The word oppress originated in the Middle English period (around the 14th century) from the Old French word oppresser, which ...

Later in life, he rejected the foundational document as a failure More than 100 objects connected to the French emperor just sold at auction. The collection sheds light on the man and the myth in ...

Ask a French scholar in the 16th century to see his thesaurus, and he'd gladly give you a copy of his dictionary. In the early 1530s, a French printer named Robert Estienne published Thesaurus Linguae ...

The ready-to-cook sandwiches, made in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, are a market first for the fixture, tapping ...

This is exactly today’s word means. The word "beguile" originates from Middle English, formed by the prefix be- (meaning ...

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid has always taken a firm, impassioned stance against his country's insularity and machismo in ...

Essential by Christophe began serving dinner on Sunday night a few weeks ago, making it the only restaurant in its high-priced class open seven nights a week. Demand for seats left chef/owner ...

French police have arrested the captain and first officer of a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker that was seized off the French coast, as they investigate whether it was involved in last week’s drone ...

French soldiers have boarded an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet", used to evade sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. The Boracay left Russia last month and was off ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison. The former leader, 70, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy, but not guilty of passive corruption, illegal ...

France's trade unions call for new nationwide strike on 2 October to pile the pressure on new French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. French unions will hold another nationwide day of strikes and ...

French President Emmanuel Macron ran into some New York City gridlock while in town for the United Nations General Assembly but knew someone better to call than the mayor about the frustrating ...