Head to a south-west French city like Toulouse, and you'll notice some distinct differences in how people speak French. Photo by Ed JONES / AFP Extra letters, longer syllables, and less nasal vowels ...

François Bayrou visiting the Prefecture of Hauts-de-Seine, in Nanterre, on April 4, 2025. THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP What will be the cost to the French economy of the trade war launched by the United States?

Any conversation in France is likely to be littered with verbal tics. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP) They're the sort of phrases that provoke tuts from older relatives and despairing newspaper columns ...

A French consumer watchdog has warned chocolate can carry a hidden heavy metal that can present a risk to human health. An investigation has revealed that popular cocoa-based products in France may ...

In its report "Growing up in the overseas territories", Unicef flags up stark disparities between children in mainland France and its departments in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and South America.