Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy, and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker, will be honored with a distinction never before done in French history. Last Tuesday, President ...

PARIS (AP) — France is honoring four people who resisted the Nazis during World War II by inducting them into Paris’ Pantheon mausoleum, in a rare and highly symbolic ceremony aimed at uniting the ...

PARIS (AP) — The tomb of former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter, who was known for defending human rights and was inducted into the country’s Panthéon national monument Thursday, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A police officer carries a barricade by the gravesite at Bagneux cemetery, after the grave of former French justice minister ...

PARIS (AP) — “To Great Men, A Grateful Country,” reads the stately portico of Paris’ renowned Pantheon. Now, it could well merit “To Great Women” too. President Francois Hollande announced Friday that ...

Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981, entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday, just hours after his grave ...

PARIS (NEXSTAR) – Located in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the Panthéon has become a popular stop for visitors. “We’re standing in front of a building that looks like a church and smells like a ...

Visitors look at the Nazi propaganda poster of Missak Manouchian and his Resistance network, exhibited at the Shoah memorial, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) PARIS (AFP) — A ...

PARIS (Reuters) -The grave of former French justice minister Robert Badinter was desecrated on Thursday, hours before President Emmanuel Macron is set to dedicate a cenotaph in his memory in a Paris ...