A French Egyptologist specialised in hieroglyphic cryptology says he has decoded several messages that until now were undiscovered on the Luxor Obelisk, which dates to about 1,300BC but situated since 1833 on the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, and which project the power of Pharaoh Ramses II.
The sexually abusive behaviour by Abbé Pierre, the late French Catholic priest who became revered in France for his charitable work and foundation to help the poor and socially excluded, but who is now accused by more than 30 people of sexual assault, was made known to the Vatican as early as 1955, according to book just published in France.
Talks on the introduction of a ceasefire in Ukraine, hosted in Paris by President Emmanuel Macron and which brought together senior US, European and Ukrainian negotiators, were described as 'excellent' by a French official, ahead of a meeting of all the parties again in London next week.
A 27-year-old British man, who has not been named, died of cardiac arrest after being dug out of the snow of an avalanche which swept him off the side of a road and 15 yards downhill in the French ski resort of Val Thorens, according to a local prosecutor.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in France for talks in Paris with European officials on ending Russia's war on Ukraine.
Following three nights of nationwide shooting and arson attacks against French prisons and the homes and cars of prison guards, French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that the as yet unknown perpetrators will be found and punished.
Paris city hall has ordered daily inspections of changing rooms in the French capital's 40 swimming pools after a series of complaints by women who have discovered men secretly filming them in the cabins.
Following the expulsion earlier this week of 12 French officials from Algeria after an Algerian consulate official in France was placed under investigation for kidnapping, France has expelled 12 Algerian officials in retaliation.
Seven prisons across France were the target of shooting and arson attacks during the night of Monday to Tuesday, in what justice minister Gérald Darmanin said were intimidation attempts linked to the government crackdown on drugs trafficking.
French culture minister Rachida Dati, 59, who is eyeing the post of mayor of Paris and who is targeted by an investigation into alleged corruption and influence peddling when hired as a 'consultant' for carmaker Renault, hid jewellery and watches worth more than 400,000 euros from a wealth register all ministers must complete before taking office, according to a press report.
Amid general distaste and even anger in France at Donald Trump's policies and provocative style - an opinion poll in March found 73 percent of thos polled no longer believe Washington to be an ally - US tourists in Paris tell the BBC how they're dressing down to avoid encountering animosity.
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