Topic: Paris (France)

Opinion: With Obama's help, France, too, can shatter the glass ceiling for blacks

The 'Obama effect' should now be harnessed to call for equal opportunity for French minorities.

Barnes & Noble interview with Khaled Hosseini

For Europe, Obama revives positive image of America's unique identity

US exceptionalism had largely been seen here as a messianic rationale for use of power by a nation assuming special prerogatives.

Orientalist paintings take a tour of modern Middle East

Exhibition of 19th-century visions of the 'exotic' Orient recalls the heavy history of colonialism.

The Journal of Hélène Berr

A newly published diary reveals a French counterpart to Amsterdam’s Anne Frank.

New York tries to create Gardens of Eden on city streets

The Bloomberg administration sets up oases of plants and blooms of umbrellas along Broadway in a quest to devise a new urban aesthetic. Is it the Left Bank of Paris or just a bank of shrubs?

With Obama's victory, Europe's minorities sense new possibilities

A new discourse is emerging in France and Europe that urges a focus on ability – rather than on race or skin.

Opinion: Obama's global to-do list

From China to Pakistan, major challenges loom.

What Obama’s election means abroad

Barack Obama’s victory was met with euphoria in many nations by those who see him as restoring their faith in American ideals.

French assertiveness on credit crisis jars Europe

A spirit of cooperation is tested ahead of a crucial series of meetings to prepare for a Nov. 15 US summit.

My husband the gourmet

When it comes to the culinary life, I clearly married up.

World

Opinion: What Bush should do next: run for Congress

He's in the perfect spot to be effective there.

France's Sarkozy emerging as leading figure

President Nicolas Sarkozy heads to Asia this week to broach the idea of bringing India and China together with G-8 nations in a 'Bretton Woods II' framework of economic rules.

Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914

To understand the French, study the revolution.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

A young girl and a concierge find kinship.

History lessons for financial crisis: Act fast, act globally

European leaders call for a new Bretton Woods-type agreement as they meet in Brussels.

Why Britain is leading the world out of the banking crisis

On Tuesday, the US was the latest nation to follow Gordon Brown's blueprint for rescuing banks.

Credit crisis driving global cooperation

World markets responded positively Monday to new initiatives emerging from meetings in Washington and Paris.

Global economy gets global action on rates

In all, 22 nations have lowered interest rates since Monday.

The Nobel Prize goes to a cosmopolite

Europe backs off of U.S.-style economic rescue plan

But EU leaders did agree to begin rewriting European accounting regulations later this month.

Paris's 'Pyramid Project' casts no shadow

'Xenophobic climate' fueling policies, violence in Italy

The recent death of an African immigrant in Milan highlights racial and ethnic tensions.

Europe pushed to produce its own rescue plans

Three major lenders were rescued on Monday as the global credit crisis spread.