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Protesters with flares and a national flag during a demonstration against the government's draft budget in Paris, France, on Sept. 29. (Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg) Article content Police and protesters clashed in Paris and other French cities Saturday, sending smoke from fires and tear gas over several demonstrations nationwide against high…

PARIS—By the time Cléo made it to Greek class, she had gone completely pale. It was a Wednesday in June during France’s second consecutive heat wave this year, and the 16-year-old was struggling to cope with the rising temperatures. She pushed through, thinking she was just tired...Read More

More than 5,000 people have been arrested since Monday, according to the interior ministry, while about 735 educational establishments were affected on Friday, the education minister said. — AFP pic First Published: Sunday, 04 Oct 2026 9:00 PM MYT PARIS, Oct 4 — Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken…

A French mayor has been filmed laughing and dancing with demonstrators outside a school as violent protests continue to grip the country. The demonstrations and blockades, which began last week and coincided on Tuesday with a broader public sector strike, have become a political flashpoint at a sensitive moment for…

Along the streets of Saint Denis, the sting of tear gas has gone. The twisted carcases of giant rubbish bins set ablaze and propelled towards lines of police, and the remnants of the discharged fireworks used as missiles, will take longer to clear. After hate-filled violent protests erupted at schools…

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Metz, France  —  France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome. In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders to get a glimpse of the…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after spending four weeks abroad on what the Presidency described as a working vacation. Tinubu arrived in Lagos from Paris, France, aboard Nigerian Air Force One, which taxied into the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at…

- Tuesday, September 29, 2026  President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after spending four weeks in Europe on a working holiday. The presidential aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday evening. Recall that the president departed Paris, France, for Nigeria…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded his working vacation in France and departed Paris for Lagos, where he is scheduled to meet with political leaders and associates as preparations for the 2027 elections gather momentum. The President left Abuja on August 30 and initially spent a week in London before…