Paris

A woman playin cello appears in an empty museum hall.

'Food for our soul': Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown

Franco Belgian cellist Camille Thomas is performing solo at some of Paris' most striking art venues during France's second COVID-19 lockdown.

'Food for our soul': Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte Macron tour Napoleon Bonaparte’s Tomb at Les Invalides in Paris, France, July 13, 2017.

Trump's trip to Paris is filled with pomp and circumstance

Trump's trip to Paris is filled with pomp and circumstance
Some Jews in France are feeling increasingly uneasy, amid some high-profile anti-Semitic incidents.

Why some French Jewish parents are taking their kids out of public schools

Why some French Jewish parents are taking their kids out of public schools
A Stollwerck toy phonograph, with chocolate recordd, circa 1903.

Paris’s museum of recorded sound enjoys a reprieve

Paris’s museum of recorded sound enjoys a reprieve
Abdallah Khalil (right) with friends in northern Paris. Khalil arrived in Paris in December and hopes to get asylum in France.

French police don't want migrants getting too comfortable on the streets of Paris

French police don't want migrants getting too comfortable on the streets of Paris
Audric de Campeau pours a glass of mead in the Paris catacombs with his dog, Filou.

A French beekeeper makes mead in the Paris catacombs

Audric de Campeau has combined his two passions, beekeeping and winemaking, by making mead, an alcoholic beverage made with honey. And he ages his mead in the tunnels under Paris.

A French beekeeper makes mead in the Paris catacombs
The author tries out CityScoot

First bikes, then cars. Now electric scooters are the latest share craze.

Vehicle sharing businesses are exploding — electric scooters are just the latest version.

First bikes, then cars. Now electric scooters are the latest share craze.
Paris Police

What we know about the foiled terror plot in Paris

Police are holding eight people in France after the discovery of a car laden with gas cylinders in the heart of Paris. President Francois Hollande says a plot has been foiled and a terrorist cell "destroyed."

What we know about the foiled terror plot in Paris
Khady Sy Savane in her boutique, Mia Dreams, in the Goutte D'Or section of Paris. Many of her designs incorporate African wax print fabrics with names like "your foot my foot."

This designer combines African fabrics with Paris couture

The Goutte D’Or neighborhood in Paris is home to a group of fashion designers who combine traditional African wax prints and western designs to make something completely new.

This designer combines African fabrics with Paris couture
Assa Traoré and the family's lawyer Frédéric Zajac, spoke to the press and supporters three days after the death of her brother, Adama Traoré, in police custody.

In France, there's a call for a Black Lives Matter movement

People in France are protesting the death of a young black man in police custody. As they channel the US Black Lives Matter movement, they're also challenging France's "colorblind" norms.

In France, there's a call for a Black Lives Matter movement
Obaidullah Naseri and Mortaza Behboudi at the Migrants' ball in Paris. Behboudi, right, is an Afghan journalist who sought aslyum in France.

Paris hosts a 'Migrant Ball,' but it wasn't just for migrants

A volunteer group in Paris wanted to send a different message about migrants and refugees in public spaces. So they organized a dance party on the street.

Paris hosts a 'Migrant Ball,' but it wasn't just for migrants
Still image taken from video shows Police vehicles at the scene near where a French police commander was stabbed to death in front of his home in the Paris suburb of Magnanville, France, June 14, 2016.

French police killer's ISIS-inspired message: Turn Euro 2016 'into a graveyard'

The assailant encouraged other Muslims to attack "police, journalists, public figures, prison guards and rappers" and listed around a dozen well-known figures by name.

French police killer's ISIS-inspired message: Turn Euro 2016 'into a graveyard'
Aile Javo stands in front of a plastic reindeer at COP21.

In Paris, fighting for the reindeer — and a way of life

Just about every country on Earth is at the negotiating table at the Paris climate summit. But communities that span national borders, like the Sami of far-Northern Europe, can feel shut out.

In Paris, fighting for the reindeer — and a way of life
Constance Okollet, Thilmeeza Hussain and Ursula Rakova have observer status at the UN climate change summit this week in Paris as part of the organization Climate Wise Women. They are appealing to national leaders here to listen to the voices of the peopl

From climate change victims, a message to UN negotiators: 'They’ve been talking, talking, talking. Why don’t they act?'

While negotiators from nearly 200 countries tussle over the details of a proposed climate pact in Paris, people from affected communities are straining to have their voices heard. The World's environment editor Peter Thomson spoke with three women from far-flung regions who've gone to Paris to demand strong action.

From climate change victims, a message to UN negotiators: 'They’ve been talking, talking, talking. Why don’t they act?'
Al Hamad and Mohamad

Syrian family in California feels post-Paris chill

Life is full steam ahead for this Syrian family, recently resettled in California. But post-Paris, they've noticed stares from strangers and worry that their relatives, hoping to come to the US too, may not be allowed in anytime soon.

Syrian family in California feels post-Paris chill