Even though millions of French troops were manning the defensive Maginot Line in early 1940, Hitler's brilliant blitzkrieg strategy caught the Allies by surprise, and Germany occupied France ...

Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis atop mountains, providing new insights into life along the ancient trade route. “This changes everything we thought we knew.” ...

The routes for the 2025 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be presented in Paris on Tuesday, October 29 ...

Throughout the war, many road signs had been destroyed or taken down ... Once Paris was liberated, Michelin's map-making offices produced equally detailed maps of the north and eastern parts of France ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme unveils the 2025 Tour ...

If you're driving through rural France you may begin to notice an oddity - signs for towns and villages turned upside down. As you enter a French town or village by road you'll be greeted with the ...

Cars partially submerged in a commercial zone in Givors, south of Lyon in central-eastern France, following heavy ... Workers pump water from a road in Givors. A section of a nearby highway ...

The 2025 Tour de France will be raced exclusively in France for the first time since the 2020 Covid edition with the 21 ...

Sitting in the southeast corner of France along the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is best known as a beach destination. However, those who take the time to explore the offshore areas of this small city ...

Paris authorities on Tuesday began to gradually reduce the speed limit on the French capital's congested ring road in a move they ... The beltway is one of France's busiest thoroughfares, used ...

Sunny with a high of 70 °F (21.1 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 7 mph (6.4 to 11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 57 °F (13.9 °C ...

Michel Barnier vowed to slash spending and temporarily raise some taxes, but his plan must contend with three bitterly opposed political blocs and an aversion in France ... out a road map for ...