PARIS: The “Mona Lisa” found herself alone. The new coronavirus had emptied her room at the Louvre museum of its usual throngs of admirers. In a silence...
LE PECQ, France: Hold that smile, Mona Lisa. The Eiffel Tower and the Palace of Versailles will remain off-limits for the immediate future, too.None of...
PARIS: An Italian accountant whose son bought her the raffle ticket as a Christmas present has won a Pablo Picasso oil painting valued at 1 million euros...
LE PECQ, France: How’s this as an antidote for coronavirus blues: A genuine painting by Pablo Picasso on your wall.After an eight-week delay caused by...
LE PECQ, France: The itch to dance, to break out of coronavirus lockdown and bust a few moves in the fresh air, out on the street, has proved too strong for...
LE PECQ, France: Look closely: The kettle drum player has a wooden spoon in one hand, a ladle in the other ... and doesn’t have his drums.Cutting a few...
MONACO: Billionaire art collector David Nahmad can’t fully recall why he bought “Nature Morte,” a charmingly simple oil-on-canvas that Pablo Picasso painted...
PARIS: France's Louvre Museum remained shut Monday, after closing its doors Sunday due to the spreading coronavirus epidemic, with workers who guard its...
PARIS: A French government minister warned that seditious groups bent on violence were hijacking the protest movement against pension reform that has gripped...
CAEN, France: The emotion of being liberated from Nazi occupation was so sweet and intense that the French refugees burst into song, a spontaneous rendition...
LUDRES, France: After decades of searching, Andre Gantois had completely lost hope. The retired French postal worker figured he’d likely go to his grave...
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, France: Master Yoda, dust off his French, he must. It's now easier than ever in France to act out "Star Wars" fantasies,...
PARIS: Emmanuel Macron won’t be rushed. The 24-hour news cycle? The French leader isn’t interested. At least, that’s what he wants people to think.France’s...
PARIS: The first paying guests to the ground-floor studio flat newly posted on Airbnb were innocuous enough: A family, come to experience the joys of Paris,...
PARIS: It was late 1945, and distrust of Russia was rising. British military planners had recently hatched secret plans, codenamed “Unthinkable,” to attack...
For three weeks, as the Tour de France riders did their thing, a team of Associated Press journalists who followed them valiantly ate and drank their way...
PARIS: Winning the French presidency was Step 1 for Emmanuel Macron. Step 2 is nailing down the parliamentary majority France’s youngest-ever president needs...
Editor’s note: John Leicester has reported from France for the Associated Press since 2002. This week, he got to try zip lining off the Eiffel Tower....
PARIS: President-elect Emmanuel Macron has been loud and clear on his policy of keeping France at the center of the European Union. Less certain, however, is...
PARIS: When France last put a Le Pen onto the threshold of the presidential Elysee Palace, one step from power, it could write off the 2002 election shock as...
PARIS: A French presidential campaign that’s been filled with unprecedented twists and turns still has surprises in store heading into Sunday’s first-round...
PARIS: Amnesty International says “toxic” fear-mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them President Donald Trump and the leaders of Turkey,...
TRAPPES, France: At the “Friz-Lys” styling salon, Jocelyne Gisquet is luxuriating in the freedom of answering emails with a laptop balanced on her knees while...
PARIS: By ramming his truck into a Bastille Day celebration of liberte and fraternite, the driver delivered a murderous message for France: No matter who you...
PARIS: Ronaldo, Messi, Messi, Messi, Messi, Ronaldo.Yawn.Time for a new winner of the Ballon d’Or.Why? Because football is not and must not become solely...