France
World Chefs: Keller shares memories, spotlight in latest book
NEW YORK - Thomas Keller, one of America's most respected chefs, shares the food memories of his childhood and his time in France in his new book "Bouchon Bakery," which is also the name of his chain of pastry shops in the United States.
Insight: U.S., China turned EU powers against airline pollution law
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON - The European Union's landmark effort to charge foreign airlines for carbon emitted on flights in and out of Europe was already failing by the time French President Francois Hollande shared his deep concerns with the European Commission chief in October.
Insight: Making France work again
ECUEILLE, France - Shirt manufacturer Marc Roudeillac was delighted when 48 of the 49 staff in his factory in central France voted to adapt their strict 35-hour week contracts to meet the up-and-down demand of the fashion trade.
Time running short for agreement to loosen French labor laws
PARIS - Trade unions and employers are making slow progress on a pact to overhaul France's rigid labor rules, raising the chances that President Francois Hollande will have to take the potentially explosive issue into his own hands.
Insight: Making France work again
ECUEILLE, France - Shirt manufacturer Marc Roudeillac was delighted when 48 of the 49 staff in his factory in central France voted to adapt their strict 35-hour week contracts to meet the up-and-down demand of the fashion trade.
Insight: U.S., China turned EU powers against airline pollution law
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON - The European Union's landmark effort to charge foreign airlines for carbon emitted on flights in and out of Europe was already failing by the time French President Francois Hollande shared his deep concerns with the European Commission chief in October.
French soldiers guilty in murder of Ivory Coast man
PARIS - Three French soldiers were found guilty on Friday of murdering a highway gang leader in Ivory Coast in 2005 in a high-profile case that strained relations between France and its former colony.
French banks eye U.S. expansion after year of cuts
PARIS - France's top banks are taking advantage of calmer markets to return to expanding in the United States, a year after deep cuts to their investment banks saw them lose ground to rivals in the world's biggest financial market.
ArcelorMittal pulls French bid for EU steel project
PARIS - ArcelorMittal announced on Thursday it had withdrawn its bid for a EU-funded project in environmentally friendly steel which France hoped could keep two blast furnaces going at the northern Florange site.
French banks eye U.S. expansion after year of cuts
PARIS - France's top banks are taking advantage of calmer markets to return to expanding in the United States, a year after deep cuts to their investment banks saw them lose ground to rivals in the world's biggest financial market.
Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?
Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.
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