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PARIS (Reuters) - Police in Paris on Saturday fired tear gas and aimed water cannons at protesters defying a ban on marching against Israeli attacks on Gaza, trying to disperse demonstrators gathering in groups of several hundred. Hundreds of people also took part in authorised protests in other French cities, including Lyon and Marseille, which took place peacefully. These echoed marches elsewhere around the world, from Sydney to Madrid, amid days of conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza. In Paris, the gathering was banned by police and at the request of Interior Minister Gerald Darma...

In France's overseas territories, Napoleon's legacy has a more troublesome side Reuters 2 hrs ago By Anna Bellissens © Reuters/SARAH MEYSSONNIER The micro-mosaic "Napoleon Coming out of his Tomb" is displayed in the Musee de l'Armee in Paris By Anna Bellissens REUNION ISLAND, France (Reuters) - When France commemorates the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death on May 5, Aurelie Ramassamy will remember a tyrant who reversed the abolition of slavery rather than an emperor often lionized as a hero for his battlefield triumphs. © Reuters/SARAH MEYSSONNIER A bronze st...

Before death in exile, Napoleon fought to save his legacy Reuters 6 hrs ago By Michaela Cabrera PARIS, April 29 (Reuters) - As the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death draws closer, an exhibition at Les Invalides in Paris sheds light on his death in exile and his efforts to save his legacy as military genius and visionary leader. Banished by the British to the windswept, rat-infested island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic, Napoleon, surrounded by a coterie of close confidantes, wrote his memoir, according historian Lea Charliquart, who co-curated the exhibition, called 'Napoleon ...

French audiences develop a taste for window theatre

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/FRANCE-ACTORS (TV, PIX):French audiences develop a taste for window theatre