PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande announced on Monday a series of measures to encourage the French entrepreneurial spirit, including drastic cuts in capital gains taxes — up to 65 percent — for ...

A message probably lost by a carrier pigeon in 1910 (AFP) A couple out for a walk in eastern France have discovered a tiny capsule containing a message despatched by a Prussian soldier over a century ...

When 80-year-old Xavier Bouget goes for a ride on his bicycle, tinkers in his workshop, waters his garden or sits down to eat a biscuit, he has a constant companion: a white female pigeon called ...

What happens when the internet goes down, the phone lines are cut and you can’t send mail? You communicate by… pigeon! At least, that’s what China has decided – last year it announced it’s recruiting ...

PARISPARIS — An official close to the French president says the government will cut capital gains taxes and streamline visas for foreign entrepreneurs, hoping to persuade investors that France is ...

The view from Gabriel Rucker's hotel. Surprisingly, perhaps, the chef had never been to Paris before this June. (Courtesy of Gabriel Rucker) That Le Pigeon chef Gabriel Rucker pronounces his ...

A man shows a message lost by a carrier pigeon in 1910, sent by a German officer and miraculously resurfaced in 2020 (AFP via Getty Images) The letter is addressed to a superior officer, Dominique ...

Homing pigeons are a remarkable species with internal compasses that are able to memorize landmarks to retrace a path home. But one particular bird ended up so far off its course, it would have been a ...

Top breeder John Angwin said taking birds to Europe to fly back to the UK for cross Channel races is now almost impossible due to new restrictions. He explained that to take birds into France or Spain ...