Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is set to abdicate the throne on Friday after 25 years, passing the role to his eldest son, ...

Aurélien. Taking off as a French first name in the 1980s, Aurélien, pronounced oar-el-ee-yen, is a great name for a baby who will grow up into a passionate young man. With the meaning "golden," or ...

There were loads of other names popular in the UK that made it onto the list of the top 20 most mispronounced names too, ...

“I want to see women step into equal power and influence at every level of society, from their homes to their workplaces to our government and economy. But there is no path to that future if women are ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed loyalist Sébastien Lecornu as the country's new prime minister, his fifth in under two years. Macron made the appointment one day after his last ...

PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - France's parliament brought down the government on Monday over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt, deepening a political crisis that is weakening the euro zone's ...

The proximate reason is that, like his recent predecessors, Bayrou failed to get a budget through the parliament. Two weeks ago, he told the badly divided assembly there’d be a vote of confidence on 8 ...

The French government, led by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, has collapsed after losing a vote of no confidence, tipping the eurozone’s second-biggest economy into a political crisis and casting ...

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly. The defeat – by 364 votes to 194 – means that ...

Protest graffiti for the "Block Everything" movement ahead of September 10, seen in Paris on September 4, 2025. RAFAEL YAGHOBZADEH FOR LE MONDE According to estimates from French intelligence, the ...

Steve Buscemi explains that everyone has been pronouncing his name wrong, but that even he isn't quite sure how to say it. During a recent interview, the 67-year-old actor discussed the many ways he ...