The city of Paris has won a landmark case against Airbnb after a court fined the apartment rental giant €8 million for allowing over 1,000 landlords to flout rental registration laws. It was the latest clash between the U.S. rental platform and the French capital,
A French judge has been appointed to investigate the controversial $1 billion sale of Rafale fighter jets to India in 2016 over “corruption allegations,” the national financial prosecutor’s office (PNF) said Friday. The 7.8 billion euro ($9.3 billion) contract for 36 aircraft between the Indian
French police on Friday released the 30-year-old woman who caused a massive pileup during the first day of the Tour de France last weekend. She will have to stand trial in October. The woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested on Wednesday and
Belgium on Thursday transferred suspect Mohamed Abrini to France, where he will stand trial in September as one of 14 people accused of involvement in the 2015 Paris attacks, sources close to the case said. Abrini, known from a video as “the man in the
The Tour de France has withdrawn its complaint against a spectator who caused a spectacular pileup on the first day of the race, Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme said on Thursday. The woman was arrested on Wednesday at the police station in Landerneau in
France’s highest administrative court on Thursday ordered the government to take immediate action on climate change, in order to comply with a call to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or face fines. Last November, the Conseil d’État, which acts as legal adviser to the executive and
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of hiding crimes against humanity in China’s Xinjiang region, a judicial source said on Thursday. According to the source, the cases are related to complaints against China for its treatment of the region’s Muslim
Paris has threatened to ban e-scooters if users do not obey speed limits and other rules after a pedestrian was hit and killed by two hit-and-run drivers. There are about 15,000 for-hire vehicles in the city that can travel at speeds of up to 20
A woman who caused a massive pile-up during the first stage of the Tour de France has been arrested after turning herself in at a police station. The spectator, a 30-year-old French woman, was in custody at a police station of Landerne in Brittany, northwestern
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Tuesday that there will be no more drug addicts in the Éole Gardens as of Wednesday and reiterated her promise to return the park in northeast Paris to residents by the end of June. “Tomorrow, the garden will once