Articles
Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
(PARIS) — Crowds of visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled...
Forget Paris: Stymied by Socialist Policies, the French Start to Quit France
Ernest Hemingway once described Paris in spring as a time when “there were no problems except where to be happiest.” Clearly Hemingway did not foresee the...
France Confirms 1st Case of New SARS-related Virus
(PARIS) — A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France's first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health...
France Legalizes Gay Marriage After Harsh Debate
(PARIS) — French lawmakers have legalized same-sex marriage after months of bruising debate and street protests that brought hundreds of thousands to Paris. ...
Paris Employs Four Sheep to Keep the City’s Grass Mowed
Instead of using lawn mowers, Paris is using something more environmentally sustainable to care for its green spaces: four large Breton ewes.
Photo Essays
Germany Surrenders at Reims, May 7, 1945: A Photographer’s Story
On a rainy Saturday night in early May, 1945, LIFE photographer Ralph Morse was working in his hotel room in Paris, writing captions for a series of photos he’d...
The Practice of Medicine, Perfected: Portrait of a Doctor, France, 1953
So much has been written about the American healthcare system in recent years — in short, that it’s an insanely byzantine, profit-driven train wreck — that it’s...
Time.com Specials
Kanye at Fashion Week: Top 10 Celebrity Fashion Lines
On Saturday, hip-hop star Kanye West turned fashion designer, launching his women's-wear line at Paris Fashion Week. TIME takes a look at the other celebrities...
Top 10 Badly Behaved Celebrities
This week it's Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. Next week? Who knows? TIME takes a look at the celebrities who have proved to the world that while they may be...
