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Milan designers propose assertive winter looks
Milan designers have proposed assertive and even aggressive looks for next year, as if to fill a power vacuum felt keenly in Italy in the face of ...
After bad month for French cuisine, farms in focus
Stung by Europe's growing horse meat scandal, French farmers and food industry officials on Saturday were flocking to Paris to show off their wares ...
Job cut costs swell 2012 loss at Air France-KLM
Costs associated with cutting jobs, higher fuel prices and weakness in Europe have combined to swell losses at airline Air France-KLM. The Paris-based ...
London Fashion Week wraps up 5-day run
What's new for fashion in the coming winter? Consider glamorous animal prints, a touch of punk, polished tailoring, furry collars and lashings of ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Art witness: the 20th century according to Chagall
A new exhibit in Paris tries to show the painter Marc Chagall as a historian of the 20th century. Through rich, colorful allegories of the two world ...
Danone sales grow, but layoffs in Europe loom
French food and drink company Danone says revenues grew 5.4 percent in 2012 but are coming under increasing pressure in economically-struggling ...
Alleged Kurdish extortion ring: France charges 11
French authorities have filed preliminary charges against 11 people as part of a judicial probe into alleged extortion to raise funds for a banned ...
Column: For judo's giant Teddy, life lonely at top
Roger Federer has Rafael Nadal, the Yankees have the Red Sox, Ferrari has McLaren, but Teddy Riner is all alone. In his sport, judo, the Olympic ...
PSG stunned by 3-2 defeat to struggling Sochaux
French leader Paris Saint-Germain defended shoddily and was dominated in midfield as it lost 3-2 at relegation battlers Sochaux on Sunday to give ...
Fanni's injury-time goal seals Marseille's win
Rod Fanni scored deep into injury time as Marseille returned to winning ways with a scrappy 1-0 victory against Valenciennes in the French league on ...
French anti-doping agency fuels rift with UCI
The French anti-doping agency is refusing to test riders at the Paris-Nice race next month, creating another rift between the International Cycling ...
Beckham could make PSG debut at Sochaux
All eyes will be on Paris Saint-Germain in the French league match at Sochaux on Sunday, when David Beckham is expected to make his debut.
Renault earnings slump in 2012 despite Volvo sale
French car maker Renault managed to shore up its cash position in 2012 even though it saw its profits crumble during the year in spite of a big ...
BNP Paribas sees profit slump in 4th quarter
BNP Paribas said Thursday its earnings slumped 33 percent in the fourth quarter as the cost of provisioning a risky loan in its investment banking ...
French probe opened into under-age prostitution
A France national team player is under suspicion for soliciting an under-age prostitute as part of a preliminary investigation opened by Paris ...
Peugeot Citroen posts $6.7 billion loss for 2012
PSA Peugeot Citroen posted a record €5 billion ($6.7 billion) loss last year after Europe's cratering car market forced France's largest automaker to ...
Societe Generale swings to loss in 4th quarter
Societe Generale says swung into a loss in the fourth quarter as the cost of off-loading poorly performing loans and reversing costly foreign ...
Auditor calls into question French budget targets
France has only a slim chance of meeting ambitious budget targets intended to stabilize the country's economy and meet European requirements, the ...
Feminists cheer pope's farewell in Paris protest
Topless women activists pounded a huge church bell in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to "celebrate" the pope's resignation. The nine women from ...
2 French aid workers convicted of fraud
Two French aid workers were convicted of fraud on Tuesday and sentenced to 2 years in prison for trying to bring 103 children from central Africa to ...
Bruce Willis gets French honor, opposes 75% tax
Actor Bruce Willis has been awarded the Commander of the Arts in France for his contribution to cinema. The 57-year-old, whose latest film is "A Good ...
Pope to resign Feb. 28, says he's too infirm
Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step ...