SNCF, a railway company in France, is trying out some new tickets. The tickets are part RFID, which was already a standard on France’s railway ticketing system, and...

The French president has been in office for over a year now, so it’s getting on time to start thinking about the post-honeymoon (état de grace) scenario. The holiday...

European Union nations are considering a call for an international inquiry as to which country is responsible for starting the conflict between Georgia and Russia.

We may have thought the tales of a monarchy, chivalry in France died with the last royals Louis, and his queen Marie-Antoinette lost their heads. Hark, the knighthood...

Efforts to send an observer mission to monitor troop withdrawals in Georgia were set to dominate two-day European Union foreign ministers’ talks that started...

By now the race for the best solar powered car in the world has become an annual racing event that is as famous as any other racing sport and attracts huge attention in...

The path of Hurricane Gustav offered New Orleans a reprieve, but 80 miles away where utilities say the devastation was the worst they have ever seen, the storm offered...

Torrential rains and the threat of tornadoes in the wake of Hurricane Gustav slowed attempts to rebuild Louisiana’s broken transmission and distribution systems...

It’s being called the coup de grace for France’s decade-long experiment with a 35-hour work week _ a policy that inspired both envy and ridicule in Europe...

Dozens of Corsican nationalists invaded the luxurious villa of a French film star to hold a protest party. In the fallout, the top police official on the French...

At Britain’s BT Group, Ben Verwaayen was lauded for transforming the money-losing phone company into a profitable and aggressive leader in broadband Internet...

Hurricane Gustav may trigger insurance claims as high as $10 billion including damage to oil facilities, according to risk management firms that issued preliminary...

Alcatel-Lucent said Tuesday it has appointed former BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen to replace outgoing CEO Patricia Russo.

France’s education minister says the secret to success is speaking better English.

Three years after being punished by Hurricane Katrina, utilities along the Gulf of Mexico were buffeted by 110 mph plus winds from Gustav with customer outages topping...

France’s secular system, called ‘Laïcité’, came into being after the French Revolution and was vastly expanded during France’s colonial era. It is supposed to...

That is a pretty rare piece of inspiration to say the least and irrespective of the thoughts behind the design, when it is all set and done the Vision is a cruiser that...

Urban commuting across the world is turning out to be a bit of an adventure with each passing day. If you are not inclined to put such a positive spin on it then it is...

I have rarely seen a more saddening (and maddening) political spectacle in Europe. The main opposition party (Parti Socialiste. PS) is living a nightmare. It’s...

The European Union is not expected to imposed sanctions on Russia at a summit next week but may name a special envoy to Georgia to ensure that a cease-fire there is...