Yellow Vests

A steel worker returns to work after a two year idle at U.S. Steel Granite City Works in Granite City, Illinois, U.S., May 24, 2018. Photo taken May 24, 2018.(REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant ) Im not a free-market fundamentalist. To me, the beauty of liberal capital…

(Bloomberg) -- Its become a familiar story in European politics: a charismatic outsider captures the imagination of a nation fed up with a stagnant and bumbling political class. He rises quickly, at the head of a movement that sweeps out the old elite, and ga…

For the past three months, emergency departments across France have been hit by industrial action. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals working on the frontline of healthcare have walked out over concerns about patient safety and their working e…

Weekly Yellow Vest demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity measures have strained France’s police force, which was already experiencing fatigue due to personnel and funding shortages. So far this year, 37 cases of suicide have been report…

Even in a city as traditionally turbulent as Paris, recent scenes of police violence have been exceptionally shocking. Victims over the past few weeks have ranged from journalists and students to environmentalists and asylum seekers.  No matter what their ba…

PAU, France (AP) — There is nothing bigger for male riders than victory at the Tour de France. It’s the pinnacle of cycling. But there is no such prize for female riders. Despite calls from cycling’s governing body UCI for the creation of a women’s Tour, org…

PAU, France (AP) There is nothing bigger for male riders than victory at the Tour de France. It's the pinnacle of cycling. But there is no such prize for female riders. Despite calls from cycling's governing body UCI for the creation of a women's Tour, organ…

Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call July 18, 2019 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Sid Jones - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Paul Donahue - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Carol Yancey - Executive Vice Pres…

BERLIN (Reuters) - A former trampolinist and a children’s author have led the Greens to a spectacular comeback in Germany, raising the once-unthinkable prospect of a Green chancellor succeeding Angela Merkel. Tapping mounting concern in Europe about climate…

France’s environment minister resigned on Tuesday (16 July) following a week of reports by an investigative website about his high spending on private lobster dinners and costly renovations of his ministerial residence. In a posting on his Facebook page, Fra…