France

Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot announced a range of ambitious plans on Thursday that also include banning oil and gas drilling and doing away with coal-powered plants.

The funeral for the widely admired politician and women's rights advocate was held in Paris on Wednesday. A Holocaust survivor, Veil fought to legalize abortion and supported a unified Europe.

The leader of the far-right National Front party, who made an unsuccessful bid for the French presidency, is alleged to have made fraudulent payments for party work.

Veil was widely revered across the political spectrum. "May her example inspire our countrymen, who will find in her the best of France," French President Emmanuel Macron said.

Three civil society organizations in France have filed a lawsuit against French banking giant BNP Paribas, accusing it of complicity in the 1994 genocide that killed more than 800,000 people.

Some of the home-grown terrorists who have struck France in recent years were petty criminals who were radicalized in prison.

Three Americans and their coach traveled to a prestigious competition in France to try to win a place among the world's best go-to cheese stewards. And this year, for the first time, one of them did.

French voters cast ballots on Sunday in the first round of voting for Parliament. Turnout was low, but the results were an outsized victory for the new French president's new party.

Emmanuel Macron promised France a "political revolution" if he became president. Now he is encouraging members of the public with little or no political experience to run for the National Assembly.

In the month of May, when strawberries pop up in outdoor markets in Paris, a sister remembers her late brother, who loved a particular variety. He died five years ago this month.

President Emmanuel Macron's choice of center-right politician Edouard Philippe is seen as a move to attract members from the left and right to his new party before parliamentary elections next month.