The 39-member Cabinet includes primarily ministers from French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance and the ...

When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York, and it became one of the original 13 colonies. New York achieved statehood in 1788, with the adoption of the U.S ...

One of the wealthiest colonies in the Americas ... who had seized power in France in 1799, was building a global empire with aspirations in the New World. In 1802, he dispatched 20,000 troops ...

This sweeping historical saga about the 18th-century fall of New France (Canada) is backdropped by a doomed love affair between a dashing, adventurous aristocrat (David La Haye) and a bold ...

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By Ségolène Le Stradic and Catherine Porter Reporting from Paris Since the very beginning, the trial in the southern city of Avignon has riveted, and stunned, France. Dozens of men stand accused ...

France's new Cabinet line-up is expected to be unveiled by Sunday, according to sources at the prime minister's office. Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday presented to President Emmanuel ...

A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 13 dead ...

Police killed two men during an overnight operation in the French territory of New Caledonia amid unrest ... The killings raise to 13 the death toll on the Pacific island since the start of ...

From harsh winters, to food shortages, disease, and clashes with the Natives, many settlers had to abandon their new homes. But how much do we know about these failed colonies in North America?

Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times ... including former colonies and protectorates in the north and west — settled in the quartiers populaires in response to France’s growing need for ...

Critics have found a skeleton in the closet almost as soon as Michel Barnier was named France’s new prime minister PARIS ... for heterosexual sex was 13, researchers say.