Marc Ayrault, a moderate Socialist with an affinity for Germany, took office as France's prime minister Wednesday and got to work by naming his Cabinet — a lineup that includes allies and veterans of previous governments.
Socialist President (...)
Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by “poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy” and focused on the environment, especially the desert.
Le Clezio, 68, is the first French writer to win the (...)
