Every year, dozens of people in France suffer from digestive symptoms after eating inedible squash, revealing the biochemical origins of this plant toxicity.
Sanctions against Russia spark a rift between the US and Europe over China, while France's political instability tests the Franco-German alliance.
France may face higher borrowing costs than Italy, adding to its economic concerns.
The French justice minister's visit to Nicolas Sarkozy in jail sparks a political firestorm.
'I did it for the money'
says the defendant in the trial over red hand graffiti at the Paris Shoah Memorial.
Author's summary: Global news and French politics updates.