Diva&#39;s French mission
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Dual Melbourne Cup champion Makybe Diva will be most likely set for next year&#39;s Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomphe in France. Trainer Lee Freedman has long held an ambition to win Europe&#39;s most famous race and while
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Opera is no stranger to sensitive singers and demanding divas.
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Rachida Dati, a self-made daughter of immigrants, triumphantly joined the Cabinet as the star symbol for the president's bid to make France value its diversity. But the hard-charging justice minister has lately hit some speed bumps.
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La soprano, 83 anni, da tempo malata, si Ã¨ spenta nella sua residenza di San Marino. Resta storica la sua rivalitÃ  con la &#39;diabolica&#39; Maria Callas. Fu lanciata a livello mondiale dal grande Arturo Toscanini.
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Letting Africans save Africa has become an operating objective for world diplomats. But that&#39;s been difficult for one former colonial power, France.
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She brought excitement to French politics with her bid to become the nation's first woman president, but Segolene Royal now appears on the verge of seeing her campaign implode.
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France have a mighty tall order when they defend their Fed Cup title against hot favourites Russia at the weekend. The Russians, out to capture their first Fed
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When the French cyclist Richard Virenque announced he would be giving a press conference today at the Olympia, a legendary concert hall in Paris, many expected show girls.
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ON HER visit to France earlier this year, to mark the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, the Queen expressed her wish for a new spirit of cordiality in relations between France and Britain.
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Coming back from a moment of professional peril, the diva has a fast-rising hit in ÂIrreplaceable.Â
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Segolene Royal took her campaign to become France's first female president into the tumultuous Lebanese capital Thursday, launching a Middle East trip seen as a test of her foreign policy savvy.
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Couture is really a demonstration of corporate power, and, of course, ego, in a world that seems to increasingly demand it. Cathy Horyn visits the shows at Dior, Chanel and Givenchy in Paris.
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Amelie Mauresmo is the only French tennis player to be ranked No. 1, but she hasn&#39;t lost sight of her goal -- a Grand Slam tournament title.
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French fans will catch their first glimpse of Amelie Mauresmo on Wednesday when the home favorite begins her bid for a maiden French Open title.
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Gay porn and &quot;Wonder Woman&quot; repeats are to be offered in heavy doses on television in France as the country's first station aimed at homosexuals starts operations via cable and satellite.
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A full 30 years after her death, diva Maria Callas, the most celebrated opera singer of the post-World War II period, remains both a favourite for opera-lovers and a legend outside the world of classical music.
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Hailed by 40,000 delirious supporters, France&#39;s most popular politician yesterday took triumphant control of its ruling centre-right party, promising to restore battered Gallic pride with a mix of honesty, energy and new ideas.