From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Trump is quite pleased with the giant, rollercoaster-resembling Ultimate Fighting Championship cage being built outside of the White House. So much so that he believes the “quite attractive” ...

A fire broke near the banks of the Seine, sending thick clouds of smoke into the air. Burning vehicles. Tear gas. Fireworks. Stampede. Smoke. Chaos unfolded on the streets of France's capital, Paris, ...

Celine Dion has announced her first series of full-length concerts since being diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS). The French-Canadian singer revealed she had the rare and incurable disease in ...

PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - A spiral segment of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase sold for more than €450,000 at auction in Paris on Thursday. The buyer, who was in the auction room, became ‌the ...

Sophie Germain, born in Paris 250 years ago this month, spent long periods at home while growing up in the politically turbulent era of the French Revolution. Studying in her father’s library, she was ...

A section of the landmark’s original staircase will go up for auction next month and could sell for a towering sum. Gustave Eiffel, left, and a friend on the spiral staircase of the newly built Eiffel ...

Someone with very deep pockets is about to own an original piece of one of the world’s most famous structures. Artcurial announced this week that its Art Deco department will auction a section of the ...

Experiencing the Eiffel Tower can be a crowded affair – about 7 million people visit each year – but now you can enjoy a part of this majestic French monument in your own home. A piece of the Parisian ...

AFTER overlooking Paris for 139 years and surviving two major world wars, a piece of an iconic landmark will be sold to one lucky buyer. In just months, a fragment of the original Eiffel Tower steps ...

To celebrate Celine Dion's 58th birthday and announce her official return to the stage, messages in several languages are projected onto the Eiffel Tower. To mark the announcement of Céline Dion’s ...