WorldcrunchWorldcrunch CLOSER, VOICI (France) REUTERS PARIS – Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, prominent French journalist Anne Sinclair, have split after 20 years of marriage, a source close to DSK has told Reuters. The French edition of the weekly magazine Closer first reported the news in its online edition, adding that Sinclair, […]
A favorite of both fitness nuts and party animals, Red Bull has some reported side-effects. Now people have started mixing energy drinks with alcohol, adding to the potential toxicity. France, one of the last countries to approve its sale, asks if its rea
Worldcrunch LES INROCKUPTIBLES (France) PARIS – French marijuana activists are stepping up their fight to legalize the drug, opening several “Cannabis Social Clubs’ across the country. Known as a CSC, they are cooperatives of regular marijuana users who grow the plant for their own consumption, explains French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. The goal is to be […]
Worldcrunch 60 MILLIONS DE CONSOMMATEURS, LE MONDE, LE PROGRES (France) PARIS – Ever wondered what’s the secret ingredient that makes sodas taste so delicious? Sugar, sweeteners, additives, caffeine…. alcohol? Yes, you read it: alcohol. French magazine 60 Millions de Consommateurs, the French equivalent of Consumer Reports, compiled a list of ingredients found in 19 of […]
A French squash-loving hydrodynamics scientist has finally answered a time-old question: why does hitting the ball near the corners make its trajectory utterly unpredictable?
Worldcrunch LE MONDE (France), E-DIASPORA.FR PARIS – A group of researchers has created the first comprehensive world map of immigrant diasporas, Le Monde reports. Called the “e-Diaspora Atlas’ and published by the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris, the website classifies and analyzes the online presence of 28 diasporas: “A migrant site is a […]
You probably know him…or her. Charming, manipulative, a smooth talker and guilt-tripper who ends up making you do what he (or she) wants. So-called “narcissistic perverts” are all around us, explains a growing body of psychological res
In this end-of-year exams and papers season, a new French study analyzes the evolution of cheating techniques in the past five years, in particular the widespread digital tool we all have come to know as “copy-paste.”
Editorial: “When France sets a 75% top income tax rate, we will roll out the red carpet, and we will welcome more French businesses,” recently announced British Prime Minister David Cameron. Et voila…a French reply.
Worldcrunch LES ECHOS (France), LE TEMPS (Switzerland), BLOOMBERG PARIS – The Moody’s ratings agency’s downgrading of 15 top Western banks reverberated in world financial capitals Friday, though markets held relatively steady in both Asia and Europe. The announcement, made late on Thursday, sparked reactions Friday morning from top bank managers and analysts in Europe. One […]
LE MONDE (France) PARIS – Cooking food in the dishwasher…now why should anyone do such a thing? Because the French say so, and when it comes to cuisine, it’s best just to do what they say. “Wrap your fish or meat in a waterproof bag and then set your dishwasher on 60°C or more,” explains […]
In today’s economy, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are forced them to build internationalization strategies and corporate culture.
What’s a Pastor to do when the city council refuses to sell him land or to let him build his church in their neighborhood? Many are forced to rent small, overcrowded rooms, which can lead to senseless tragedies.
Worldcrunch OUEST FRANCE, LE PARISIEN, EUROPE 1 (France) TOULOUSE – This southwestern French city was the scene of a new standoff on Wednesday, with a man claiming to belong to Al Qaeda taking four hostages in a bank. Last March Mohammed Merah, killed three French soldiers and three children and a teacher at a Jewish […]
Op-Ed: The posturing of recent days between Berlin and Paris had its logic. But now the moment has arrived to find the terms to strike a deal to save the euro that is what matters most to both countries. And beyond.
Worldcrunch LE NOUVEL OBS (France) PARIS – At midnight Friday, European time, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will become a citizen like any other again. The French Constitution protects any standing President from being taken to court. But now that Sarkozy has been bumped from office by François Hollande, he could face prosecution in several […]
Analysis: Greece or no Greece, the problem of the European single currency runs deeper. So no tricks — no Northern and Southern or National versions of the euro — can save it. Europe’s leaders must decide if they are playing for keeps.
Worldcrunch LIBERATION, LE PARISIEN (France) PARIS –All’s fair in love and politics, especially in France. Two days after First Lady Valérie Trierweiler’s morning tweet set French politics in a tizzy, President François Hollande’s former longtime partner Ségolène Royal has fired back. Royal granted the French newspaper Libération her first interview after Trierweiler took to the […]
Valérie Trierweiler, companion of France’s new President François Hollande, wants to keep up her journalism career. She wants to be free to speak — and tweet — her mind. But when she took a political slap at Hollande’s ex, France was r
Worldcrunch LE NOUVEL OBS (France) PARIS – #trierweilergate, #vaudeville… Hashtags have been flourishing on Twitter since Valérie Trierweiler —French President François Hollande’s girlfriend— posted an unexpected message endorsing the Socialist candidate running against Hollande’s former long-term partner Ségolène Royal in parliamentary elections. At 11.56AM, Trierweiler (@valtrier) tweeted “Good luck to Olivier Falorni who is a […]
Worldcrunch LIBERATION (France) PARIS – Three months after the Toulouse shootings, the father of the slain killer Mohamed Merah is suing France for murder. Mohamed Benalel Merah lodged a complaint on Monday in Paris, accusing senior French police officials of murder with aggravating circumstances. Merah’s son killed seven people around the French southern city of […]
Established in 2007, the Monumenta series challenges an artist to occupy the vast open space of the Grand Palais of Paris. French artist Daniel Buren has a colorful response.
Worldcrunch LIBERATION (France) PARIS – On the wave of the solid popularity of newly installed French President François Hollande, left-wing parties look to be headed for a clear majority after Sunday’s first round of parliamentary elections. First estimates give the Left — led by Hollande’s Socialist Party — 47% of the vote, in front of […]
More than 15 years after the end of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific, 720 people afflicted with cancer and other illnesses have sued France for compensation.
Are iron-fisted bans on tobacco the best way to reduce smoking? Or will it end up replacing regulated tobacco by counterfeit, dangerous, organized-crime produced cigarettes?
LES NOUVELLES NEWS (France) PARIS – The women’s semifinals were held Thursday at Roland Garros, an opportunity for some of the world’s best female athletes to shine. Yet the French Open organizers decided to turn centre court’s signature clay surface… pink! Sinking deeper in old clichés, the tennis officials set up a special “women’s village” […]
LIBERATION, AFP (France) PARIS – Damascus has declared as “personae non gratae” top diplomats of the US, UK, France and several other Western nations, French-language newspaper Libération reports. The move comes a week after governments around the world expelled their Syrian diplomats in the wake of the Houla massacre in late May. The ambassadors of […]
LE PARISIEN, LE MONDE (France) NICE – In the French Riviera city of Nice, couples must now marry in silence. Or at least, not so noisily. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi pushed through a controversial decree last week forbidding married couples to celebrate their wedding too loudly within the walls of the city. Since June 1, […]
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR (France) TEL AVIV – Madonna has danced herself right into the center of French politics. And the show may not be over yet. During the first stop of her “MDNA” tour in Israel last week, the American pop star melded images of right-wing French leader Marine Le Pen with Nazi imagery. During […]
CHALLENGES (France) PARIS – His name is André Santini. André, with an “é”, not Andre. A French member of parliament and mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, André Santini prides himself on being the first French politician whose website features an accented letter (www.andré-santini.fr), the French weekly financial magazine Challenges reports. Bonne […]
Paul Ricard was a visionary: in the early 1920s, he was already dreaming of selling his aniseed liquor around the world. Eighty years later, his vision has become reality, and what was a little liquor from the South of France is today one of the world&
Many countries have sent Syria’s ambassadors packing in recent days. France did the same – sort of. This week the government officially expelled Ambassador Lamia Chakkour. She plans to stay on in Paris regardless.
The growing political movement for Internet freedom, the Pirate Party, has shocked many with recent electoral success in Germany. The next objective is establishing a beachhead in France in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
EUROPE 1 (France) “May contain egg protein” or “contains traces of milk.” Not exactly what you’d expect to read on the label of a wine bottle. But starting July 1, wine sold in Europe will come marked with exactly this kind of information. The move follows a European directive aimed at informing consumers of the […]
LE PARISIEN and LES ECHOS (France) A public health advocacy group called the French League Against Cancer is taking advantage of World No Tobacco Day – today – to sound the alarm about “hidden advertising” for cigarettes. Tobacco advertising was outlawed in France in 1991. And yet cigarette manufacturers are still finding a way to […]
As a consequence of the bad economy and high real estate prices, more and more couples continue to share the same home, even after they divorce.
Three Moroccan ferries, seized in order to pay their company’s debts, have been forced to anchor in the French coastal city of Sète for more than five months. Some 200 crew members are living in worsening conditions, with no way out.
France has close by complicated relationships with countries like Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, where the effects of the Arab spring may vary but cannot be undone. After sometimes tense relations with Nicolas Sarkozy, what approach will François Hollande
The World Heritage List maintained by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a nice shot of status. More practically, it would help protect France’s famous bubbly from fraudulent imitators.
ÉCRANS, RTL (France) PARIS – Four French anti-racism organizations have sued Google for its automatic suggestion function that prompts search requests to see if certain public figures are Jewish, French website Écrans reports. The Union of French Jewish Students (UEJF), SOS Racism and two other groups said the search engine corporation’s “auto-suggestion” tool was breaching […]