IMF chief Christine Lagarde must stand trial for her role in a €400 million payout case while she was French finance minister back in 2008, France’s highest appeals court has ruled. Lagarde is accused of “negligence” which “resulted in a misuse of public funds by a third party,” the Cour de Cassation, one of France’s courts of last resort, said in a statement on Friday. The IMF... 

Travelers, whose cars were blocked in traffic, walk along a freeway with their baggage while trying to get to Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, France, on June 25, 2015. Hundreds of French taxi drivers have set tires ablaze, blocked traffic across the country and clashed with police, declaring an indefinite strike to protest the US online ride-sharing service, UberPOP. On Thursday, roads around...