Skip the lines in Paris and visit these picturesque towns and villages, where the crowds are fewer and the pace is slower.

The western parts of Val-d'Oise, the west and north of Yvelines, as well as the southern areas of Essonne could experience ...

Due to a recent weather disturbance, Météo France has issued a yellow alert for snow and ice across 19 departments in ...

A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now ...

LONDON — Europe’s leaders are trying to nail down their plans to back up Ukraine with a multinational military force if the country manages to land a peace deal with Russia. With a flurry of diplomacy ...

Google on Tuesday denied removing the borderline between the Western Sahara and Morocco on its Maps application, saying that the line had never been visible for Moroccan users. The Western Sahara is a ...

The tech giant has released a statement acknowledging the use of different border displays between Western Sahara and Morocco The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his journey ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A ferocious wildfire has swept through the Aude region of southern France, burning up to 16,000 hectares in less than 24 hours. The blaze, covering an area roughly the size of Paris, has forced mass ...

France, Luxembourg, Malta and Andorra are the latest to recognize a Palestinian state. A map of the world shows which countries recognize Palestinian statehood, and which countries plan to recognize ...