It’s exhilarating to watch a thief infiltrate the world’s largest museum with brains, heart and grit — fans of Lupin know the feeling. But witnessing it happen in real life, with much less toil, is ...

Former French Premier Edouard Philippe has been drawing public criticism from media outlets and lawmakers after he said he does not view colonization as a crime. "Edouard Philippe calmly claims that ...

ALGIERS, Algeria(AP) — Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the North African country a crime, approving a law that calls for restitution of property taken by France during ...

The fruit and vegetable market at the Bastille market in the old city of Oran, Algeria, on November 5, 2025. (Billel Bensalem / APP NurPhoto via AFP) ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) — Algeria’s Parliament ...

NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — New Caledonia marked the anniversary on Tuesday of France’s takeover of the Pacific archipelago with tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence ...

Lawmakers, standing in the chamber wearing scarves in the colors of the national flag, chanted “long live Algeria” as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds “legal ...

To speak today of the French Colonial Empire is, of course, to speak of something belonging to the past. Juridically speaking, the Empire replaced it by the vague and never clearly defined concept of ...

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