PARIS: Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him: the last newspaper hawker in Paris, he zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital.

There are fewer newspapers these days and fewer people selling them on the street. Newspaper hawkers have mostly disappeared, but in Paris, one man is keeping the job alive, and, as Rebecca Rosman ...

Ali Akbar started selling papers on the streets in 1974. He is still at it, winning over Parisians and presidents with persistence, humor and his signature catchphrase: “Ça y est!” By Roger Cohen ...

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A 73-year-old newspaper vendor originally from Pakistan is set to receive one of France's most prestigious honours after more than 50 years of selling dailies on the terraces ...