The Grammy and Emmy-winning composer will tackle a new animated series featuring a nearly 100-year-old favorite. By Melinda Newman Though he’s better known for scoring such spooky fare as The ...

Performances in N.Y.C. William Christie, who is being feted for his 80th birthday, planted seeds in fallow grounds that brought forth baroque splendors — both figuratively and literally. William ...

When French actor-producer Omar Sy started working on the Netflix romantic comedy “French Lover,” what scared him the most wasn’t playing a sex symbol or showing some skin for the first time. It was ...

PARIS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a ...

France is advancing an initiative aimed at establishing an “International Stabilization Mission” that would replace the IDF in Gaza and work to disarm Hamas after the war ends, according to a draft of ...

How do French women do it? It’s a question I’ve been asked before by Brits who look enviously at slender Parisiennes and wonder how they negotiate all that glorious French food, wine and patisserie ...

France's outgoing Prime Minister François Bayrou shakes hands with the newly appointed Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on the day of the handover ceremony, Paris, September 10, 2025. IAN LANGSDON / ...

Protesters march in Paris on September 18, 2025, to oppose the French national budget. RAFAEL YAGHOBZADEH FOR LE MONDE French protesters staged a day of nationwide disruption on Thursday, September 18 ...

The lawsuit, filed in July 2025, targets right-wing American commentator Candace Owens and her media business, alleging a calculated campaign of defamation intended to drive audience growth and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...