Macron’s inability to control events in his own country

British monarch’s first three-day trip to county was due to begin on Sunday

Police and protesters fight Paris street battles as more than one million demonstrate across country

Léa Mysius’s swirling imagination is anchored by remarkable performances from Sally Dramé and Adèle Exarchopoulos

The French film-maker’s magical tone is all over The Five Devils, centred on the power of smell

Possibly millions will go on strike for ninth time in two months in hope of forcing president to abandon law raising legal retirement age to 64

Macron moves a step closer to enacting unpopular reform as workers continue to protest

Journalist Olivier Dubois and aid worker Jeffery Woodke had been held by Islamist militants in Mali and Niger

Alliance of main French unions says it will continue to mobilise to try force a U-turn on the changes

More than 300 were arrested overnight after president skirts parliament to raise retirement age from 62 to 64

Readers tell us about their experiences of getting Irish passports and citizenship since the UK voted to leave the EU