But the visit to France, including the private ceremony for the Legion of Honor award, is especially poignant for Blinken, a fluent French speaker who spent part of his childhood in Paris and has ...

Blinken, on what will likely be his last international trip before president-elect Donald Trump's return, will also visit Japan and France, the US State Department said. South Korea is a key ...

Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to a hero’s welcome. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, proclaimed Mr. Blinken “an eminent servant of peace” at a ceremony at the Élysée ...