Paris

Kim Kardashian West speaks at The Girls' Lounge dinner, giving visibility to women at Advertising Week 2016, on Sept. 27 at Pier 60 in New York City.

World News

Kim Kardashian West Robbed At Gunpoint; Thieves Steal $10 Million In Jewelry

10:09am October 03, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Gunmen disguised as police robbed Kardashian West inside a private residence in Paris, the AP reports, citing police. The thieves left her tied up but unharmed before reportedly escaping on bikes.

Models wear creations by Rykiel during Paris Fashion Week in 2004.

Arts

Sonia Rykiel, Designer Known As The 'Queen Of Knitwear,' Dies

2:04pm August 25, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

The famously redheaded Rykiel embodied the intellectual chic and feminism of Paris in the late 1960s. With vibrant stripes or simple black, her clothes hugged a woman's body.

Jacques Guillaume, 73, has been repairing electric razors in Paris since 1962.

World News

The Last Razor Repairman In Paris

10:49am August 22, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

In a tiny shop from a bygone era, Jacques Guillaume gets calls about more than razors because there's nobody to fix things anymore. "Today, manual work like this is passé and obsolete," he says.

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Torrential downpours have lashed parts of Europe in recent days. In Paris, the Seine River breached its banks in places.

World News

Flooding Wreaks Havoc In Paris, Parts Of Western Europe

3:00pm June 02, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

The swollen Seine River and its tributaries flooded Paris roadways, effectively isolating neighborhoods and towns. The Louvre announced it would be closed Friday to move artworks in vulnerable areas.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo attends a news conference in Paris on Monday.

World News

Mayor Of Paris Announces Plans To Temporarily House Migrants

3:13pm May 31, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The proposed migrant camp would be located in the north of France's capital city, where hundreds of migrants are already camping informally.

A fire truck is parked at the entrance to Monceau parc in the center of Paris, France, on Saturday, after a lightning bolt crashed down onto a Paris park, striking 11 people at a child's birthday party.

World News

Lightning Strikes Child's Party in Paris And Soccer Match In Germany, Injuring Dozens

3:04pm May 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

More than 40 people — most of them children — were injured from lightning strikes in two separate incidents in Europe on Saturday.

The Le Bourdon family and friends spend the evening in the Paris park of Buttes Chaumont. The city plans to leave many of its parks, including the largest ones, open all night this summer, a move supported by Parisians.

World News

Paris Extends Summer Nights By Keeping Parks Open After Sunset

6:42pm May 16, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

Paris will open nine parks all night despite increased costs for lighting and security. The mayor's office says it will be good for people to be able to come to the parks when it's too hot indoors.

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A police officer guards the entrance of the judicial police headquarters in Paris. The French prosecutor's office said Salah Abdeslam, the key suspect in the Paris attacks, was transferred from Belgium to France on Wednesday morning.

World News

Key Paris Attacks Suspect Salah Abdeslam Extradited To France

9:10am April 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Abdeslam, who is believed to be the only surviving participant of the attacks in Paris last November, was captured in Brussels in March. He's expected to appear before a French judge today.

Belgian police officers stand in Albert I square in Brussels, where authorities arrested Mohamed Abrini, a key Paris attacks suspect, on Friday.

World News

Brussels Attackers Had Planned To Strike Paris Instead, Investigators Say

10:56am April 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Belgian officials say the attackers changed shifted their target as investigators closed in on them. The information emerged after authorities arrested and interrogated key suspects.

World News

What We Know About The Brussels Attacks Suspects

4:16pm April 09, 2016

In the wake of the deadly attacks in Belgium's capital in March, two brothers were quickly identified as suspected suicide bombers; authorities took longer to name their suspected accomplices.