Workers shut down schools, grounded flights and walked out of hospitals yesterday to protest against austerity measures brought on by the nation's staggering debt.

Sending children as young as 9 overseas for six months is a growing trend in the UK, where it's seen as one of the best ways to learn a second language.

Most adults lack an 'effective level of literacy'.

The almost indestructible, iconic French tumblers are boucing back into global domination.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin-Miller files from Paris Fashion Week.

Air France says obese passengers who are asked to pay for an additional seat will be reimbursed if the plane isn't full.

If the joyous and spirited sounds on this album are anything to go by, the 60s and early 70s would have been a golden age to be partying on the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Passengers who are unable to squeeze into a single aeroplane seat will have to pay 75 per cent of the cost of a second seat under the new rules.

France and Germany have warned web users against using all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to protect security.

Marianne Dissard is an all-American girl who retains inescapable Gallic roots.

Unseeded American John Isner is the first man to advance through to the final at the Heineken Open in Auckland.

The vineyards of France have long regarded themselves as the toast of the wine world.

The double--hyphen,compulsory for double-barrelled surnames in France since 2005, has been ruled ungrammatical and un-French.

Flavio Briatore has been let off a lifetime ban from Formula One by a French court.