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How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time

More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to…

Arts

France Scoffs at an Englishman’s ‘Napoleon’

French critics considered Ridley Scott’s new biopic lazy, pointless, boring, migraine-inducing, too short and historically inaccurate. And that’s just to…

World

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Who Looked at History From the Bottom Up, Dies at 94

He led a movement that rejected historiography’s traditional emphasis on great events and leaders in favor of mining the “mental…

World

A French Politician Refuses to Be Silent in the Face of Antisemitism

Yaël Braun-Pivet, a secular Jew, cherishes the French ideal of a national identity that subsumes ethnic division — and speaks…

World

Napoleon’s Hat Sells for $2.1 Million at Auction in France

The black bicorn hat, believed to have belonged to the 19th century French emperor, had been expected to sell for…

World

French Judges Issue Warrant for Assad in Syria War Crimes Case

The warrant relates to the deadly use of chemical weapons and is a major step to hold President Bashar al-Assad…

Sports

The Present and Future of French Tennis

Men’s tennis in France isn’t what it used to be. But the veteran Adrian Mannarino is still winning, and the…

World

Marie NDiaye Raises Questions She Has No Intention of Answering

She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France’s best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested…

World

After France Bans Short Domestic Flights, It’s Business as Usual

A decree formalizing the measure, which was passed in 2021, is riddled with exceptions. Critics call its effect symbolic, at…

Food

Restaurant Yuu, an Omakase With a French Approach, Opens in Brooklyn

More French bistro cooking in the West Village, all you can eat Thai in Queens, and more restaurant news.

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