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Why Are There Protests in France?

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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Forensic officers examining the tourist office in Lyon, France, on Sunday, Oct. 18.
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The Failures of Emmanuel Macron

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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Emmanuel Macron in Brussels last week.
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Why Are There Protests in France?

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

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Clashes between demonstrators and the police in Paris during nationwide protests on Saturday.
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Why Russia Sees a Window to Bomb Ukraine Into Submission This Winter

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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Firefighters at the site of a strike on an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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