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Vivienne Walt

French President Francois Mitterrand raises his cap as he goes for a walk in the streets of Chateau-Chinon in 1995.

French politicians have a long history of keeping their serious illnesses secret

Global Politics

An unhealthy penchant for privacy is not unique to US presidential candidates.

Soldiers patrol ahead of the UEFA 2016 European Championship in Nice, France, June 8, 2016

France will party under the watchful eyes of 90,000 security guards

Conflict
A Phantom drone by DJI flies during the 4th Intergalactic Meeting of Phantom's Pilots in western Paris in March 16, 2014.

The drone mystery of Paris reveals at least one thing: Parisians love drones

Technology
A man holds the new issue of satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, entitled "Tout est pardonné" ("All is forgiven"), at a kiosk in Nice on January 14, 2015.

Charlie Hebdo returns to huge demand — and plenty of offense

Media
Members of the French GIPN intervention police forces secure a neighbourhood in Corcy, northeast of Paris.

Parisians are ‘jittery’ as the manhunt continues

Conflict
A sign outside a shop remembers James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire. Foley, 40, was beheaded by members of ISIS in August 2014.

War correspondent award event brings hope and comfort to the family of slain journalist James Foley

Media

The family of James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by members of ISIS say hearing stories of their son’s last days of his life was like being a rainbow after a rain storm.

French writer Patrick Modiano poses for journalists in Paris on October 9, 2014, after he was declared the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature.

And the Nobel Prize in Literature goes to — who?

Books

The Nobel Committee awarded its prize for literature to French novelist Patrick Modiano, a man who’s been called a modern-day Proust. Yet his work is relatively unknown in the English-speaking world despite his success in France.

Thomas Piketty, the French economist behind President Francois Hollande's plan to tax the wealthy has won acclaim in the US for his work on growing income inequality

A French economist becomes a rock star in the US for writing on the growing gap between rich and poor

Business, Economics and Jobs

Many in France are bemused by the sudden rise to fame in the US of French economist Thomas Piketty. Piketty’s analysis that rising income inequality is bad for the global economy just doesn’t seem so astonishingly new to the French.Many in France are bemused by the sudden rise to fame in the US of French economist Thomas Piketty. Piketty’s analysis that rising income inequality is bad for the global economy just doesn’t seem so astonishingly new to the French.

France's far-right National Front political party leader Marine Le Pen, center, prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during the first round of the French mayoral elections in Henin Beaumont, Northern France, March 23, 2014.

French voters toss out the status quo in local elections

Global Politics

French elections this past weekend have shaken up the political system. A prime minister resigned, a woman-immigrant was elected mayor of Paris for the first time, and a far-right fringe party may be gaining some serious traction among voters.

French President François Hollande

A friend of François Hollande says he wanted a ‘Chinese Wall’ between his public and private life

Global Politics

Hours before French President François Hollande announced his separation from First Lady, he sat down for an interview with Time Magazine’s Vivienne Walt.