Fitch Ratings cited the “increased fragmentation and polarization” of politics in the debt-laden country as justification for the downgrade.

France’s finances and politics are in turmoil. President Emmanuel Macron has just appointed a new prime minister, the fourth in 12 months.

Credit rating agency Fitch downgraded France's sovereign credit score on Friday to the country's lowest level on record, stripping the euro zone's second-largest economy of its AA- status as it grapples with political crisis and ballooning debt.

Sébastien Lecornu had been defense minister. He is one of President Emmanuel Macron’s most loyal and enduring allies.

A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10.

Ireland and France face each other in Bristol as the quarterfinals of the Women's Rugby World Cup gets underway. The Sporting News runs through team news, starting XVs, score predictions and more.

Brittney Dzialo went viral after she posted a video of her and her friend accidentally boarding a plane to Tunis, Tunisia instead of Nice, France. They say their month-long trip has been full of mishaps,

Ireland back row Aoife Wafer will make her first appearance at the Women's Rugby World Cup in the quarter-final against France in Exeter on Sunday.

The 39-year-old is the only minister to have remained in Macron’s government since the President was elected in 2017.