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Defence firm Thales faces bribery and corruption investigation

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating suspected bribery and corruption at Thales Group, a multinational aerospace and defence electronics contractor.The company, which is headquartered in Paris and has...

Macron to visit Notre Dame Cathedral before reopening after 2019 fire

As firefighters doused the embers of the blaze that threatened to destroy Notre Dame Cathedral on 16 April...

Four wounded after axe used in fight on Paris suburban train

Four teenagers were wounded, two of them seriously, after an axe was used during a fight on a...

Four wounded by axe used in fight on Paris suburban train

Four people have been wounded, two of them seriously, after an axe was used during a fight on...

Unflappable Chanel in no hurry to find new designer amid continuity in Paris

The birdcage on the Chanel catwalk was empty, its door swung open. A metaphor for a house that...

Spotted on the catwalks: leopard prints roar back into fashion for autumn

Associated with everyone from Bet Lynch to Mel B, and sometimes dubbed a “neutral” by fashion insiders, leopard print is such a stalwart of...

High-speed Paris-to-Berlin rail link to launch in December

A new high-speed train linking Paris and Berlin is to launch in December, operators have announced.The daytime service will complement a popular night train...

Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at French airport

Pavel Durov, billionaire co-founder and chief executive of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, TF1...