Riot police clashed with teenagers across France as roughly 400 high schools closed and some 2,000 people were arrested amid escalating student unrest.

Much of the French political establishment took part in the Catholic ceremony, a striking display of reverence from a country that jealously guards its secular identity.

The attack was captured on video as thousands of youngsters went on the rampage over poor conditions in their schools.

F RANCE’S MESSY politics are spooking the bond markets. On September 29th the yield on ten-year bonds rose to 4.8%, its highest level since 2008. The surge in borrowing costs pu

France’s vulture population is growing, thanks to a reintroduction campaign that began in the 1980s after the birds all but disappeared decades earlier. But according to some farmers, the return of

Hundreds of French high schools closed Friday after nationwide student protests over school conditions escalated into violence.

Zinedine Zidane will face Italy on Friday for the first time after head-butting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final, now coaching France instead of playing for them. Zidane says he does not regret the incident,

By Stefano Rebaudo Oct 2 (Reuters) - The euro was set for a fourth straight weekly fall against the US dollar, its steepest decline in around four months, as concerns about France's fiscal trajectory and the Federal Reserve's hawkish shift in mid-September weighed on sentiment.