Les Champs-Elysees
NY Times to rebrand Herald Tribune in its own image
Feb 25, 2013 18:22 EST
For a decade the International Herald Tribune has been the global edition of the New York Times in all but name. On Monday, the parent company made it official.
Paris lights up at news of Beckham arrival
Feb 01, 2013 12:56 EST
Rarely has an Englishman been so heartily welcomed by the French.
Lance Armstrong's years of denial
Jan 18, 2013 05:38 EST
In July 1999, when Lance Armstrong won a shock first mountain stage victory in the Tour de France, AFP's report noted "the inevitable suspicion which always surrounds such an exceptional performance."
Virgin departure part of Champs Elysees' transformation
Jan 08, 2013 12:25 EST
The Champs Elysees, high on the list of many Paris visitors, is being transformed as eye-watering rents drive out retailers like British multinational Virgin, which will probably give way to another foreign group that wants to to showcase its products to 300,000 window shoppers per day.
Retailer Virgin France latest victim of digital sales
Jan 04, 2013 07:27 EST
Entertainment retailer Virgin France has become the latest victim of consumers shifting to buying digital music and video, with a spokesman saying on Friday that the company is to declare itself insolvent.
French retailer Virgin says to declare insolvency
Jan 04, 2013 03:56 EST
Entertainment retailer Virgin, which employs 1,000 workers in France, is to declare itself insolvent, a management spokesman said on Friday.
Armed gang robs Paris Apple store
Jan 02, 2013 10:53 EST
Armed robbers broke into an Apple store in central Paris on New Year's Eve and made off with about one million euros ($1.3 million) in merchandise, police said.
Global wave of spectacular New Year pyrotechnics ushers in 2013
Dec 31, 2012 18:52 EST
World cities from Sydney to Dubai rang in the New Year with a spectacular global wave of firework displays.
Sydney sparks global wave of New Year fireworks
Dec 31, 2012 15:16 EST
Asian capital cities brought in the New Year in spectacular style after Sydney set off a global wave of fireworks, with long-isolated Yangon joining the pyrotechnic celebrations for the first time.
Sydney welcomes in the New Year with a bang
Dec 31, 2012 09:14 EST
Spectacular fireworks exploded over Sydney in a blaze of light and colour Tuesday to ring in the New Year, as the city kicked off a wave of global celebrations from Dubai to London to welcome 2013.
World to welcome in New Year with a bang
Dec 31, 2012 02:50 EST
Sydney will on Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.
Bin Laden shirt sends footballer to court
Nov 16, 2012 13:05 EST
A football fan who had a Paris Saint-Germain replica shirt printed with the name of Osama Bin Laden on the back found himself in court Friday, charged with defending terrorism.
Hong Kong tops world shop rent list
Nov 16, 2012 03:05 EST
Hong Kong's bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay has knocked New York's Fifth Avenue off the top of the list of most expensive places to rent retail space in the world, new research shows.
Hong Kong tops world shop rent list
Nov 15, 2012 22:58 EST
Hong Kong's bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay has knocked New York's Fifth Avenue off the top of the list of most expensive places to rent retail space in the world, new research shows.
Bring Christmas back to Champs-Elysees, say Parisians
Nov 08, 2012 09:38 EST
The Champs Elysees are to get their traditional Christmas lights back, after a one-year avant-garde experiment was grumpily received by Parisians, the avenue's traders association said on Thursday.
Tiffany to open megastore on Champs Elysees in Paris
Nov 05, 2012 15:34 EST
High-end US jeweller Tiffany & Co said Monday it plans to open a multi-storey megastore in 2014 on a prime location -- currently occupied by a fast food restaurant -- on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris.
Netanyahu, Hollande remember Toulouse shooting victims
Nov 01, 2012 10:40 EDT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Francois Hollande Thursday held a highly emotional memorial at a Jewish school in southwestern France for three children and a rabbi killed by an Islamist gunman.
Netanyahu to remember shooting victims in France
Nov 01, 2012 04:58 EDT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Francois Hollande will attend a memorial Thursday for three children and a teacher killed by an Islamist gunman at a Jewish school.
Hollande warns Iran after meeting Israeli PM
Oct 31, 2012 18:18 EDT
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said he wanted "concrete acts" from Iran to prove it was not pursuing a nuclear arms drive after his first face-to-face meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Cavendish aims to wear yellow on 100th Tour
Oct 29, 2012 09:12 EDT
Mark Cavendish said in an interview published on Monday that he hopes to end the opening stage of next year's 100th Tour de France in the race leader's coveted yellow jersey.
