Paris

The yellow vest movement erupted 10 months ago and blindsided President Emmanuel Macron

Jeanne Calment remains the longest-living person on record, researchers insist

The move is mainly symbolic given that the 2017 law already bans the use of synthetic pesticides in public spaces

Hassa bint Salman had been charged for instructing her bodyguard to beat up a plumber in 2016

The Pompidou Centre said that museum's security guards had already caught thieves trying to snatch the work a year ago

In August 1944 ordinary Parisians rose up, led by Resistance fighters, to throw off the Nazi yoke

Hemingway's high jinks at the Ritz pushed for him to be court-martialed for carrying arms as a war correspondent

Some 4,300 soldiers, around 200 vehicles and more than 100 aircraft took part in the parade

Businesses, banks and boutiques targeted in yellow vest protests

Princess is being tried on charges of complicity to violence with a weapon and complicity to kidnap

Louis Vuitton's creative director shared a sneak peek as well as the actor herself

Emergency procedures triggered by the man’s unauthorised climb forced an evacuation

Landmark closed until further notice

Anniversary marked with light show at the famed monument

The problem first surfaced three weeks ago and has not been eradicated despite pest control efforts

Delegates from 130 nations wrap up week-long negotiations in Paris

Journalists reported scuffles between police and protesters in the afternoon

The artworks are expected to be transported to the Louvre museum

President Emmanuel Macron has vowed the mediaeval monument will be restored after its spire and roof collapsed

More than 400 firemen were needed to tame the inferno that consumed the roof and collapsed the spire

A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris

Firefighters enter the cathedral and bring out some of its priceless artworks

Cathedral is one of the French capital's most visited landmarks

According to officials, no shots were fired and no one was injured in the robbery

The number of attacks on the French transgender community shot up by 54 per cent to 186 reported incidents in 2017

Actor was part of L'Oreal's 110th Anniversary celebrations

Crowds mistake the din from a broken lift for the sound of weapons

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe decides to put off planned overseas trip to French Guiana

Venezuela's Caracas ranked as the least expensive city

Paris also mulling putting JeM chief on a European Union list of people suspected of being involved in terrorism

A police oversight body is investigating the shooting

Rallies are planned in Paris and other French cities to denounce a flare-up of anti-Semitic vandalism

Poll suggests most of the country wants them to stop

Police arrested the culprit after jumping through a window and busting into a flat where he was hiding

Thousands of protesters took part in Paris calling for ban on the weapons

Brown and his associates were released without charge after being held overnight for questioning

The Grammy Award-winning singer, 29, was detained on Monday on suspicion of aggravated rape and a drug offence

Brown was previously convicted in 2009 of beating fellow singer Rihanna

A fire broke out after the blast at around 9am in the city's 9th district, a residential and shopping area

Clothes were left in cloakroom along with mobile phones to prevent people from sneaking photo of other customers

As protesters ponder whether to stage another large rally in Paris or in the nearby town of Versailles

Around 90,000 security forces are mobilised across France and 2,000 people detained in Paris

City authorities said the 'yellow vests' had caused 'much more damage' than on December 1

Authorities say protests are hijacked by far-right and anarchist elements bent on violence and stirring unrest

Authorities fear the protests could turn violent for a third weekend in a row

The 37-year-old is in police custody for murder

The English teacher was stabbed in the throat and the knife was left at the scene

President Macron surveyed damage on Sunday

One person is in critical condition after protesters pulled down one of the huge iron gates of Tuileries garden

Police unions say across France there were some 31,000 protesters and 582 road blockages