The 32-year-old British cyclist came in 54 seconds ahead of Rigoberto Urán at the end of the final stage of the race into Paris where the convoy of one of the most prestigious cycling races in the world was routed through the Grand Palais with the riders racing under the famous glass roof, originally erected in 1897 for the universal exposition at the turn of the century.
Top French banks have said that after Britain's departure from the European Union a total of 1,000 jobs will be created by moving part of their current operations in London to Paris.
The popularity of French President Emmanuel Macron, whose first months in power were marked by glowing media coverage of his appearances on the world stage, has tumbled by ten percent in latest opinion poll ratings in France as he prepares to enact sweeping national budget cuts and structural reforms.
The French agriculture ministry has warned that this year's wine production in France may fall by as much as 8 million hectolitres compared to 2016, to what it said would be a 'historically low' total of 37.6 million hectolitres, because of severe frosts in the spring.
The far-right party, shaken by its collapse in support at the final post of May's presidential election, is holding a two-day closed-door meeting to debate what its leader Marine Le Pen called a 're-founding of the Front National', including a re-think of its policies that France should leave the eurozone and European Union, while also pondering a change of its name.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday visited a major airbase in southern France when he addressed a crowd of servicemen and spoke of his 'deep respect' for the military, just 24 hours after armed forces' chief-of-staff General Pierre de villiers resigned amid a bitter spat over defence budget cuts.
A leaked internal report says the national cultural differences between the airline group's Dutch and French staff is so acute that it is uncertain 'whether the alliance can survive given the long-standing mutual incomprehension'.
Barbara Weldens, 35, who released her first album earlier this year, was performing in a church in south-west France when she collapsed and was pronounced dead after a suspected electrocution.
Proposed legislation by France's new government to enshrine into regular law certain far-reaching powers allowed under the current state of emergency has passed its first parliamentary test after the Senate approved the bill by a two-thirds majority, meaning it will now go before the lower house, the National Assembly, where the government has a large majority, in October.
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