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Paris - Michael Schumacher remains in a "wake-up phase" from the coma he was placed in following a life-threatening skiing accident nearly ten weeks ago, his spokeswoman said Friday.The statement from Sabine Kehm was the first since February 13, when the Formu...

Brussels - French President Francois Hollande said a controversial sale of two state-of-the art warships by France to Russia was still on course despite Moscow's widely opposed stand over Crimea.The 2011 sale of the Mistral warships, worth one billion euros ($1.4...

San Francisco - Ubisoft said Thursday that it will unleash hacker-themed video game "Watch Dogs" on May 27 in what could turn a disappointing launch delay into a smart marketing move.Shares in the publicly traded French company took a hit when it announced that "Watch...

Paris - Data released Thursday showed that French unemployment fell at the end of last year, suggesting a key campaign promise by President Francois Hollande has indeed been kept.

Paris - Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni on Thursday launched a legal bid to prevent any further publication of tapes secretly recorded during his 2007-12 term as French president.In a move that will inevitably fuel speculation the tapes could contain ...

Paris - Bouygues Telecom Thursday made a 14.5 billion euro ($19.9 billion) offer for Vivendi's SFR unit in a deal that could create a new French telecoms powerhouse amid a wave of consolidation in the sector.Bouygues Telecom said its offer, which includes 10.5...

Paris - Jerome Kerviel, a French rogue trader who cost Societe Generale bank nearly five billion euros ($6.7 billion) in high-risk transactions, is said to be walking the 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) between Rome and Paris as a protest trek against "the tyrann...

- Nicolas Ghesquiere's much-anticipated debut for Louis Vuitton was the "must-see" show of Paris Fashion Week, providing a star-studded finale and opening a new chapter for the luxury brand after the departure of Marc Jacobs.Chinese actress Fan Bingbing,...

Paris - Carrefour, the world's second-largest supermarket group, said Wednesday net profit rose 2.4 percent last year, helped by strong growth in South America and a recovery in its home market of France.

Paris - It was banned in restaurants and al fresco eating became all the rage.