Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face a French court on charges of aggravated pimping.

A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced a potential new sexual assault investigation after a young French writer said she would formally accuse him of trying to rape her during a 2002 interview.

Paris: EasyJet Plc, Europe’s second-biggest discount airline, violated labour laws by employing workers at a Paris airport under British labour contracts, a French court ruled.