Lydia Ko has one more chance to knock off one of golf's oldest records. The Kiwi teenager could become the youngest winner - male or female - of a major at next month's Evian Championship in France.

Former motorsport boss Max Mosley may serve an injunction on Google over the continued publication of images of him taken at an orgy.

The uplifting experience of visiting the Louvre in Paris is being marred by the sight of packs of rats scavenging scraps left by picnickers in the museum's gardens.

French tax hikes over the last three years and fiscal breaks provided by Portugal are driving rich French to seek homes in the Atlantic-hugging country.

The Pyrenees lived up to their reputation for causing ups and downs at the Tour de France yesterday.

A hundred years ago, thousands of French and colonial troops, huge artillery pieces and the latest hi-tech kit - airships - took part in a Bastille Day parade.

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld France's ban on wearing a burqa or a niqab in public.

Winemakers in Europe, Australia and California are protesting a decision to move forward with the introduction of .vin and .wine as top-level domains.

Nicolas Sarkozy thought it was a neat idea: sell Russia two advanced warships and open up a lucrative market for France's troubled armaments industry.

"Sea," said King Canute, the 11th-century Danish King of England, "I command you to come no further!"

Phoebe Falconer is intrigued to find one of the world's most recognisable statues sitting in the middle of a roundabout in northeastern France.

The French elite may scorn McDonald's for what they see as an economic and gastronomic horror in the same bun, but citizens in a town in northern France have taken to the streets to demand a branch of the US fast food chain.

Two of Hollywood's leading ladies have moved to France to be with their men. But only one of them is making the transition look effortless.

Prince Charles has compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler over Russia's actions in Ukraine.

The acquisition by French food giant Danone of two New Zealand dairy companies last month signals a new phase in the evolution of the local dairy industry.

The publisher of the New York Times has denied that the firing of top editor Jill Abramson was linked to a salary dispute or sexism.

The publisher of the New York Times is denying media reports its first woman editor was dismissed over her complaints about unequal pay.

Two women, both the first female editors at their two respective and prestigious newspapers - the New York Times and Le Monde - are leaving their posts.

Triathlete Laurent Vidal has emerged from an induced coma and is showing signs of making a positive recovery from a heart attack suffered in training at the weekend.

One of France's most successful rap stars – or "rappeurs" – has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a war of words with a rival performer turned violent.