This week in French Connections, we focus on wealth in France. According to traditional macroeconomic measures, France is a rich country. It has the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP, ...

Louvre museum, €3 more at the Palace of Versailles... tourists visiting France from outside the European Union now have to pay significantly higher entrance fees at some of the most popular sites in ...

US President Donald Trump insists Washington must secure Greenland, an Arctic island with just 57,000 residents, to prevent rivals China and Russia from doing so.

Ugandan groups are running talent competitions with music, poetry and dance to inspire their communities to fight climate change and protect the environment.

For over a century, the rhythm of Makoko was written on the water. It was a world built on stilts—a floating city where ...

Many Ugandans say President Yoweri Museveni would not win a free and fair election outright. But after four decades in power, ...

Elon Musk's social media platform X has changed its Iranian flag emoji from the current Islamic Republic flag – featuring a red emblem – to the historic pre-revolution Lion and Sun symbol widely used ...

Italy has become a pioneer in regulating artificial intelligence (AI). Last autumn, the Italian parliament approved a draft bill concerning the "Provisions and delegations to the government on ...

Amid nationwide protests in Iran against the country’s theocracy, this week has also seen rallies take place in support of the government. But online, social media users have been sharing misleading ...

The legal action comes after a 37-year-old woman was shot dead by a federal agent in Minneapolis last week. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says the federal government's actions have "made us ...

Her performance as Shakespeare's wife in "Hamnet" won Jessie Buckley the best actress award at the Golden Globes. Our film critic Emma Jones tells us why Chloé Zhao's sensitive direction has made the ...

Some 3 million French citizens live abroad, scattered across the globe. From the snowy uplands of Quebec to a remote, desert ...