The new word was used to describe a new phenomenon – what the French writer Nicolas Chamfort defined as ... to come to terms with his meteoric rise to European celebrity in the 1750s. Lilti also draws ...

So who were the women at the very heart of the French Revolution? And what did they do to change the course of history?

French police arrested a student Thursday after he allegedly killed another student and injured three others in a stabbing attack at his private Catholic school. The 15-year-old attacker was ...

Meanwhile, tensions are rising between the main political factions of the Revolution, the Girondins and the Montagnard, led by the icy Maximilien Robespierre. The streets of Paris teem with armed ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a ...

By Roger Cohen Reporting from Paris A teenage student at a French high school in the western city of Nantes stabbed four other students during a lunch break on Thursday, killing one of them and ...

Pupils follow the regular French curriculum, and are also offered religion classes. Sign up here. At the end of 2023, the government's local representative known as the 'prefecture' said the ...

LISBON, April 25 (Reuters) - Portuguese riot police detained several ultra-right protesters on Friday after clashes in downtown Lisbon marred celebrations of the 51st anniversary of the Carnation ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Lisa Lake/Getty Melinda French Gates has a lot to say in her new book about the most transformative moments of her life, which yes, includes how she ...

Massachusetts is marking the start of the American Revolution 250 years ago with several events this weekend. One Concord man is making sure that the contributions of people of color during the ...

(Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) Members of the French Foreign Legion and British soldiers have started a joint military exercise in northeastern France, applying urban warfare lessons from the war in ...