Despite what low-tax advocates might say, jobs, cost of housing, family ties and climate tend to be stronger reasons for relocation, according to recent academic studies.

A senior State Department official said French forces would be needed for counterterrorism operations in the north.

British officials said on Thursday that a banned substance commonly used in horses and potentially harmful to humans may have entered the food chain in small quantities.

Brooklyn Brewery’s strategy is to start small and offer its specialty beers in carefully chosen outlets in the wine-loving country.

French soldiers recovered a stash of explosives on Wednesday that the authorities believed radical Islamic fighters were using to make bombs, a Malian military spokesman said.

While his peers were working in Montmartre, Jean Arp headed to the suburbs, where visitors who make the brief trek from Paris can see where he lived and worked.

France's largest bank, BNP Paribas, reported a 33 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit, to $688 million, as it wrote down the value of its Italian unit and booked an accounting charge on its own debt.

Passengers making their way through an airport outside Paris can spend time at a gallery that is now exhibiting sculptures by Auguste Rodin.

An international meeting on Libya that was held in Paris focused on border control, weapon-smuggling and challenges posed by regional militias that have not disarmed.

Two French aid workers, Eric Breteau and Emilie Lelouch, were sentenced to 2 years in prison for trying to bring 103 children from Africa to France for adoption.

The first direct Madrid-Barcelona-Paris high-speed train service is set to begin in April.

The best of Indian design, showcased in New Delhi.

The French bank posted a net loss of $640 million in the last three months of 2012, and has announced a restructuring plan to cut costs and simplify its operations.

In Mali, France faces the risk of "mission creep" -- the possibility that its involvement could expand and that it might become difficult to end. Even if the military option works in the short term, other steps will be need to ensure stability, analysts say.

Primary school teachers in Paris are on strike, protesting a plan by the new French government to modify the school rhythm for the country's youngest pupils. How is the school week organized in your country? Do you think shorter days and longer weeks are more conducive to learning, or do schoolchildren benefit from having a midweek break?

Opponents of an edict to add a half day of school a week say it was created without their consultation, lacks details and fails to address the middling performance of French schoolchildren.

Much as President François Hollande of France denies that his country is still the gendarme of francophone Africa, the troops embroiled in Mali recall far earlier campaigns.

A marine conservationist describes the path to creating the world's biggest shark sanctuary.

Gunfire rang out in the streets of the strategic town of Gao in northern Mali two weeks after French forces appeared to have chased radical Islamists out of the town.

U.S. "study-abroad" programs offer relatively little security and benefits, adjuncts say.