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French Student Protests Spread as Riot Police Clash With Teens Over School Conditions

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French Student Protests Spread as Riot Police Clash With Teens Over School Conditions

The French student protests over classroom conditions entered a fifth straight day on Friday, Oct. 2, as riot police and high school students clashed again and hundreds of schools stayed shut or disrupted nationwide. France's education ministry said more than 560 of the country's 3,700 public high schools were affected that day, down from over 1,000 the day before, according to the interior ministry. Police said they took roughly 2,000 people into custody on Thursday alone. The unrest began in the Paris region in late September and has since spread to Toulouse, Lille, Brest, Marseille and other cities, with no clear end in sight before a teachers' strike planned for next week. Why the French student protests started The students' core complaints are about resources, not politics in t...

G7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels of Oil, Diesel First

The Group of Seven agreed on Friday to a coordinated G7 oil release of 100 million barrels from emergency stocks over four months, with a "substantial" diesel release front-loaded into the first 20 days. The joint statement, issued by the office of French President Emmanuel Macron, said the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Paris-based body that coordinates its members' emergency oil reserves, will manage the release, and that it begins immediately. G7 members also pledged to refrain from energy export restrictions and urged other countries to do likewise. The move comes as US diesel prices sit near record highs. How a disputed export ban shaped the talks Macron spoke overnight with President Donald Trump about rising fuel prices and the availability of petroleum products, his o...

Pope Leo Paris Mass Draws 800,000 to Place de la Concorde

The Pope Leo Paris Mass drew an estimated 800,000 people to the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde on Saturday, the Vatican said, making it the single largest event of his four-day visit to France. That figure ran roughly 200,000 above the number who had pre-registered, a gap organizers put down to walk-ins who showed up once word of the spectacle spread through the city. Leo, the first American to hold the papacy, covered the two-kilometer stretch between the avenue and the square in his popemobile, waving to crowds several people deep before taking the stage built for the service. Wire photographers on the ground put the scene at roughly 800,000 people, a number that would make it one of the largest gatherings the avenue has seen outside a national celebration. Church attendance...