Travel'Tis the season to head northIf your mind's slowly turning to the Christmas holidays and you're after something different, consider these top ski resorts.07 Nov 12:30 AM
All BlacksABs: Born leaders working in harmonyBe it in the corporate, political or sporting worlds, rarely has there been a comfortable alliance between the top two in the hierarchy.06 Nov 04:30 PM
WorldParty animal a worldwide hitAn actual party animal has become a worldwide sensation after his night out with a bunch of French revellers went viral.04 Nov 08:31 PM
WorldPolice release sketch of French Alps motorcyclistPolice investigating the murder of a British man killed along with three other people in the French Alps have released an image of a male motorcyclist they would like to track down.04 Nov 06:07 PM
WorldQuestions over journalists' deaths'It was an execution.' Questions remain about the deaths of two veteran French journalists - including how such an attack was carried out near a UN base.03 Nov 05:47 PM
OpinionCatherine Field: Demonised Valls on course for France's top jobBy many measures, to be Interior Minister in France today is to have the country's toughest job.25 Oct 07:29 PM
TravelFrance: Arles to Lyon on the RhoneThe Greeks brought wine to Provence, but the Romans have left an incomparable mark on the landscape, finds Pamela Wade.22 Oct 10:00 PM
WorldObama tries to placate Hollande over spyingBarack Obama has spoken to France's President Francois Hollande as a row rages over claims that a US spy agency eavesdropped on millions of phone calls of French citizens.22 Oct 04:30 PM
WorldFrench anger over mass NSA snoopFrance wants answers from the US after it was revealed the NSA swept up - and in some cases recorded - 70.3 million French phone calls and emails over a month.21 Oct 09:50 PM
TravelFrance: A week in ProvenceDeborah Telford plunges into polishing up her command of French with practical lessons in a Provence village.10 Oct 02:00 AM
TravelTop five travel-inspiring moviesThere's nothing like a beautifully shot film to make you feel like up-and-leaving the very next day. Here are five examples that show off their stunning destinations to full effect.25 Sep 11:00 PM
TravelFrance: Frank, flashy, and alluringAnthony Peregrine sees the best of Nice, a magnet to the rich for centuries.25 Sep 03:00 AM
New ZealandParis talks highlight Security Council bidAfter his jaunt with royalty, Prime Minister John Key will return to business with a thud tonight.22 Sep 05:30 PM
WorldEagle-eye view: Flying over the French Alps with a Go-ProThis amazing GoPro cam footage captured some amazing scenes as it was placed upon an eagle flying through Mer de Glace glacier and Montenvers Railway on northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps.Watch20 Sep 02:27 AM
WorldFrance: Military option for Syria remainsIn a televised address, French President Francois Hollande says he hasn't ruled out the "military option" against Syria.15 Sep 08:14 PM
WorldMan killed by runaway elephant in FranceAn 84-year-old man has been killed near Paris after an elephant belonging to a local circus escaped from its pen and hit him with its trunk.09 Sep 08:24 PM
WorldInheritance clue in Alps slaughterFrench and British investigators probing a quadruple murder in the French Alps say they are looking at a dispute over a multi-million-dollar family inheritance as a motive for the slayings.07 Sep 05:30 PM
KahuMaori art turns French headsAn enormous hand-sculpted rock carving in France nearly six years in the making could be the largest work of Maori art in the Northern Hemisphere.01 Sep 05:30 PM
TravelFrance: Living the simple lifeAt a remote spot deep in the French countryside, Britons Bob and Diane Kirkwood have created an eco-friendly refuge that is like taking a step back in time.18 Aug 11:00 PM
WorldDSK's 'factory-line sex' partiesJudges have described Dominique Strauss-Kahn as "king of the party" and the "linchpin" of soirees with prostitutes that resembled "carnage on a pile of mattresses", in a damning indictment of the disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief.08 Aug 05:30 PM
WorldParisians learn hospitality with guide to foreignersParis has launched a new kind of tourist guide: not a guide for tourists, but a guide to different types of tourists.19 Jul 05:30 PM
TravelEurope: Tour in FranceTwo wheels is the ideal way to travel the back roads, writes Trish Murphy.16 Jul 03:00 AM
WorldTrain derails outside of ParisA train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris on the eve of a major holiday weekend.12 Jul 09:08 PM
TravelFrance: Paris address bookThree stylish women, frequent visitors to France, share their favourite Parisian haunts.12 Jul 03:00 AM
WorldParis history goes up in smokeFire has ravaged a Qatari-owned 17th-century mansion in the heart of Paris.11 Jul 05:30 PM
