France – Newspapers

They're seeking neither buried treasure nor smuggled contraband, but evidence of the hunt for date mussels, a forbidden mollusc turned status symbol whose poaching is indelibly destroying Italy's coastlines. The signs are unmistakeable. Just below the surface, the calcareous rock that is home to countless organisms is gutted by hundreds of […]

Still under construction, the Catholic place of worship in the central Bosnian town is being built on land donated by Husejn Smajic, a 68-year-old Muslim resident, after he discovered the foundation of a medieval church on his property. For Smajic, the new church represents a small step in a quest to rebuild the communal harmony common in Bosnia […]

Sean Turnell was working as an adviser to Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he was detained shortly after the coup that ousted her government in February last year. On trial in a secretive junta court that journalists cannot access, he faces a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison if found guilty. Turnell "testified in court […]

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant as the UN chief proposed a demilitarised zone at the site amid fears of a catastrophe. Follow our live updates for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).  

The regular-season contest was the second MLB game in the nostalgic ballpark set amid the cornfields in Dyersville, just a stone's throw from where the Academy Award-nominated 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" was filmed. The night included an array of baseball Hall of Famers and a tribute from the movie's star, Kevin Costner, to the late actor Ray […]

Billionaire Lee Jae-yong, who was convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January last year, will be "reinstated" to give him a chance to "contribute to overcoming the economic crisis" of the country, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon said. Lee -- the 278th-richest person in the world, according to Forbes, with a net worth of $7.9 billion -- was […]

Here are key dates in the fraught relations of the nuclear-armed rivals: 1947: Bloody partition Overnight on August 14-15, 1947, Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, brings the curtain down on two centuries of British rule. The Indian sub-continent is divided into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. A poorly prepared […]

Sikh labourer Sika was just six months old when he and his elder brother Sadiq Khan were torn apart as Britain split the subcontinent at the end of colonial rule. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Partition, during which sectarian bloodshed killed possibly more than one million people, families like Sika's were cleaved apart and two […]

Today, any cricket match between the two nations is one of the most watched events on the global sporting calendar -- and victory used to promote their respective nationalism. So strong is the rivalry between the countries that they can't even share the date of the partition which gave them independence, with Pakistan celebrating it on August 14 […]

"We must change with time," said Jairam Mishra. "Now we must cut every hand that is raised against Hinduism." Hindus make up the overwhelming majority of India's 1.4 billion people but when Mahatma Gandhi secured its independence from Britain in 1947 it was as a secular, multi-cultural state. Now right-wing calls for the country to be declared […]