The French government is all but certain to collapse later this week after far-right and left-wing parties said they would vote a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Investors immediately punished French assets as the latest developments plunged the euro zone's second-biggest economy deeper into political crisis,

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has used special powers to push through a social security budget bill without a vote by MPs, in a move expected to trigger vote of no confidence in government. Opposition parties are now set to trigger that vote - which could take place as early as Wednesday - and which Barnier's minority government is unlikely

A stowaway who sneaked onto a Delta Airlines flight from New York City to Paris and hid in bathrooms earlier this week was removed from what would have been her return flight back to the U.S. on Saturday,

Last week, a woman managed to sneak onto the Delta flight and get to Paris. She had been held in Charles de Gaulle airport until Saturday.