The authorities deployed tens of thousands of security forces and banned demonstrations in some cities, hoping to avoid a repeat of the riots that shook the country a week ago.

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The student protests that snowballed into violent riots made it clear that almost 10 years of his presidency have not fixed France’s problems.

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Student demonstrations converged on Saturday with a broader protest movement against rising living costs, heightening a national reckoning.

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Moscow is not winning on the battlefield. Instead, it is seizing an opening to inflict immense human suffering in Ukrainian cities.

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