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As France returns from the Christmas break this week, the month-long strikes look set to get even more disruptiv.

French authorities have opened an investigation into allegations that the once celebrated author Gabriel Matzneff raped a child in the 1980s.

Police in a Paris suburb shot a man dead after he went on a rampage with a knife, killing one person and injuring two others. French officials gave no motive for his attack but believe he would have claimed more lives.

Single-use plates, cups, and cotton buds were banned from January 1st; more will be banned next year, in first steps towards goal of phasing out all single-use plastics by 2040.

Former Nissan and Renault boss issues statement saying  his family played no role in his escape from Japan.

France's transport strike against pension reform has entered its 29th day, making it the longest rail workers' strike since May 1968.

One Lebanese TV channel reported that Ghosn fled his residence in Tokyo with help of paramilitary group disguised among a band of musicians.

French president calls for ‘rapid compromise’ in attempt to end four-week-long protests but his address to the nation was dismissed as a 'declaration of war against millions of French people who reject his reforms'.

In the traditional presidential end-of-year TV address to the public, Macron said he hoped for a 'quick compromise' with union leaders demanding he abandon the plan.

Carlos Ghosn, who was awaiting trial in Japan on financial misconduct charges, says he is in Lebanon to avoid a 'rigged Japanese justice system'.