Yellow Vests

PARIS (Reuters) - French voters appeared to be holding back from taking part in local elections on Sunday after the government pressed ahead with the vote despite a raft of new measures to curb public gatherings amid a rapid acceleration of the coronavirus. Nuns show their identifications during the first…

PARIS (Reuters) - French voters appeared to be holding back from taking part in local elections on Sunday after the government pressed ahead with the vote despite a raft of new measures to curb public gatherings amid a rapid acceleration of the coronavirus.France is set to choose mayors for 35,000…

Hundreds of Yellow Vest protestors clash on the streets of Paris in anti-government demonstration as they defy ban on street crowds due to the coronavirus pandemicViolent crowds of more than 800 protestors gathered in central ParisAnti-Government Yellow Vests demand end to Emmanuel Macron's ruleFighting broke out between demonstrators and riot…

Thousands of French security forces fanned out across central Paris on Saturday as anti-government “Yellow Vest” protesters defied a ban on mass gatherings aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, president Emmanuel Macron announced school closures and urged people to avoid…

/ Europe Issued on: 14/03/2020 - 13:47Modified: 14/03/2020 - 13:47 A protester holds a Yellow Vest (Gilet Jaunes) key ring aloft during a demonstration in Paris, France, on February 17, 2020. © Alain Jocard, AFP Thousands of French security forces fanned out across central Paris on Saturday as anti-government “Yellow…

PARIS (Reuters) - French security forces fired teargas and clashed with anti-government "Yellow Vest" protesters who were demonstrating in Paris on Saturday in defiance of a ban on mass gatherings that aims to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron…

PARIS (Reuters) - French security forces fired teargas and clashed with anti-government “Yellow Vest” protesters who were demonstrating in Paris on Saturday in defiance of a ban on mass gatherings that aims to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a televised address to the nation on Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron…

It’s a cold, early February evening in Paris, and the Trianon theatre is jam-packed. About a thousand men and women of all ages have raucously filled the orchestra pit and balconies, not intimidated by the red velvets and sumptuous Belle Epoque decor. Most of them look like upper middle class,…

TOURISM. People wear protective face masks as they walk in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on March 12, 2020. Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP PARIS, France – Rachid Saidi puts on a brave face at the Paris hotel he manages, forcing a smile even though the coronavirus outbreak…

There is only one choice in this election. The consolidation of oligarchic power under Donald Trump or the consolidation of oligarchic power under Joe Biden. The oligarchs, with Trump or Biden, will win again. We will lose. The oligarchs made it abundantly clear, should Bernie Sanders miraculously become the Democratic…