Former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn admitted on Sunday his encounter with a New York hotel maid had been a 'moral failing' but insisted he had neither tried to rape her nor another woman.

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Opponents of shamed former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Monday denounced a supposedly revelatory primetime interview about his aborted New York rape trial as a scripted public relations exercis

Moody's cut the credit ratings of two French banks on Wednesday because of their exposure to Greece's debt, highlighting growing risks to Europe's financial sector from the deepening euro zone soverei

Holders Barcelona and English side Arsenal both saw victory elude them in their opening matches of the Champions League group stages on Tuesday as late goals left them with draws.

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There is a risk of a radioactive leak after an explosion on Monday at the Marcoule nuclear site near the city of Nimes in the south of France, emergency services said.

Reports claim one person has be

A French court handed out a 6,000 euro suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behaviour, marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house Dior. For

Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned to Paris on Sunday for the first time since a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape in a torrid sex scandal that scuppered his hopes for the French presiden

The Turkish Grand Prix has been axed from the Formula One Grand Prix season for next year after a seven-year run.

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone had left a question mark against the Istanbul trac

Usain Bolt set two new world records and harvested three gold medals in his last outing at the world championships, but the Jamaican has insisted that a further improvement in times for the 100 and 20

It was an art heist for the ages: On August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa vanished from the main gallery of the Louvre museum, lifted by an Italian labourer who later claimed patriotism as his only motivation.